Toys!!

you are advices to put in some toys in the cage for the gliders to play. it is also VERY IMPORTANT to have a wheel in there for them as they need to exercise. The minimum size of the wheel should be 11 inches in diameter. Anything smaller would injure them. The Wodent Wheel Senior is highly recommended.

Nail O Matic inserts are useful to be placed in the wheel as they assist to keep the nails filed.

 Toys For your Suggies

Bonding Pouches!!

Sugar glider bonding pouches. Carry your pet Sugar Glider along with you using these Sugar glider bonding pouches.

Pouches!!

Sugar Gliders are nocturnal and need a place to curl up and go to sleep during the day. Sleeping pouches are ideal for them as they are made of suggie friendly material and reverse inside stitching so that the seams or threads are not exposed for your suggies to chew or get caught into.

Gliders like to "move house" occasionally and so it is a good idea to provide of pouches in various attractive designs for you to choose from with all of them being made from suggie friendly material and reverse inside stitching.

Types of Pouches

Housing and Equipment!!

Sugar Glider cages have to be NO SMALLER than 20 x 20 x 36 inches high. The bigger the cage, the better. NEVER USE SMALL HAMSTER CAGES AS THEIR HOUSING!! the gaps between the wires should not be more than 1/4 inch apart as they would be able to escape if the gaps are too wide.

Example of Sugar Glider Cages.

Foods To avoid!!

1) Baby foods    (containing onions or garlic for seasoning Most do not but check!)
2) caffeine    (coffee, tea, soda, chocolate etc.)
3) canned foods or meat    (most contain added salt and sugar)
4) canned fruit   (most contain added salt and sugar)  
5) cheese    (could cause intestinal stoppage or "binding" leading to constipation)
6) chives 
7) chocolate    (It causes a toxic chemical reaction in many animals)
8) dog food 
9) fat    (any food with high or added fat)
10) fried foods 
11) garlic 
12) insects that are wild caught 
13) keels 
14) iceberg lettuce    (non nutritional)
15) milk 
16) millet    (or other very small seeds) 
17) nuts    (possible exception of a uncooked, unsalted penult for very rare extra special treats) 
18) onions 
19) pits    (from fruit) 
20) processed meat 
21) phosphorus (No foods high in phosphorus.Use a calcium that does not contain phosphorous) 
22) raw eggs 
23) raw meat    (except for live insects) 
24) rhubarb    (Stocks can be toxins to mammals if not cooked, Foliage may contain toxins even if    
cooked) 
25) salt    (any food with added salt) 
26) scallions 
27) seeds    (including fresh fruit seeds, possible exception is an very rare uncooked, unsalted seed as 28) a rare special treat) 
29) sugar    (refined sugar, table sugar) 
30) foods with added sugar

Why Sugar Glider Barking??

Video 1 : Sugar Glider Barking

This is one of the sugar glider sound and it is call as a barking. Short muted barks that sound more like a small dog barking in the distance help them keep tabs on one another's location. Gliders bark for different reasons, none of which is to tease another glider. Just like a human scream may express vastly different emotions or warning, so it is with the glider bark.  We may scream if someone jumps out and scares us, so we will scream out of fright.  we might also scream if we found a winning lottery ticket in our wallet and it means we scream out of excitement for being able to finally buy that deluxe cage that we have always wanted!  These are two vastly different emotions, but the sound that comes out is quite similar.

It seems that the glider bark may be used as a form of warning.  For example, if an intruder enters the glider territory, a scout glider would pass a warning signal to the others.  We feel the bark fits this type of behavior and this is why the other gliders remain motionless.  It is more apparent when you see this in a huge colony setting.  One glider barks, all the others freeze.

The other reason a glider seems to bark is a call.  Many people have concluded that their glider barks a lot because they are lonely and it’s often the barking that prompts many glider keepers to seek a buddy for their solo pet.  But do not think for a minute that this is going to quiet a frequent barker.  As you know, my pal Leo lives with Lola his gliders friend.  Leo barks almost all the time.  Well how can he be lonely with his friend Lola, a huge cage and so many toys?  

I can tell you that Leo is seeking my attention.  He wants me to play with him.  As soon as I acknowledge his bark, he stops.  I can tell his special “hey come here and play with me” bark because he is firmly situated on the main door of his cage to jump immediately to my arm as soon as the door is opened.  He tries to open it himself when he knows I’m nearby, but it’s too large for him to maneuver, but you can sure tell he is trying.  I will often acknowledge his call by going to him, but sometimes I will just bark back! It’s not always convenient, or pleasant to get up at 3AM to play with the gliders.  So by barking back, I would acknowledge them and could often (but not always) put a halt to the chatter.  I find the bark one of the cutest sounds the glider makes, and it’s not so loud that neighbours in an apartment building will be disturbed by this, but it will wake you up if they are nearby.

One night, Lola escaped her cage and came into my bed looking for me and suddenly Leo started barking non-stop.  It was one of those nights that I really didn’t feel like getting up, so I barked back, repeatedly, to no avail.  I finally got up because his barking was more rapid fire than usual and he was highly persistent to get my attention.  As I approached the cage I saw a small shadow moving along the floor and as I bent down to investigate, Lola jumped to me.  So barking can also be used to tattle on other mischievous gliders.

The bark is a sophisticated form of clear communication for gliders.  We suspect it is used to warn, or to locate others nearby.  Try tuning in to your gliders and see if you can figure out what they are saying to you.  The clues to their language can often be seen in how the others gliders around them act.  Trying to figure out the messages in Glider-ese is a fun part especially if you learn to talk back!