Has anyone ever seen or owned one of these cuties..

[Dan F]

One of my students has a couple that her dad picked up off CL a few weeks ago. She says they like to climb up you and sit on your head (pretty typical for arboreal critters) and that they are a lot of fun. She is bringing them in for show-and-tell next Thursday, maybe I'll take a few photos.

 

[EricIvins]

I kept and bred them for 6 years........They are noisy, messy, vile little beasts........Not to mention stinky at times ( or in some cases all the time ).......High Protein, low fat diets work the best, or else you will run into issues.......Especially Females with pouched up Joeys.......

 

[snakeguy101]

they are cute but from my experience, they do not make good pets. They are nocturnal and bite frequently. I just don't think that they are very personable...

 

[Otolith]

I used to have a pair I inherited from a customer when I worked at a petstore. Someone had left them in an apartment she owned after they moved. The female had something wrong with her eyes and was always a little sickly (the woman brought some cereal in with them so I think they were getting improper care/diet) and died several months later but the male I had for another 3 years or so but he passed. I miss Bart alot, I'd bring him everywhere with me.
They really..really like bugs, big gross green grasshoppers were his favorite. Also they like crown royal bags just take the string out You are going to have so much fun with yours and since your getting it as a baby it will probably stay pretty placid. They do bite... hard tho, I found if you kinda scooped them up under their belly and placed them on your arm rather than hold them down it helped them feel more at ease. They HATE getting their nails trimmed too, a sand/cement perch for parrots is a good thing to have to wear down the nails. Here are some pics of Bart:

 

[Red Devil]

One of my students has a couple that her dad picked up off CL a few weeks ago. She says they like to climb up you and sit on your head (pretty typical for arboreal critters) and that they are a lot of fun. She is bringing them in for show-and-tell next Thursday, maybe I'll take a few photos.

that will be so nice... please love to see the pics..

 

[Red Devil]

I used to have a pair I inherited from a customer when I worked at a petstore. Someone had left them in an apartment she owned after they moved. The female had something wrong with her eyes and was always a little sickly (the woman brought some cereal in with them so I think they were getting improper care/diet) and died several months later but the male I had for another 3 years or so but he passed. I miss Bart alot, I'd bring him everywhere with me.
They really..really like bugs, big gross green grasshoppers were his favorite. Also they like crown royal bags just take the string out You are going to have so much fun with yours and since your getting it as a baby it will probably stay pretty placid. They do bite... hard tho, I found if you kinda scooped them up under their belly and placed them on your arm rather than hold them down it helped them feel more at ease. They HATE getting their nails trimmed too, a sand/cement perch for parrots is a good thing to have to wear down the nails. Here are some pics of Bart:

oh what a cutie.. and thanks for all the information.... they do seem like a fun little guy to bring everywhere.... i am glad you were able to enjoy the male for a few years....

 

[Red Devil]

QUOTE=EricIvins;3902995;]I kept and bred them for 6 years........They are noisy, messy, vile little beasts........Not to mention stinky at times ( or in some cases all the time ).......High Protein, low fat diets work the best, or else you will run into issues.......Especially Females with pouched up Joeys.......[/QUOTE]
i think being you were a breeder it was more a work involvement... but if someone devotes the time as a pet only it is a big difference... thanks for all the info...what is pouched up Joeys...?

 

[RandomWiktor]

I'm going to guess that when he said "females with pouched up joeys," he meant females who still had joeys in their pouches. They're generally more defensive because they are protecting their extremely vulnerable young. You could compare it to how pregnant placental mammals often get edgy.

 

[Red Devil]

I'm going to guess that when he said "females with pouched up joeys," he meant females who still had joeys in their pouches. They're generally more defensive because they are protecting their extremely vulnerable young. You could compare it to how pregnant placental mammals often get edgy.

yes that is probably exactly what he meant.. i did not know they actually had a pouch.... like a kangaroo,.... wonder how many babys they have at once.... thanks.... again....

 

[krichardson]

They are very cute it's just a shame that we can't keep them in my state. Oh well, I can just go catch their convergent evolutionized cousin the flying squirrel.

What caused them to no longer be legal in our state?I used to see them in the stores from time to time and came close to buying a pair years ago.I dont see hedgehogs around anymore either.