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30 October 2006

A sugar glider nibbled on my ear last night. That is all. Carry on.

post by: Specklet at: 12:43 | 17 comments

Did he buy you a drink first?

(I'm assuming it's a he. otherwise we'll sink ever deeper into a Freudian morass..)

posted by jonmc 30 October | 12:46

You were lucky it was just your ear there, Sugar Tits.

(Sorry. It's my new favorite phrase.)

posted by jrossi4r 30 October | 12:47

(That's great, jrossi4r, but be discreet, otherwise Kelloggs will hear you and it'll be on store shelves by winter)

posted by jonmc 30 October | 12:50

Be careful. Now that they've gained your trust, they're casing the joint so they can rob you blind when you're asleep.

posted by cmonkey 30 October | 12:56

Maybe in the old days, jonmc. They don't even have Sugar Smacks anymore. Nowadays it would be Whole Wheat Honey Tits or somesuch.

posted by jrossi4r 30 October | 12:57

Though a sugar glider would make a most excellent mascot for a breakfast cereal.

posted by jrossi4r 30 October | 12:58

They don't even have Sugar Smacks anymore.

Well, that's understandable. Most people don't want their heroin to be fattening.

posted by jonmc 30 October | 12:59

Yeah, Whole Wheat Honey Tits just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it...

cmonkey, last night, Scout (I think) was on top of my head, peering down my forehead at me. He kept doing that and it kept making me laugh, making him grab my hair tighter.

Then he nibbled on my ear.

posted by Specklet 30 October | 13:07

Specklet, if you haven't yet got your Halloween costume sorted ...
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by essexjan 30 October | 13:09

Awwwwww. It's too bad he won't be able to get much of a grip on me.

posted by cmonkey 30 October | 13:10

Jan, my friends were trying to convince me to go as a glider for Halloween!

And cmonkey, they'll find a way to get a grip. You'll see.

posted by Specklet 30 October | 13:18

Knowing cmonkey's liking for body-mods, I think a little sugar-glider ladder consisting of metal rungs embedded in a decorative pattern on his scalp should be cmonkey's next project.

posted by essexjan 30 October | 13:27

maybe wrap some canvas around the rungs and make a little tiny treadmill.

posted by jonmc 30 October | 13:37

This is a dumb question, but here goes: Do they get very friendly as they bond with you? In a kitten/cat, rub against you kind of way? 'Cause they are so very cute, and I'd love to see them running around and leaping happily on to you. Or are they basically shy?

posted by redvixen 30 October | 19:19

That's not a dumb question at all, my dear.

Yep, as you go through the bonding process, they will eventually come running to you and jump on you and groom your ears and play with your hair. Usually, though, when they're awake, they're not in a snuggly mood; they want to play play play.

Last night was the first time I've ever let them out of the bonding pouch. And it was in a tent (yeah, a camping tent, and yeah, I pitched a tent in my living room) so they were safe and contained.

They climbed all over me and explored the tent and tried to eat a piece of string. It was all very exciting.

posted by Specklet 30 October | 19:35

Now that sounds like fun! (And I like the tent in the living room idea-room so they can explore, but still contained. Brilliant!)

Now I want sugar gliders...

posted by redvixen 30 October | 19:47

I'll keep you posted on the bonding process...

posted by Specklet 30 October | 20:00

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