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    555555555555 00000000000000 started this discussion on Oct 19, 2008

    Hi, my name is Whitney and I am the organizer of this campaign… Here’ s a little about myself…. I am 17 years old yes I know young but dedicated. I have two sugar gliders Echo and Beau and I love them dearly and just in case you don’t know what a suggie is here’s a brief description:

    The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small arboreal marsupial that is found Australia, as well as in Tasmania, New Guinea, and the neighboring islands of Indonesia. The Sugar Glider is a member of the same order that includes kangaroos, opossums, wombats and Tasmanian devils.

    I am here trying to stop Perfect Pocket Pets, Why?

    Because Perfect Pocket Pets sells their sugar gliders to those who are uneducated to their care and needs. Sugar gliders needs are very serious.

    1. They must be in pairs at the minimum. They are colonial animals and if kept alone can begin to self-mutilate due to boredom and loneliness.

    2. There diet is extremely important…there are a few well known diets such as BML and HPW diets…these diets have been made by professionals who have study the sugar gliders natural diet in the wild… It contains the proteins, Veggies, and fruits that they need. They also have a specific calcium phosphorus ratio.

    3. They need an extremely large cage. I mean there not called Sugar gliders for nothing. They love to glide and need the room to do so, they also live high in trees so there pouch needs to be high up in the cage.

    Perfect Pocket Pets tells people that gliders can live off of a slice of apple and pellets. They also say that one glider is fine and that they only need a 2×2×2 ft cage which is way too small. My two Have 5 ft cage to themselves….Perfect Pocket Pets lie to get sales and the sugar gliders are the ones that are suffering due to it.

  • debbie rose
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    debbie rose replied on Oct 27, 2008

    If u buy them and are uneducated that is your own fault. It is like buying any other kind of pet. Do your homework. We asked questions and thought about it and thought they were very different which they are. As far as having one just means you need to spend more time with it. Any animial requires time and attention and feeding. They can not take of themselves.
    As farf as pockpets selling them to people who are not educated they make sure u learn everything. Most people do not know everything as these are of course thes are exoxtic pets. They send u daily emails and u can print out all kinds of info and watch videos and they also give u a lengthy cd to watch when u buy your little one.

    So quit your belly aching and step up to plate and take care of your pets!!!!!

    ps you are suppose to take them out of the cage and let them run in a small safe room in the house or purchase a small jr tent that is what i did. Let them run around on u in the tent or just on u they love it. u do not have a dog or cat just to look at, same thing.

  • Alvin Benham
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    Alvin Benham replied on Jan 23, 2009

    Debbie is right…get informed! I am a sugarglider and my “parents” take good care of me! I get out often and run around the room with my tail up, sniffing everything and jumping on Mom when she isn’t looking. I love my diet and adore my treats prepared by Perfect Pocket Pets. Mom and Dad researched carefully and made an informed decision before I was adopted. Would I like a sibling, maybe, but it’s fun getting ALL the attention. Do I get fussy at times? Yes, but what teenager doesn’t? Mom had a few questions when they first adopted me and she contacted Perfect Pocket Pets and they replied immediately with knowlegable answers that helped all of us. One stop shopping for all my toys, food and vitamins. Hey, I even got my photo posted once! I am well cared for, came from a great place and live in a wonderful home with people who love me and take good care of me. Quit whining and get informed before you wrongly “educate” people. It’s uninformed people like you who cause turmoil in this world! (Mom told me to say that!) SO THERE!

  • Maggie B
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    Maggie B replied on Dec 18, 2009

    Hey Debbie & Alvin..let me guess..you actually WORK for Perfect Pocket Pets??
    Your entire posts just scream “I’m a Perfect Pocket Pets troll!!!”
    I’m not worried though. I believe almost anybody who has ever had dealings with this company knows the lies they tell!!

  • Scott Harrison
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    Scott Harrison replied on Feb 4, 2010

    Hi I’ve been interested in buying sugar gliders for some time now and have been doing exstensive research. one of the most valuable source i have found is the ASGV or association of sugar glider vetrinarians and although i have little knowledge about perfect pocket pets and was trying to find out more about them before purchasing (which is how i stumbled upon this page) from what you are describing you are the misinformed one. sugar glider babies are supposed to be kept in much smaller cages about 2×2×2 size in order to reduce stress durring removal until properly bonded with their owners and there are plenty of pellet type foods that are made especially for gliders. along with fruits and vegtables and the occaisional insect or even some human protien sources it is a very healthy diet. also they do not need to be sold in pairs or larger groups. it is recomended because if not they do need 2-4 hours of direct attention a day but there are plenty of healthy and happy singly owned sugar gliders. also sugar gliders are colony animals so their capabilities to get along with other pets are very high. just introduce them slowly to eachother and monitor their first interactions carefully and they should get along great

  • Maggie B
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    Maggie B replied on Feb 4, 2010

    Uhhhh Scott? The ASGV website is OWNED by Perfect Pocket Pets alond with the vet! Everybody who owns a glider knows THAT!!!
    Yeah….1000’s of glider owners are ALL wrong and crazy and we have no idea what we are talking about & only perfect pocket pets ( a company that sells these animals like shaw wows for a STUPID profit) knows the truth. They really care and want to help you!!
    What a joke.
    You expect us to believe you don’t work for this company too?? Say hi to Alvin & debbie….

  • Scott Harrison
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    Scott Harrison replied on Feb 9, 2010

    i realize this now as i said i was trying to find out more about them. i assure you that i do not work for perfect pocket pets and that i was just going off of the information i had found on the web so far. i did not call anybody crazy or clueless i used the word misinformed because i believed that’s what you were at the time. i do not believe that they sell the animals for stupid profit though because the breeder i found in my area that i plan on getting mine from is selling them for around the same price. the breeder is USDA liscenced by the way i found them on this site http://www.sugargliderhelp.com/links/pages/Sugar_Glider_Breeder_Database/index.html. the only thing that i can see them profiting off of is their merchandise for the sugar gliders which is very difficult to find anywhere else. If you could give me some valid sources that aren’t blogs or other types of unprofessional sources i would greatly appreciate it. also if you know anywhere that i could get supplies for my sugar gliders relatively cheap that would be wonderful because although i have plenty of time that i would love to devote to them and work a night shift so my schedule fits perfectly i am only 18 and do not have large amounts of money saved up to throw around and no parents to supply me with any extra funds

  • Maggie B
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    Maggie B replied on Feb 9, 2010

    I apologize Scott. PPP is a large company and you would not believe the amount of “trolls” they have patroling these message boards waving their marketing banner around. To anyone that owns a glider it’s a nightmare. People see gliders and WANT to believe the PPP hype that they are easy and kid friendly and never need to go to the vet. They don’t want to hear from glider owners the truth. You will probably find that the reason that so many people don’t like PPP is because the first gliders they bought they bought FROM them. After you realize that you have been scammed it tends to make you a little mad….
    The sugar glider help website is a good one. It is a hub site for many great glider places. One of them being Glider Central. If you come over there and register it is full of great people and great information. You can find about diet and cages and medical problems…and about a million other things that come with glider ownership.
    You will also find WAY more PPP info than you wanted to know…..it’s sad :(

  • Jennefer English
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    Jennefer English replied on Sep 26, 2010

    Another person to boycott: S & S Exotics, which can be found here: http://www.sandsexoticanimals.com/

    They sell greys directly to PPP and they also sell wild caught gliders. I own a grey myself, so I take that very personally. Everyone likes the leus and mosaics… well I’m fine with my perfect little grey. Anyway, the owner of S & S has no regard for her animals and also sells products that harm gliders, such as leashes and ‘suggie diapers’, which restrict movement of the animal’s gliding membrane and can potentially cripple it.

    Scott, if you’re still looking for info, like months later, a site I’ve found helpful is sweet-sugar-gliders.com. If I got the web address wrong, google it and it should be the first hit you get. They have diet tips (which are proven to be good) and sell snacks and all the supplements you need. It’s where I get everything for my Elliot, as I’m currently living in Japan and they don’t have a lot of stuff here specifically for gliders. Another great place to get pouches and supplies is The Gliding Room. I can’t remember the web address, google it if you’re looking for well made pouches at reasonable prices. The woman who runs TGL is a really good person too, she loves her suggies. And don’t feel bad, I was initially sucked in by AGSV too. Their Youtube videos are pretty convincing, as is their website. After talking to a lot of suggie owners, I quickly dismissed anything they had to say.

    Maggie I totally agree with you. On the flipside of that, I urge everyone who is thinking about getting a glider to please educate yourself before doing so, because not every “reputable breeder” is what they swear they are. I didn’t, I bought mine off of the internet from a “yardsale” type site, but I was sure to educate myself once he came to live with me. After all is said and done the extra effort is more than worth it, my Elliot is the best pet I’ve ever had, but gliders aren’t for everyone. Elliot is a loner, has been since he was bought last year by his previous owner, but I am sure to spend all the time I can with him, which is a LOT. The only reason he doesn’t have a ‘roommate’ right now is because I can’t find a vet who will neuter him out here, and I don’t want him to be overly aggressive toward another male, and I’m certainly not wanting to breed him since getting him home to the States by himself is going to be a challenge.

    And yes, PPP sucks. I’d like to punch Virgil in the face myself. Jerk.

  • Jennefer English
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    Jennefer English replied on Sep 26, 2010

    And while I’m on my rampage, let me address debbie rose and Alvin what’s his name.

    How dare you attack a 17 year old who is taking proper care of her pets and looks to be better spoken than BOTH of you put together? Seriously, where do you get off? She’s 17 and is probably smarter than both of you put together as well as better spoken!

    As a glider owner, I can actually validate most of what she said. While gliders do much better in colony settings, they can do OK by themselves. It’s not ideal, it’s not what they’d choose if they hadn’t had their choices taken away from them, but it is what it is and not all loners self mutilate (mine does not). It is, however, much healthier and easier on the glider if he or she has a cage mate.

    I had to educate myself AFTER buying a glider. I got the glider, the cage, a recipe for BML, some supplies to make BML, and then ignored when I had questions for the owner when I emailed him to ask about the vet they took him to out in town to clip his nails since I’m in Japan and there’s a definite language barrier.

    If this company is selling to people who are unaware of what they’re getting into, shame on them! Gliders are NOT gerbils or hamsters or cats or dogs. And that pellet food they sell is CRAP. Making glider care look easy to turn a sale is wrong because people aren’t prepared for what actually goes into it, and yeah it gets old pretty quickly if you were looking for an easy, cute pet and find out when you get home that your easy, cute pet has serious diet needs that can result in death if not met.

    So to blame people for not knowing how to make an approved glider diet and ‘not doing their homework’ is asinine. How on earth would you know to research it if a supposed expert was telling you how easy it is to take care of a pet? And that clown on You Tube? Oh look how easy it is to pin your glider down and wipe him with a baby wipe to make him pee and poop! NO that destroys trust, as most gliders don’t like to be held down. I tried that with my glider and he wouldn’t have a thing to do with me for three days after that.

    OK off my soapbox.

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