September 22, 2012
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Sugar Gliders
The book I read to research this post was Sugar Gliders and Me by Jeanette R Gibson which is an excellent book which I bought from kindle. Sugar Gliders are found in the wild in Papua New Guinea & much of Australia. They are marsupials meaning most females have a pouch for keeping their young. Many Sugar Gliders are taken from the wild illegally and sold on as pets. They aren’t an endangered species but you definitely shouldn’t buy them online and if they seem to be at a cheap price you should avoid them. Before you buy one you should make sure the potential pet and talk to the owner face to face. There are problems with having a Sugar Glider as a pet in that they’re noisy at night because they are nocturnal and they will often mark their territory. Also you must spend plenty of time interacting with it especially if it’s a single pet otherwise it’s liable to get depressed. They also like to explore so will want freedom at certain times to explore the room. They are liable to chew cables and cause a bit of mischief so you must make sure the room is safe and they can’t get injured. In the wild they can glide for upto 45 metres and will climb trees. In their cage you should have something for them to climb and what they sleep on is often made of cloth so it can be washed. They are clean animals and won’t smell any worse than a puppy and will groom themselves. Excessive grooming can indicate an infection. They are cheaper to feed than a dog or cat. Incidentely they get their name because they glide and they like sweet fruit. If you live in the midlands UK as I do there is a shop in Newport in Shropshire that specializes in supplements for sugar gliders.
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Sugar gliders are very popular animals. Though I heard they bite very strong..
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I did read in the book that they can become quite tame but you are right they have a strong bite. I’ll tell you a funny story you know how when you buy small animals you have to not have contact with them for about a week because they can die of shock and need to adjust to their new surroundings. Well I bought a couple of gerbils a good few years ago. They told me not to handle them for a few days but didn’t tell me why. Anyway I got them home and started stroking them and 1 of them bit me. Luckily they didn’t die of shock though. Also gerbils have a very nasty bite.