I have a three year old male Sugarglider. Is he too old to mate ? or will he be agressive if i introduced a younger female in his terroritory. He's friendly and easy to handle. Worried about doing the wrong thing by mating him.
2006-09-17 19:49:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
3 years old is fine for mating - just make sure you do the proper introductions, and make sure the female is AT LEAST a year old, any younger and he will just be injuring her because she will likely not be mature.
For introductions, I put a smaller cage with my new male in it inside a larger cage with my 2 females. I swapped a few pouches so they could get each others smell and then introduced them all face to face during tent time. This allowed me to supervise for an hour for a few nights before I was comfortable leaving them all together alone.
2006-09-18 05:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by myaddictiontofire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three years old is not very old for this wonderful animals and I would try and find a female of at least one year old for him. Any younger and he may do her some harm trying to mate.
2006-09-18 11:18:21 · answer #2 · answered by stevehart53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the link above states that they have about a 15 year lifespan... so i think 3 years old shouldn't be considered old. I would go ahead with mating them.
2006-09-18 03:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you in the uk? i had to go look up what a sugar glider was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Glider
2006-09-18 02:55:28 · answer #4 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try that link hope it helps....
2006-09-18 02:56:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
give the little bugger a chance see what happens.//////////////
2006-09-18 09:39:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋