Sugar Gliders [Chiang Mai]

[Mobileroadie]

Hello! Can anyone tell me where I can find Sugar Gliders for sale in the local markets of Chiang Mai and what the ball park figure typically is for one? There doesn't seem to be much on this topic online yet I'm told they're very popular pets here in Thailand Thanks in advance-

[Oscar2]

they are all over. the pet shop on the way to Suan Bak Haad has them (same side of the moat). i forget now but i think the males are about 1500 Bath and females are more. the wife bred them for a couple of years. 95% of the customers were in Bangkok. they are nice animals but i can't recommend them. they are nocturnal and make a racket all night long. they make an absolute mess also; throwing all kinds of stuff out of the cage.

[Mobileroadie]

Thank you sir for the information and the insight. I will keep this under strong advisement as I ponder a little more about getting one.

[taotoo]

throwing all kinds of stuff out of the cage.

I'd probably do the same in the circumstances.

[Chicog]

I dislike this as much as I dislike those hawkers taking wildlife around the tourist areas for money.


Please leave the bloody things in the wild and get yourself a cat or a dog.

[bluebluewater]

The are popular until you get one. As stated earlier they are up all night and make a hellva racket. I've known two people who had them and within 3 months they had gotten rid of them and glad for it as well.

They are a wild animal and they should be allowed to stay that way.

[Oscar2]

they are also master escape artists. they are quite clever and will work on freeing the lock on the cage for hours. the wife at one point put a wooden clothes pin or something to secure the cage lock and they chewed right through it and freed themselves in the middle of the night. one we found hanging on the curtains in the morning. the other i guess flew down to the ground floor (they can fly like a bat) and got inside the bar. i don't know how it got in as we never could find any type of hole in to the teak structure but we could hear it walking around at night. after 2 days it didn't come out and the wife began to panic so she had a carpenter come and disassemble part of the bar and locate the animal and then reassemble it. about 700 Baht for that little adventure. the animal was fine however....

they belong in nature, not in the home.

[Saraphee]

I dislike this as much as I dislike those hawkers taking wildlife around the tourist areas for money.

Please leave the bloody things in the wild and get yourself a cat or a dog.

+1

[kekalot]

they are also master escape artists. they are quite clever and will work on freeing the lock on the cage for hours. the wife at one point put a wooden clothes pin or something to secure the cage lock and they chewed right through it and freed themselves in the middle of the night. one we found hanging on the curtains in the morning. the other i guess flew down to the ground floor (they can fly like a bat) and got inside the bar. i don't know how it got in as we never could find any type of hole in to the teak structure but we could hear it walking around at night. after 2 days it didn't come out and the wife began to panic so she had a carpenter come and disassemble part of the bar and locate the animal and then reassemble it. about 700 Baht for that little adventure. the animal was fine however....

they belong in nature, not in the home.

wife bred Sugar Gliders for years and you are saying "they can fly like a bat" ?

you might not have noticed but.. Sugar Gliders can't fly.

[jak2002003]

I dislike this as much as I dislike those hawkers taking wildlife around the tourist areas for money.

Please leave the bloody things in the wild and get yourself a cat or a dog.

Don't worry.. these sugar gliders are all captive bred.. and have been for many generations.. they don't know any life in the wild.

There is no difference keeping one of these than a hamster or rabbit.

But, I don't think they made good pets.. and I will strongly discourage the OP from getting one.

I speak from personal experience.. having worked in a pet shop in the UK for many years.

These sugar gliders are just about the dirtiest smelliest small animals you can keep as a pet.

They constantly urinate over everything.. then walk in it.. spread the urine on their paws and spread it around on every surface, cage bars, your sofa and your arm. You are left with everything a sticky smelly mess.

Sure they are very cute.. and usually friendly... but the mess in not worth it. They also need a specialised diet.. which includes a lot of wet or moist fresh foods.. which makes them poop a lot of slushy smelly poops A LOT.

Stick with the hamsters, gerbils or rats.. they are much cleaner and easier to care for.

[Greenside]

Just don't let them get wet or feed them after midnight....

[Oscar2]

they are also master escape artists. they are quite clever and will work on freeing the lock on the cage for hours. the wife at one point put a wooden clothes pin or something to secure the cage lock and they chewed right through it and freed themselves in the middle of the night. one we found hanging on the curtains in the morning. the other i guess flew down to the ground floor (they can fly like a bat) and got inside the bar. i don't know how it got in as we never could find any type of hole in to the teak structure but we could hear it walking around at night. after 2 days it didn't come out and the wife began to panic so she had a carpenter come and disassemble part of the bar and locate the animal and then reassemble it. about 700 Baht for that little adventure. the animal was fine however....

they belong in nature, not in the home.

wife bred Sugar Gliders for years and you are saying "they can fly like a bat" ?

you might not have noticed but.. Sugar Gliders can't fly.

oh yes they can - they glide....

"...Pet sugar gliders love to jump around from their cage to a shoulder to a couch, but can they really fly? Unfortunately, sugar gliders cannot fly but they do glide some impressive distances due to a unique quality they share with few other creatures called patagium. Patagium (plural: patagia) is what the flexible, somewhat stretchy flap of skin that connects the front and back legs is called. A human wingsuit is modeled after this special patagium and enables humans to glide through the air before releasing their parachute to safely land when sky diving or BASE jumping. Patagium, unlike wings on birds, does not enable a sugar glider to fly. Instead it increases the surface area of the animal and lets it make controlled glides through the air and from tree to tree in the wild. In sugar gliders (and flying squirrels) it is a fur covered part of skin that spreads out when your pet stretches his four legs out. (from exoticpets.com)

[Oscar2]

I dislike this as much as I dislike those hawkers taking wildlife around the tourist areas for money.

Please leave the bloody things in the wild and get yourself a cat or a dog.

Don't worry.. these sugar gliders are all captive bred.. and have been for many generations.. they don't know any life in the wild.

There is no difference keeping one of these than a hamster or rabbit.

But, I don't think they made good pets.. and I will strongly discourage the OP from getting one.

I speak from personal experience.. having worked in a pet shop in the UK for many years.

These sugar gliders are just about the dirtiest smelliest small animals you can keep as a pet.

They constantly urinate over everything.. then walk in it.. spread the urine on their paws and spread it around on every surface, cage bars, your sofa and your arm. You are left with everything a sticky smelly mess.

Sure they are very cute.. and usually friendly... but the mess in not worth it. They also need a specialised diet.. which includes a lot of wet or moist fresh foods.. which makes them poop a lot of slushy smelly poops A LOT.

Stick with the hamsters, gerbils or rats.. they are much cleaner and easier to care for.

have to agree with all of this. they were very cute but very filthy.

[kekalot]

oh yes they can - they glide....

"...Pet sugar gliders love to jump around from their cage to a shoulder to a couch, but can they really fly? Unfortunately, sugar gliders cannot fly but they do glide some impressive distances due to a unique quality they share with few other creatures called patagium. Patagium (plural: patagia) is what the flexible, somewhat stretchy flap of skin that connects the front and back legs is called. A human wingsuit is modeled after this special patagium and enables humans to glide through the air before releasing their parachute to safely land when sky diving or BASE jumping. Patagium, unlike wings on birds, does not enable a sugar glider to fly. Instead it increases the surface area of the animal and lets it make controlled glides through the air and from tree to tree in the wild. In sugar gliders (and flying squirrels) it is a fur covered part of skin that spreads out when your pet stretches his four legs out. (from exoticpets.com)

I bolded parts of your quote in case you didn't read it

Gliding isn't flying. Bats fly, Gliders glide.

Edited April 21, 2016 by kekalot

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I think I had those crispy-fried on a stick once.

Relatively a lot of bones.