{"id":4585,"date":"2023-03-16T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2026-07-16T01:01:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:01:45","slug":"today-was-productive-and-eye-opening-at-the-topsfield-fair-i-spent-a-few-hours-sharing-crucial-information-about-sugar-glider-care-particularly-in-response-to-the-irresponsible-practices-of-pouch-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/?p=4585","title":{"rendered":"Today was productive and eye-opening at the Topsfield Fair. I spent a few hours sharing crucial information about sugar glider care, particularly in response to the irresponsible practices of Pouch Mates, a vendor selling gliders for $1000 with inadequate supplies and harmful misinformation. Unfortunately, these gliders have been turning up sick across New England over the past week."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shockingly, Pouch Mates\u2019 so-called \u201cwarranty\u201d even states that if a glider dies, you can purchase another sick glider for $125. This kind of predatory practice only adds to the harm they\u2019re causing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"640\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 360 \/ 640;\" width=\"360\" controls src=\"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000094692.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shockingly, Pouch Mates\u2019 so-called \u201cwarranty\u201d even states that if a glider dies, you can purchase another sick glider for $125. This kind of predatory practice only adds to the harm they\u2019re causing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4588,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions\/4588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esportsgram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}