Sort of like a flying squirrel, but a marsupial. These "Floxie Doxies" come from the trees of Australia and are very demanding, difficult, high-maintanance pets (but completely enchanting and hilarious!)
"What do you feed them?" There are a a few possible diets, and a TON of controversy. Therefore, I can really only say what I feed MINE, which is a version of BML.
"Where do you keep them?"
Usually on me! But when I am asleep (they are, afterall, even more nocturnal than my insomniac self) in a cage. I am in the process of making a glider room, and will someday be able to afford a bigger nice cage. (Oh I have plans, I tell you!) but for now this is my cage (the toys change at least weekly.)
"Can I have one of yours, you know, when you are tired of them?"
Well, Eventually I WILL say good bye to my fuzzbutts, like in 15 years or so. But at that point I really planned on burying them, you know, because they'd be dead. Unless I die first, my 3 dears are mine for LIFE... mine or theirs. And so, no. Unless I am dead. And STILL no. Just because you asked that You will NOT be considered for custody in my will. (And oh yes, they WILL be in my will. MY GLIDERS ARE MY BABIES!!!
Sooooooooo...
ready
for some
Meet My
Ephiphany
(and
Baby
Plicethenese!)
Heber
Lilo
"Where did you get them?"
Epiphany was daughter of Rebecca's Nibblet & Meeko(?) and Lilo was daughter of Elisabeth's Phia & Teeco both of My Sugar High in Utah. Heber was a rescue, originally from a flea market in Texas. Plicethenese was a surprise and Heber's last ditch effort to have a son with Nani before getting fixed.
"Are they easy to take care of?"
NO. I love them to pieces but do a TON of research before adopting a glider. They are wonderful, but hard hard work and can live 15 years so it is no small commitment.
"Are they a good pet for a child?"
I'm asked this far too often to include it all here, so I just wrote a dedicated page on it here.
If you have OTHER questions, feel free to ask in my guestbook or email me!
Coming Soon...
A thoroughly clickable link list with the best information (and silliness) I am aware of!
Read about
them all (plus my other crittters) on the official Blog of my pets,Tails from the Ark!
So, it's not exactly one-stop shopping BUT anything you buy from my Amazon store, I get a percentage of.
I searched like mad for things good enough for my suggies. So, if you feel like earning us some mealies for the month, take a look!
