Exotic Pet Info and Support

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Ok this thread we can use for exotic pets for informations sharing, rescue reports, etc.

I say exotic pets as in sugar gliders, etc but ferrets and snakes and fish and such animals that are non cat/dog are welcome here.

[violaine]

hallo NotAnAverageGuy-

thank you for starting this thread for those of us loving and living with exotic pets.

thought i would post some surgical info here, please.

guinea pigs are prone to lipomas/fatty tumours. usually, these are benign, can grow quite quickly, and their size can be impressive. moo.moo was the first to grow one, and it was on his side right on the border of fur marking from brown to black [made it difficult to visually detect]. it's very important to handle guinea pigs- inspect their bodies during nail trimming, for example.

here is how Moo.Moo was treated, sugically and medically:

isoflurane gas, lumpectomy-grade 1, buprenorphine injection, buprenophine sublingual dose [6], and baytril injection 22.7 MG/ML. the total cost for his procedure including one week of take home meds/total cost: 168$

stardust had a lipoma on his little elbow, which was easier to remove although it seemed much larger.

info for stardust:

intubation, electrocardiogram, lumpectomy-grade 1, torbutrol 1 mg tablets
[2], and torp inj/total cost: 97$.

star had very little medication therapy, and the hardest part was suture removal! moo's came out effortlessly, however. star had to be taken in to the vet hospital for the few remaining sutures i could not get free [too worried about reopening the incision site].

hope this info may be of help to anyone with a sweet little guinea pig. i sure love them to pieces.

take care, and thank you for this topic!

belle

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Your quite welcome Belle!!!!


For sugar gliders:

http://www.hopeforgliders.org/ - thats the Texas rescue I support, Angie has alot on her hands and kudos to her for doing this.

http://www.sugarglider.com/

More general info on them, so ironically called gliderpedia

http://www.sugar-gliders.com/

my favorite site to buy products from


Please neuter your males, if you do not plan to breed and become a breeder. Some states gliders are illegal and some you have to have USDA documents in order to own them, please do not make the mistakes others have made and put these animals in future harm. Exotic pets like these DEPEND on us more than some dogs and cats and other animals do, without OUR help and our love, these guys can not survive in the USA.

[violaine]

i like eavesdropping on pig talks at night. they have a lot to discuss about new designs [cardboard box chewing].

they snore.

[Andrew, Jr.]

I love to read about animals. I find them so comforting. Where do you find sugar gliders? I have never heard of these animals before. Never. This is the first time. How big do they get? And what do they look like?

Belle,
I always think about your babies, Star Dust and Moo-Moo. I laughed when you told me they snored. That was a hoot. Now that is just more to love about them! Give them tons of oxox for me!

Love,
Andrew

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Read the links I provided above they have info on them

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Originally Posted by violaine

i like eavesdropping on pig talks at night. they have a lot to discuss about new designs [cardboard box chewing].

they snore.

I listen to the suggies every night since they are nocturnal, they bark, chirp, chatter and crab at each other, I have become so atuned to them I often block them out.

[NotAnAverageGuy]

I swear shopping for the glider is fun in a way, I buy their food when I buy mine and they eat cheaper and HEALTHIER than I do.

Speaking of I have to hunt down some watermelon when I go out in a bit to get me some groceries, the suggs LOVE watermelon.

[NotAnAverageGuy]

My glider forum I belong to now has a facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...L/203338656280

[violaine]

hi notanaverageguy

gliders seem to have an extensive vocabularo! do they ever sound just like a bird? when they "crab" at each other, do you mean body language-wise?

guinea pigs have complex communication- and one of the many sounds they make is a chirping. i once looked long, and everywhere for the bird! wild. gpigs also do dominance posturing- rumblestrutting, yawning = display of teeth, placing a chin higher than the other, pawing, nudging, nipping, of course- humping!

i crack up because they try to make themselves really big- and puff up- all of three pounds !

how are you tonight? what are the gliders doing?

best,
belle

[NotAnAverageGuy]

yes gliders hiss, crab, bite and bark and all that with body language too.

when crabbing their tummies go up and down, when they hiss their tails stand up, when they bark they look similiar to a dog barking and sounds just like it too.
My fave is when they yawn, their mouthes open wide and you see their lil teeth.

Let me find some youtubes of the barking and crabbing to give you an idea of what life is like when they do these things.


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wZeyhCMXO0"]YouTube- Sugar Glider "BARK"[/ame]

barking, turn down volume on each video its kinda high pitched



[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt8uLejOuaQ"]YouTube- Crabbing sugar glider[/ame]

crabbing, again turn down volume

[hottprof]

Originally Posted by NotAnAverageGuy

yes gliders hiss, crab, bite and bark and all that with body language too.

when crabbing their tummies go up and down, when they hiss their tails stand up, when they bark they look similiar to a dog barking and sounds just like it too.
My fave is when they yawn, their mouthes open wide and you see their lil teeth.

Let me find some youtubes of the barking and crabbing to give you an idea of what life is like when they do these things.


YouTube- Sugar Glider "BARK"

barking, turn down volume on each video its kinda high pitched



YouTube- Crabbing sugar glider

crabbing, again turn down volume

Thank you for sharing... to me when I hear them they kinda freak me out but seeing them crab is not as scary to me as just hearing it over the phone... and the barking is so cute. it is all just their way of communicating...

Thank you for sharing

Smiles

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Originally Posted by hottprof

Thank you for sharing... to me when I hear them they kinda freak me out but seeing them crab is not as scary to me as just hearing it over the phone... and the barking is so cute. it is all just their way of communicating...

Thank you for sharing

Smiles

Your welcome and yes its totally different in person than on the phone...

[violaine]

notanaverageguy, thank you for sharing informative youtubes about these guys.

how do they react upon hearing the sound on a youtube? you mentioned turn down the volume. if i were to play gpig noises, the pigs would start looking for one!

something silly - my flip flop squeaked one day on the tile by the front door, and the pigs ran out of their room, in search of another pig.

when stardust or moo.moo bump into something- they immediately rumblestrutt at it. ha. kookykids.

[NotAnAverageGuy]

the suggies pop out of their pouch when they hear youtube stuff like that

those noises can be shrill and hurt peoples ears is why I suggested turning the volume down lol

[NotAnAverageGuy]

I found a site that sells sugar glider stuff from t shirts to unique gifts

http://www.zazzle.com/sugar+glider+tshirts

the pricing is great and it's cheaper if you buy in bulk.

[theoddz]

Does anyone here, besides me, have pet frogs??

I have a small green tree frog. I have thought, up to late, that "Myron" is a White's (Blue) "Dumpy" Tree Frog, but now I'm beginning to wonder if he isn't of another variety of green tree frog?? He's not "dumpy" at all, and even though he's a little fellow, he almost looks more like this:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kBQj21fudM&feature=channel"]YouTube- Frogs the movie - starring Elvis and Priscilla[/ame]

The frogs in this video, "Elvis" and "Priscilla", are Australian Green Tree Frogs. Myron is built like these, but not quite as hefty (yet). Myron is also colored differently. These are jade colored, supposedly characteristic of Australian frogs, but Myron is more of an olive/bluish color, which I've read is more indicative of Indonesian frogs.

Still, keeping frogs is an interesting thing. They really have personality and you get to have 2 "pets" in one.....because you get to be a cricket keeper, too!!

I'm trying to get Myron trained to my hand, like Elvis and Priscilla are with their human. I think he'll get better as he gets bigger and comes to know me more. I eventually want him to accept both crickets and worms from my fingers. I've heard that some of the larger Whites Frogs, in addition to some varieties of toads, will eat "pinky (newborn) mice", but I don't ever intend to feed any of my frogs with mice of any kind.

Oh, and Myron isn't vocal.....yet. He may never be.....and "he" may turn out to be a "she", too, but from the way he is physically developing with a longer, less rotund physique, I'm thinking that he's more inclined to be male.

I was just curious to know if anyone else around here keeps frogs.

~Theo~ :

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Welcome Theo

I was wondering when someone else was gonna pop in here and add to the list of pets!!!

[theoddz]

Originally Posted by NotAnAverageGuy

Welcome Theo

I was wondering when someone else was gonna pop in here and add to the list of pets!!!

Hey, I adore this thread!!! I would have posted sooner, but I've been sooooo busy with work and family, yanno.

There is an exotic pet store here in Vegas that really rocks!!! They have all sorts of animals and such....mostly snakes, TONS of snakes. They also have quite a few other animals, too, and they sell all kinds of frogs and amphibian supplies to go with them, so I go there. The last time I was there, they had sugar gliders, much like yours. I spent a lot of time watching them, because they seem to really love those little cloth "hammocks" they have for them. Those little guys really rock!!

Thanks for this thread!!! It's good to talk to others who keep pets of a slightly "exotic" nature!!!

~Theo~

[NotAnAverageGuy]

Originally Posted by theoddz

Hey, I adore this thread!!! I would have posted sooner, but I've been sooooo busy with work and family, yanno.

There is an exotic pet store here in Vegas that really rocks!!! They have all sorts of animals and such....mostly snakes, TONS of snakes. They also have quite a few other animals, too, and they sell all kinds of frogs and amphibian supplies to go with them, so I go there. The last time I was there, they had sugar gliders, much like yours. I spent a lot of time watching them, because they seem to really love those little cloth "hammocks" they have for them. Those little guys really rock!!

Thanks for this thread!!! It's good to talk to others who keep pets of a slightly "exotic" nature!!!

~Theo~

Yw Theo

And yes they love love those lil hammocks and such.

Feel free to post in here when you got time, I like hearing about other forms of pets besides dogs and cat!!!


I honestly haven't really come across any frog stuff at the pet stores down here, they sell em but no enclosures and such.