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

[RandomWiktor]

PA has some weird animal laws... very loose in some species that really could use restrictions, very restricted in some species that don't really need it. I believe the concern with hedgehogs was that they are a potential carrier of hoof and mouth disease - though if you read more on the matter it seems the laws are, as usual with exotics laws, based less in real risk than in fear mongering.

To be clear, gliders are legal in PA with a permit. There are few states in which they are 100% illegal. I'm not certain why however. I can only assume based on other exotics laws that they either a. fall under some kind of general blanket restriction simply because they are exotics, b. have some real or imagined potential to become invasive or c. carry some kind of pathogen that probably virtually no one and no thing has ever contracted from them, but lawmakers responded to public fears or pressures from agriculture.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

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.

yeah we cant have them
not sure why. they are strict in too many areas. they need to lossen them up!They are making it too hard for me to get my desired serval

Oh and seth, go catch some!! they are cute little creatures!! catch a bunch so i can transplant them into my back yard
Im still contemplating doin that with some melanistic gray squirrils that live in the attic of one of the stations in my fire department. they also have a huge snapping turtle that lives in the drainage ditch in front of the station that they feed

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Oh and seth, go catch some!! they are cute little creatures!! catch a bunch so i can transplant them into my back yard

You know what, I bet you money that they already live around your house. They're nocturnal so most people rarely ever catch a glimpse of them even though they're quite common in PA. I saw some for the first time in the wild last year. My friend has a couple of bird feeders with motion lights near them. The squirrels triggered the lights one night while we were on his deck grilling so we got a front row seat to watch their nighttime antics. They really are neat little critters and tiny too!

 

[Blakdragon284]

They are native to Australia, and their main food source is insects and eucalyptus tree sap, but they also eat a variety of fruits and plants, they will even eat rodents and small or young birds. They live in colonies of up to ten or twelve, with a dominant male and several females and their joeys. The average colony is about eight gliders. They make great pets when they are given time, socialization and lots of love. They bond to humans like they would bond to their nest mates. They thrive on attention and do best in pairs or more. They can be very hyper at night and need lots of enrichment activities like foraging toys and exercise wheels. During the day they are content to sleep in any soft dark place. A pocket or pouch or the back of your hood. They are often nicknamed pocket pets for this. You can take them about anywhere without fear of them running away once they've bonded to you. I will walk around my home with them on me and they would rather run up and down my arms then try to leave me. Even to go back in their cage.

They are a bit high maintenance when it comes to their food since they aren't well known. Many die prematurely from poor diet or protein and calcium deficiencies. Supplements are a must. Extra calcium is important. I sprinkle repti-cal on their food every couple of days and they also get yogurt drops as treats, good calcium but sugar too. For protein they get meal worms daily. Which they LOVE! and sometimes crickets or pinky mice. Fresh fruit sometimes, but dont overdue it. They love grapes and honey dew, but they dont need a lot of sugar. And fresh veggies every few days. I've found they really like leaf lettuce. I use Happy Glider chicken formula as a daily staple food, which they eat with a somewhat neutral fondness. lol

 

[Louie]

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.

The southern flyer is probably the most underrated exotic pet there is if you get a young one. The CB babies are amazingly tame and super hardy.

 

[Louie]

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:

Cute funny some people love them but othetrs don't particularly like them . Imagine one of those pets which each individiual is different no general rule.

 

[Louie]

They are native to Australia, and their main food source is insects and eucalyptus tree sap, but they also eat a variety of fruits and plants, they will even eat rodents and small or young birds. They live in colonies of up to ten or twelve, with a dominant male and several females and their joeys. The average colony is about eight gliders. They make great pets when they are given time, socialization and lots of love. They bond to humans like they would bond to their nest mates. They thrive on attention and do best in pairs or more. They can be very hyper at night and need lots of enrichment activities like foraging toys and exercise wheels. During the day they are content to sleep in any soft dark place. A pocket or pouch or the back of your hood. They are often nicknamed pocket pets for this. You can take them about anywhere without fear of them running away once they've bonded to you. I will walk around my home with them on me and they would rather run up and down my arms then try to leave me. Even to go back in their cage.

They are a bit high maintenance when it comes to their food since they aren't well known. Many die prematurely from poor diet or protein and calcium deficiencies. Supplements are a must. Extra calcium is important. I sprinkle repti-cal on their food every couple of days and they also get yogurt drops as treats, good calcium but sugar too. For protein they get meal worms daily. Which they LOVE! and sometimes crickets or pinky mice. Fresh fruit sometimes, but dont overdue it. They love grapes and honey dew, but they dont need a lot of sugar. And fresh veggies every few days. I've found they really like leaf lettuce. I use Happy Glider chicken formula as a daily staple food, which they eat with a somewhat neutral fondness. lol

cute very nice

 

[Red Devil]

They are native to Australia, and their main food source is insects and eucalyptus tree sap, but they also eat a variety of fruits and plants, they will even eat rodents and small or young birds. They live in colonies of up to ten or twelve, with a dominant male and several females and their joeys. The average colony is about eight gliders. They make great pets when they are given time, socialization and lots of love. They bond to humans like they would bond to their nest mates. They thrive on attention and do best in pairs or more. They can be very hyper at night and need lots of enrichment activities like foraging toys and exercise wheels. During the day they are content to sleep in any soft dark place. A pocket or pouch or the back of your hood. They are often nicknamed pocket pets for this. You can take them about anywhere without fear of them running away once they've bonded to you. I will walk around my home with them on me and they would rather run up and down my arms then try to leave me. Even to go back in their cage.

They are a bit high maintenance when it comes to their food since they aren't well known. Many die prematurely from poor diet or protein and calcium deficiencies. Supplements are a must. Extra calcium is important. I sprinkle repti-cal on their food every couple of days and they also get yogurt drops as treats, good calcium but sugar too. For protein they get meal worms daily. Which they LOVE! and sometimes crickets or pinky mice. Fresh fruit sometimes, but dont overdue it. They love grapes and honey dew, but they dont need a lot of sugar. And fresh veggies every few days. I've found they really like leaf lettuce. I use Happy Glider chicken formula as a daily staple food, which they eat with a somewhat neutral fondness. lol

oh so so sweet.... thanks for all the great info too

 

[Louie]

oh so so sweet.... thanks for all the great info too

Are you going to get a pair?

 

[Red Devil]

Are you going to get a pair?

maybe in future but too many pets right now.. i am in awe over them...and newly discovered to me...