New here

[lisa264]

 Hi everyone
                  New here thought i'd join as we have been looking into getting a couple of sugar gliders for over a year now,but cannot find any breeders near us

[loulou]

Hello welcome to the forum

where are you based there are a few breeders on here and there could be one local to you or one thats willing to transport some your way. It might be worth putting an ad in our wanted section you never knwo you coudl be lucky 

Hope you enjoy the site

[lisa264]

Thankyou for the welcome, i'm based near sunderland

[Marie]

Hi Lisa, welcome to SL. 

[lisa264]

  must have been my lucky day i went to buy a pair of sugars and ended up buying two pairs 
i'm in love

[loulou]

They are wonderful and it looks like you are addicted already

[lisa264]

yes i am totally in love my husband was not so keen untill he seen them, thats how we ended up with the other two he wanted some lol
just a quick question i was told when they bite it goes straight down to the bone is this true.
i have read they can break the skin

[Marie]

lol, I've never known one do that!  Normally it's just a nip and release, you'll occasionally get a glider that is particularly aggressive which will administer a 'pitbull bite', however this is a rare behavioural issue.  Don't worry about the bites, they're not all that bad.

[lisa264]

  lol i feel loads better now i can handle a nip, i feel so silly now but the man i got them off told me they could go to the skin, but i thought i'd never read anything like that.
I only got them the other day and have left them alone, today i offered one of the little girls a piece of pear and she seemed quite content taking it out my hand. I've put a cut up pillow case in with them also. One of the boys hates me if i go any where near the cage he crabs like mad stands on his back legs and flys forward could this be a pitbull glider lol hope he's not cause i love em

[Marie]

No, I doubt he's a pitbull, he's just telling you to back off when he does that, just give him time.  When trying to gain a suggies trust, you need lots of patience.  Put yourself in their shoes, new cage, new smells, new external environment (your house), new people.  Give him a week then try offering him the back of your hand with something yummy on it like live yogurt or Agave nectar (it's like honey, but honey's not good for suggies, too much sugar!).  It's important you don't try and do too much at this early stage.