Re: OT: OT Sugar glider (was Re: OT: Stillbirth, naming stuff (Was Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded?...)
| From: | Mia Soderquist <all4thebetter@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, May 22, 2003, 16:20 |
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--- Roger Mills <romilly@...> wrote:
> everyone else's, is being destroyed apace-- but
> sorry, I don't quite approve
> of seeing them caged up for the rest of their short
> lives.
Mine had never been wild. They were born in North
Carolina. I didn't cage mine much anyway. They sort of
free ranged around the house. And they live
considerably longer in captivity than they do in the
wild-- up to about 10 years.
They did a lot of drape climbing and gliding, often
landing on me. ;) Their cage was about 5 feet tall, so
when they were in there, they did have room to move
around.
Gerbils haven't been that domesticated all that long
either, but people seem to have become accustomed to
the idea of keeping them in cages, although they are
even also not really suitable for caged life, being
burrowing animals.
M.
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