need some advice regarding my lone suggie

[bubbles]

as some of you may have already read, Iota died today about 5pm.

so now i have Mog on his own.  he appears somewhat upset, he is up and about despite the time and wont come out the cage.

my question is how long can he stay on his own do you think?

unfortunately, it is unlikely i will be able to get him a new pal at the moment as 2 weeks ago, we had to flee our house because our junkie neighbours tried to kick the door in and kill us basically.

just now all my beasts are with my parents where they are safe.  i am going to the council tomorrow and hopefully will get a new place within the month.

because we have no permenant address just now there are alot of stuff on hiaitus and the last thing we were expecting was a dead glider

i really doubt we will get another til we are all settled in a new place and am hoping for some advice on whether this is a good idea or whether to try and get a new suggie just now.  what do you guys think?

i have told my parents and brother to keep a close eye on him in case he starts SMing and to try and give him more attention that before.  i just hope Mog will be ok

[Marie]

Poor Mog, the poor little guy has a lot to deal with at the moment.  All gliders are different, some adapt well and some don't.  Get your parents to keep an extra special eye on him and try to spend as much time as possible with him.  Keep a look out for a new friend for him, you may be lucky enough to find a cheap glider or a rescue glider but obviously you've got to sort things out like a new place to live.  There's no time frame I can give you but the sooner the better really.

I haven't read what's happened to Iota yet, I try and avoid that section TBH because I find it too upsetting but I'll go look now . 

[jungleflockmom]

Although we always recommend a glider friend for every glider, as Marie said, some adapt ok to a time alone. Tell you parents to give him apple branches or something like that to chew on and see how he adjusts. They aren't animals that mate for life.

[bubbles]

ok thanks

just foned my dad and Mog seems to be doing ok so far.  my brother is giving him extra attention and is moving him into his room so he always has someone nearby.

he was quite unsettled yesterday and was up for quite a long time during the day after it happened but my bro says he did eventually go to bed and is in bed just now.  its good he is sleeping at the right time.

i will let them know to give him some branches and more stuff to play with.  they live in the country so have access to lots of untreated branches.

i will keep checking up on the classifieds, i will need to check how they bond with new buddies too.

is there anyone who fosters rescue gliders at all or is it just a case of asking around?

[jungleflockmom]

I should clarify - gliders do sometimes mate for life but, if something happens to that mate, they don't just die of a broken heart.

[Gopher]

I heard they *could* die of a broken heart?