02/12/2024
Meet Vinnie 💕
Vinnie is an excellent example on why lineaged breeding and having the knowledge of what you’re doing before just sticking a male and a female glider together is so important.
At 6 weeks, Vinnie was found in the pouch with her parents and brother, but was missing an ear. She more than likely was either aggressively nursing and mom retaliated, or she got in the way of the parents trying to mate and they didn’t like that.
At that point I separated her and her brother from the parents and finished hand raising her. She healed beautifully and will be headed to meet her mama soon with her biological sister and another sister from another mister 🥰
The point of this post is, these things can happen to lineaged breeders, but they are far more common and done for far different reasons when gliders are not lineaged. If you have a male and female you don’t have lineage on and/or don’t intend to breed, just neuter the male. There is no way to know how closely your gliders are related without it. They WILL mate with each other. There are no downsides to neutering. Sometimes people get lucky and have no issues, but the risk isn’t worth it. In**ed gliders can have obvious birth defects, neurological birth defects, they can be born blind, have internal issues and diseases nobody is aware of, and the list goes on.
The same goes for inexperienced owners. It’s best to own gliders for at least a year before starting a breeding journey. Research on reputable breeding websites, get a breeding mentor, really use that time to learn as much as you can about gliders and breeding BEFORE getting your breeding pair. TRIOS are not recommended for first time breeders. They can come with their own set of issues such as jealous females and joey snatching.
I’m more than happy to help out anyone with a mentorship that wants to become an ethical breeder. We have enough backyard breeders in the community and these animals depend on us to do the right thing.
