AmbientShade opened this issue on Mar 14, 2012 · 453 posts
AmbientShade posted Sun, 27 May 2012 at 3:26 PM
Quote - I have no idea what a suggie is but looks like it would be a wonderfull addition to a runtime.
Nocturnal marsupials native to Australia, Tasmania and other surrounding lands. About the size of a hamster with really long prehensile tails and petagium that allow them to glide through tree tops like flying squirrels. They live on insects and fruit, berries. They started becoming pets in the US sometime in the late 1980s or early 90s. Considered exotics in the US and illegal to own in some states, very expensive little creatures with high maintenance - diet has to be be made by hand. In at least some parts of Australia they're as common as ground squirrels are in the US. In the states, they've been bred into all sorts of colors ranging from reds to platinum whites. My ex and I started raising them, but I started feeling guilty about how many of them are abused and neglected because most people don't know how to properly take care of them, or just get too lazy and stop caring for them properly. They can't be left in a cage and fed kibble - they have very strict diets and require a lot of interaction and exercise. But if you bond with one they are awesome little creatures - nothing else like it.
~Shane