Pet Sugar Gliders Are Playful and Fun Pets

A pet Sugar Glider can be a wonderful pet to have if you enough time, patience, and room. A pet sugar glider is fun to watch when they are awake. They are extremely cute when they are eating and holding small bits of food with one hand or both hands.

When you decide to adopt a pet Sugar Glider you should know they can live for 15 years so be willing for a long term commitment. A sugar glider needs a lot of attention and they are very social animals. Ideally they should be kept in pairs because if they don't get enough attention from you, they will become so depressed they stop eating and die.

Before you adopt a sugar glider you should get to know the sounds they make. Some people aren't expecting such a small animal can make as much noise as they sometimes will. Sugar gliders make a barking noise as well as louder noises called 'crabbing' when they are upset. Making sure the noise they make isn't going to keep you awake at night if the cage is going to be in your bedroom or you live in a small apartment, before you bring them home is a good idea.

Plan on having a good sized cage in your home if you are going to adopt a sugar glider. Think about if your home is big enough for a large cage to be in it comfortably. A sugar glider will not be happy in a small cage or a cramped space. A large wire cage will allow them to do a lot of climbing which they love to do.

Sugar gliders get their names partially from the fact that in the wild they will glide from tree to tree. Sugar gliders have a flap of skin between their wrists and ankles that allow them to glide from tree to tree. In addition to a nesting box and toys, you will need to provide an exercise wheel, branches for climbing and jumping as well as ladders. This is also why the cage has to be so large.

Feeding a sugar glider is done several times a day. Sugar gliders have strict dietary requirements that have to be met in order to keep them healthy. They are omnivorous, meaning they eat plants and animals. They like to eat fruit, vegetables, nectar and insects. The most important things to remember when feeding sugar gliders is they require fresh water every day. A sugar glider will quickly dehydrate is they don't have water. They also need protein in their diets, they can get this from insect like crickets and their favorite insects, mealworms. If you are squeamish about feeding insects to an animal, sugar gliders may not be the pet for you. They will also need calcium in their diets. Supplements are a good way to get this for them.

Sugar gliders are marsupials like kangaroos. They start off life in their mothers pouch. Sugar gliders are not usually aggressive but they will bite if threatened or scared. They also have sharp claws that need to be kept trimmed if you plan on letting them climb on you and they will want to climb all over you. Before adopting a sugar glider you should read as much about them from as many sources as possible. Many people will have different ways of caring for them. Reading as much about how to care for them from different sources will let you get a good idea as to how much work will be involved in taking care of a sugar glider as a pet as well as getting a wealth of information to pick through and find what works for you and your gliders