chantelle and preston(sugargliders)

just to let you all know
we think chantelle is pregnant :smt041 :smt041
she is looking very plump
will know for sure in a couple of weeks when the babies crawl out and make their way to her pouch

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!! Am sure they will be beautiful babies with some very proud carers and parents!!!!!!!! now question is how are to going to find names that match preston and chantelle lol

thank you

sugargliders are unlike our baby parrots we don,t do any of the caring with the sugargliders
mum and dad do it all so all we can do is sit and watch them
and we won,t be keeping the babies we will be selling them so i dont, have to worry about names


maybe if we did keep them we could name them dumb and dumber after the real chantelle and preston

ahh thats good!! you get to watch them grow with not having to do the hard stuff! lol

like the dumb and dumber btw lmao

aww how exciting baby sugargliders

omg!!! congrats!!! mini sugargliders...soooooo cute!

yes SpottyDogsRule much easier than the macaws
and i think they are great names too

thank you BL and chinaowner
we are really excited too
i will start a baby thread when they are born so you can all watch them grow
also the baby macaws are due in june time so will be another lot of babies for you all to watch grow again this year

how long does gestation last in sugar gliders?

Sugar gliders, like other marsupials, have a very short gestation period -- about 16 days. The babies, usually 1 or two, very rarely 3, are born tiny (0.19 grams) and hairless, and have to make their own way into the mother's pouch, where they attach themselves to a nipple. They stay there for about two months.

At around two months they begin to emerge from the pouch a little at a time, taking several days to emerge fully -- the first day you might just see a foot, then a whole whole hind end. It can take a week or so for them to finally let go of the nipple and emerge completely. Be sure not to try to handle them at this time, because they are physically attached to the nipple, and removing them will cause injuries to both mother and baby, and probably kill the baby!

Once they are out of the pouch, the babies may hang under the mother's abdomen as she moves about the cage, or they may stay curled in the nest with the male. Male sugar gliders are very good daddies, and help with the care and feeding of the babies

Approximately 10 days after emerging, the babies open their eyes. A month or so after that, they are ready to wean.

aww thats great news must have pics as soon as they are born