Baby glider photo dump

Bitchy bitchy....

I don't feel good. While I know I should go see my healing brother, I dont have the energy.  I will have to survive with my sage, salt and rainwater. The doting husband helps too.
This mood does make me draw awesome things... stay tuned for my current work in progress....

Anywho...

We have five babies in our care. All with very different personalities.

Deimos- Mr. Crabber man, he is young and trying to protect his sister by yelling at me. Yet he will do anything for a treat... sucker.

Chi- It only seemed fitting we names her Chi, which means god in greek, because her brother is the god of terror. :) she is awfully shy though.







Momo- Our sweet inquisitive little male. He has already let us hold him. Thats extraordinary.

The Cinnamon twins- Are shy but love to chase our hands down for a treat. We have yet to name them because they look so similar and hide out when we open the cage. We are thinking Tali for the Littler one.  But its up in the air.


They both look like a deep cinnamon color... only one posed

Its a learning experience creating food to fit their specific diet.  Gliders need a balanced Calcium to phosphorus ratio in every meal, roughly 2:1. Ive got their next few weeks planned out food wise. It is quite a bit different than making homemade dog food, bird pie treats, or ferret treats. It isn't as hard as people lead you to believe. Maybe thats just because i tend to be around the best Kind of freak all the time. The animal freak.  gliders diest do take up some time however. I scrambled eggs and mixed them with honey, yogurt, a calcium supplement, water, and bee pollen. Then i put a series of appropriate fruits and veggies through a food processor in different variations. Suggies get bored with food just like people. I found it fun, and surprisingly Rob did too. We are freaks, what can I say?

There is a definite learning curve that comes along with feeding these guys... Im not gonna lie, but it was so fun watching them eat peas!




 Like every exotic animal following, people highly criticize everything about everything especially when it comes to diet. Im am just trying to keep ratios in balance.






"Its all about weight ratios" but check out what we got with the colony....

Yes that says Gliderade.... More viatmin supplements... I will keep posting on progress.
Nyquill is kicking in.... Bye bye all!

Sugar glider toys....

Ive been a busy busy girl. Aside from making a giant cage with the hubs I decided I was going to make everything by hand. Ive made climbing ropes, pouches, hide-a-ways, foraging toys, and fun stuff to tear apart.

Fleece is incredibly easy to work with. Not to mention that most of it is re-purposed from projects my mom and I have worked on. Scraps.
 I could sew professionally with about a weeks worth of coaching from my mother.
I'm only mildly conceited and very tired.

Anyways....

These are, however, my first glider toys and I haven't sewn in a while so be gentle. Ive been knitting which is an entirely different 

mindset to me.  

Fleece lined pouch. I have it connected to the cage in an stretching manner which makes it look odd.

My mom always has the best scraps.

I wish you could feel it, It is so super soft.

This is a fleece tube and.... well honestly I don't know what to call the green thing.

 It is an incredibly simple piece to make.Just notched fabric sewn together in such a manner that make it fall like leaves comprises this fun looking vine.




This is  all at the very top of the cage.

Corner Hammock.

Foraging toy. I got to break out the drill for this one. The blue pieces shift in order to create a small challenge for nabbing treats.

The deep well of the blue pieces also wont let any mealies escape.
No icky beetles.

An odd view of my three favortie pieces.

An extra large corner hammock with purple cheetah trim sits on the lowest point.

A swinging bridge that can either be comfy and cozy or an elastic jungle gym.

In the foreground in 1/3 of a climbing rope strung from wall to wall of the cage.

I Loved making this bridge. It is anchored on elastic bands for a swinging good time. The fleece is super soft and fun funky colors.

Cutie Carousel.

I had these random round pieces of fabric from god knows what that I couldn't quite figure out how to re-purpose. So of course my mind went to a carousel.... wouldn't yours?

It is rather crude but it makes up for the lacking with purpose, It has two mini pouches perfect for hide and seek.










The pictures aren't great, but I have been working on these and more most of the day. Setting up the cage is getting me excited. Where I once held patience is now being slowly overturned with a childlike giddy-ness and impatience.
Little Angry gliders here I come....

Glider mama

I am beyond ridiculously excited for my new buddies. I know i posted a bog today but I just geeking over my pictures and my cage and ideas to set it up.  

This one is A white faced Blonde Sugar glider. A neutered male. his name is brett, that will change. 

This is a full leucistic Het female.

Her name is Drew. That will also change.

I cant wait to have these guys. January 8th. A two hour drive and they are mine. Hooray for a wonderful husband who understands how badly i need animals in my life. Although this is going to take serious time to bond, I am ready! 

Rob and I designed and made the cage!. I can stand in it. by cubic feet requirements i could have 12! But i wont.


I do however need name suggestions and and other glider advice!