Suz' Sugar Gliders

Joey Study

Joey Development Study

In an ongoing effort to further our knowledge of sugar gliders in captivity, we are seeking information about Joey Development. This study was prompted by a thread in the Breeding & Babies forum of GliderCENTRAL entitled "Joey Weight Chart?"

If you have one or more breeding pairs of gliders, you are invited to participate in this study. Please keep in mind that in order to be comprehensive, you will need to weigh your joeys each and every day from the time they come out of pouch (detached from the mother's teat) until they are fully weaned and separated from their parents. We are deeply appreciative to all who are willing to participate in this study.

Please print out the Vital Statistics Chart and complete it each day. Once your joey is fully weaned, come back and submit your data here.

*1. Date joey fully out of pouch (detached from teat) [mm/dd/yy] *2. Number of joeys in litter *3. Date eyes opened [mm/dd/yy] *4. Date started to wean (eat adult foods) [mm/dd/yy] *5. Date fully weaned (no longer drinking mother's milk or formula) [mm/dd/yy] *6. Date separated from parents [mm/dd/yy] *7. Was joey supplement fed at all?
Yes
No
If your joey was supplement fed at all, please complete Question #'s 8 - 11. (If not supplemented, skip to Question #12.)8. Date supplementing started [mm/dd/yy] 9. Date supplementing ended [mm/dd/yy] 10. How many times per day was joey supplement fed? 11. Type of formula used for supplement feeding [choose one]
Suz' Joey Formula
Vanilla Ensure
Puppy Formula
Baby BML
Other [please describe in text box below]
11+. If other type of formula used, please describe in full:
*12. Was this joey rejected and hand raised?
Yes
No
If your joey was hand raised at all, please complete Question #'s 13 - 15. (If not hand raised, skip to Question #16.)13. Date joey was rejected (pulled from parents) [mm/dd/yy] 14. Indications of rejection (What prompted you to pull the joey from its parents?) [check all that apply]
Joey crying and being ignored by parents
Joey found cold and alone in pouch
Joey found cold and alone outside of pouch
Joey found crawling out of pouch
Joey found with bite marks/wounds
Joey found being attacked by parents
Joey being left alone for more than 15 minutes at a time
Other (fill in text box below)
14+. If other indications of rejection were noted, please describe in full:
15. Type of formula used [choose one]
Suz' Joey Formula
Vanilla Ensure
Puppy Formula
Baby BML
Other [please describe in text box below]
15+. If other formula used, please describe in full:
15a. Were sub-cutaneous (sub-q) fluids given at all? 15b. If sub-q fluids were given, please describe frequency and duration:
15c. If sub-q fluids were given, what age was the joey when started on sub-q (in days)? The next few questions are regarding the joey's parents. This information is important in determining whether the parents' diet, age and size are contributing factors in joey development. *16. Diet parents being given [choose one]
Back to Basics BML (Bourbon's Modified Leadbeaters)
Darcy's Diet
HPW Diet (High Protein Wambaroo)
PML (Pocket's Modified Leadbeaters)
Suncoast Diet
The Sugar Glider Exotic Diet
Caroline MacPherson's Diet
Judie's BML
Happy Glider Pellets
Exotic Nutrition's Pellets
Brisky's Pellets
Other [describe in text box below]
16+. If other diet used, please describe in full:
17. If any accomodations were made to the parent's diet due to breeding, please describe those modifications here, in full.
*18. Sire's age *19. Sire's Date Out of Pouch (if known) [mm/dd/yy] *20. Sire's weight (in grams) *21. Dame's age *22. Dame's Date Out of Pouch (if known) [mm/dd/yy] *23. Dame's weight (in grams) For the next section, please enter the data about the joey's weight in grams for each day. If you missed a day here or there, please just put an asterisk * into the field for that particular day. *Weight on Day 1 Out of Pouch (oop) [in grams] *Weight on Day 2 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 3 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 4 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 5 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 6 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 7 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 8 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 9 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 10 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 11 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 12 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 13 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 14 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 15 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 16 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 17 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 18 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 19 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 20 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 21 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 22 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 23 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 24 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 25 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 26 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 27 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 28 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 29 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 30 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 31 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 32 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 33 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 34 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 35 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 36 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 37 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 38 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 39 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 40 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 41 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 42 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 43 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 44 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 45 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 46 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 47 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 48 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 49 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 50 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 51 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 52 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 53 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 54 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 55 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 56 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 57 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 58 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 59 oop [in grams] *Weight on Day 60 oop [in grams] If you have further data, beyond the 60 day oop point, please enter it here:
The following questions are identification information about you and your joey, this will help to distinguish the different "subjects" for the study and will give me contact information in case there are any questions about the data that you have submitted. Your contact information will remain confidential and will not be used for any solicitation purposes, nor will it be sold or otherwise distributed to other parties. *24. Your First Name *25. Your Last Name *26. The Joey's Name * 27. The Joey's Gender
Male
Female
*28. What color is the joey? (i.e., Classic Grey, Black Beauty, 60% Leu Het, etc.) *29. What is the dame's color? (i.e., Classic Grey, Black Beauty, 60% Leu Het, etc.) *30. What is the sire's color? (i.e., Classic Grey, Black Beauty, 60% Leu Het, etc.) 31. If you have links to the parents' lineages, please provide them here:
*32. Your e-mail address *33. Your Complete Mailing Address [street, city, state, postal code, country]
*34. Daytime Phone Number 35. Your GliderCENTRAL username (if you have one)