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I learned today that it's legal to keep sugar gliders as pets in the U.S. I am slightly shocked.

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[morningglorymlp.livejournal.com]

Yup...I've seen them in pet stores a couple of times. All though they're not all that common.

Why are you slightly shocked?

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

They're native animals in Australia. And quite possibly threatened or vunerable status. Here it's illegal to keep any native animal without a licence. I imagine they'd have a lot of special needs and most pet owners are not scrupulous enough to meet these needs.

It reminds me of the case of a species of Wallaby. Here they are endangered. In some European countries they are bred in squallid conditions for the pet trade.

It just seems wrong that such a creature should be a common pet.

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[morningglorymlp.livejournal.com]

Ah..I didn't realize they were close if not all ready threatened here. I really don't know much about them as far as being pets in the US. I've only come across them once or twice in pet stores and I don't know anyone who has them. But that is a bit odd that they are allowed to be pets if they're a threatened species. You're not supposed to keep animals that are on the threatened or endangered species list in the US without a lisence or permit

[leemur.livejournal.com]

What about keeping lemurs in Australia?

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[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Unless you worked in a zoo I'd say not. :p

[jlm6631.livejournal.com]

You can have wallabees as pets here too. It is illegal to have any exotic mammal in california and they are very strict in Massachussetts. some animals are not meant to be pets IMO but people love owning exotics. In IL. It is illegal to own anything deemed wildlife. Unfotanatly one shop was not quite aware that their short tail possums were considered wildlife and I had gotten one. I could not find a vet to take her unless through a zoo vet and it would have costed alot. My BF accidently killed it though. Nasty little thing.

Sugargliders are recommended to be in a big cage with a few others and to play with each of them at least 2 hours a day.

African pygmi hedgehogs were a fad here and unfortanatly alot of them were destroyed. Now you can only get them through a breeder. I have my second one. They are sold for children and if I were a child I would not want her.

It is very sad how animals are exploited.

[(Anonymous)]

Actually in the eastern states you can buy some australian natives (such as the mentioned sugar gliders) as companion animals, or at least you could in the 90's, maybe the law has changed since then? You also don't need a permit to keep reptiles over there like you do here in the west but there is pressure to change these laws. Which is silly given the number of abused/neglected domestic animals we already have.

-LisA.

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[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm a bit of fence sitter when it comes to keeping natives as pets.

On one side making them available as pets makes them more valuable to people, therefore they will do more to save the species (what I like to call the "cute and furry" principle).

On the other side natives require a lot more special care and attention than a dog or a cat, and many people won't treat them properly.

Pet licences are so badly needed.

in canada

[sunnyshagg.livejournal.com]

my friend had 2 as pets but they were a handfull. they need alot of attention so she sold them. but they are super cute