Random Rant #28 – Treat Training
The ultimate goal of treat training is to get the glider to sit on you to eat their treat while you are in motion. This is a good training to do ahead of “stay with me training” or even concurrent…
Random Rant #25 – Useful Foods for Suggies
Live mealworms – Mealies are glider Scooby snacks, they will do just about anything for them sometimes. These are my go-to for training, nail trims, tricking them into taking meds, and calling them to me when its time to come…
Random Rant #20 – The DO NOT list
There are many different ways to care for gliders correctly, but today let’s go over the DO NOT list. Some of these will be controversial, please feel free to message me to debate them. This is by no means an…
Random Rant #21 – Be a Tame Horse: Patient Handling Tips
Handling Tips Support their feet, and patiently wait until they choose to give you all four feet of their own free will (when convenient anyway, and feel free to help them unstick their nails). Gliders commonly employ the “Safety Foot”…
Random Rant #17 – Diet 101
Alright, its time to do the diet rant. I really don’t like doing this rant in public places because the Diet Wars have left me with mental scars, but it is time to brave the crazies and broach this big,…
Random Rant #12 – How to Raise Joeys (when everything goes right)
Prepare for OOP Day Have a joey rejection kit on hand, at least enough formula ingredients to last two weeks (gets you through shipping time for a full kit if needed) Read up on the signs of rejection and how…
Random Rant #5 – 4 Tricks to Lure Gliders
As a boarder and groomer, I deal with a lot of other people’s gliders who often are not bonded to their own owners, let alone comfortable with me handling them. In lieu of months of bonding time to earn their…
Random Rant #4 – The Exotic Nutrition Site
Exotic Nutrition is a website that caters to a wide variety of small animals, ostensibly including sugar gliders. However, EN isn’t particularly great about identifying a sugar glider safe product. Here are the do’s and don’ts of shopping on Exotic…