SGGA (Agenda)

Hi & Welcome !
I would like to welcome everyone to this year's 10th Annual Sugar Glider GetAway here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I hope this years SGGA will be as eventful for all who have attended past
SGGA's and an exciting & wonderful experience for all of our newbie & first timers. Please let's get together & reminisce with old friends and make new ones. I would like to thank everyone for helping make this event possible, so let's make this one an unforgettable event.

Meals !
Friday Welcoming Party: will be held on July 25th from 5:00pm to 10:00pm in ( ......to be announced "Room or at ? Restaurant" ........)
This will be an informal gathering to welcome you to Tulsa. There will be a snacks and non alcoholic beverages for you, your family. A fruit tray will be available for your sugargliders. Everyone is encouraged to come by and introduce themselves. (This meal is being donated by The Glider Initiative Group)

Saturday Morning: A Hot Breakfast Buffet will be available in the Chisolm Restaurant (on the ground floor by main entrance of the hotel) from 6:00am to 9:00am.

Saturday Afternoon: Box lunches will be served in the hospitality rooms #504 & 508 from 12:00 noon until 1:00pm. All registered attendees of the SGGA are invited

Saturday Evening: Our Around the World Luau Dinner will be served in the hotel courtyard & pool area from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. There will be 4 food stations with your choice of: American, Chinese, Italian & Mexican food groups. All registered attendees of the SGGA are invited

Conference Agenda:
Saturday's Conference will begin in the Mohawk Room on the 2nd floor at :

9:00am to 12:00 Noon, Our Morning Session:
- Welcome
- New Attendee Introduction (First Timers) - John Marsh (Xglider)
- News, Notes & Updates & Bar-B-Q Info for Sunday - Bourbon
- A Prize for the person who came the farthest - Anita
- Short Break

Dr. Tristan Speaking on: (still under discussion) - (1 hour discussion time?)

(1) Necropsy
(2) His procedure on Neutering when taking the pom-pom and at what age
(3) HLP
(4) Bacterial infections + (Giardia & Clostridium) & parasite issues + (round & ring worms)
(5) Liver dieses
(6) Blood Panels & how important they are

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch

1:00 to 4:30, Our Afternoon Session:

Dr. Welch Speaking on: (still under discussion) - (1 hour discussion time?)

(1) His procedure on Neutering when not taking the pom-pom and at what age
(2) Types of Medications ok to use on gliders: "Metcam" controversy, Torb, Baytril, Flagel, Amoxicillin, etc……….
(3) Signs to look for in an ailing or sick glider
(4) How to Re-hydrate and sub-q a sick or ailing Joey or glider (using regular saline solution or dextrose solution)
(5) Why we shouldn’t house rodents such as: rats, hamsters, squirrels, gerbils, degus together with gliders & complications that could happen
(6) Mating wounds (new Tricide with Baytril Solution for wound treatment),
(7) Tail injuries (why & when to amputate)

Question & Answer Session for Dr. Tristan & Dr. Welch together

- Short Break
- Door Decorating Contest Winners
- Thank you and gift giving & Location Announcement for Next Years SGGA
- Raffle

Vending !
Vending will be held from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM on Saturday evening in the Taos & Navajo Rooms following the conference. All conference attendee's are invited to come shopping.
Vendors will be able to set up Friday Night from 8:00pm until 12:00 midnight & will also be allowed in the vending rooms during dinner time on Saturday evening to finish setting up before the doors are opened at 7:00pm. Only the vendors who have paid reserved space will be allowed access to these rooms.
Vendors please contact Karin (Glider Daydreams or Anita (Sweetgliders)) if you need in the vending rooms. These rooms will be kept locked at all times until ready for shopping.
Many vendors will offer discounts only available at the SGGA. So be sure to stop by and check out the great & maybe one of a kind item they may have to offer.

Sunday 2nd Day Agenda:
Sunday Morning: Donuts and Coffee will be available from 8:00 to 9:00am in the (......to be announced "Room"......) at the beginning of our second day event.

9:00am to 10:30 Noon, Our Morning Session:

- Demo's (still under discussion & looking for demonstrator’s) -

Rejected Joeys' - SugargliderSuz
Glucose Testing - MinkasMom Denise
Old & New E-Collars - Bourbon & Karen Milas
Cage setup & items (what not to use) -
How to sex your joey’s -
Foraging -
Toy making - Kathy Thiessen
Nail Trimming -
Special Needs Cage setup - Val
Sewing Demo - Karin (Glider Daydreams) (?)
How to ship gliders safely -

10:30am to 12:00, Our Afternoon Session:

Color Breeding
How to put a Colony together
Discussion with a Q & A Session

12:00 Noon: Lunch
Sunday Afternoon: Bar-B-Q Lunch will be provided by Rib Crib at (.....to be announced "Room" or LaFortune Park at 61st & Yale). All registered attendee's of the SGGA are invited including their family members & children.