Can you provide your sugar glider with a diet that consists of 75% fruits and vegetables, and 25% protein?
Do you have a place in your home with enough room for a large (20'x20'x30') sugar glider cage?
Can you find such a place in a room that is not too busy during the day?
Can you provide them with lots of toys to keep them well-entertained?
Can you afford to have a pair of sugar gliders instead of just one?
Do you have an exotics veterinarian near your area?
Sugar gliders have fairly strict dietary requirements. In general, 75% of a sugar glider’s diet should consist of a variety of fruits and vegetables (apples, apricots, avocados, bananas, berries, cantaloupe, carrots, cherries, sweet corn, dates, figs, grapes, grapefruit, honeydew, mangoes, oranges, papaya, peaches, pears, pineapples, sweet potatoes, plums, raisins) and 25% should be protein (cooked meat, hard-boiled eggs, yogurt, cottage cheese, tofu, peanut butter). It is recommended to add supplements, such as a reptile multivitamin or a calcium supplement with D3, to their diet.
A sugar glider’s cage should be as large as possible, the taller the better. They need a lot of room to climb. For one sugar glider, the recommended size is 20'x20'x30'. The cage should have wire mesh or metal bars, and they should be close enough together that your tiny glider can’t squeeze through.
Sugar glider's cage should be in an area that is not busy in the daytime so that they can sleep. The place should be somewhere away from direct sunlight, but with enough light in the room to distinguish between night and day. The room should ideally be 60-85 degrees Fahrenheit.
Sugar gliders love toys so you should provide them with as many as possible, such as bird toys, chew toys, ladders, bells, exercise wheels, tunnels, and balls. Tree branches in the cage are also a necessity as they will provide more places for the sugar glider to climb on.
Because they naturally live in colonies of 10-15 other sugar gliders, they are considered social animals and usually do better in homes if they are in pairs.
You can take care of a sugar glider pet!
Sugar gliders are prone to many health issues that require veterinary inspection. Although they may never need one, it is best to have an exotics vet near you.
https://www.vetcarepethospital.ca/beginners-guide-sugar-glider-care/
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Hi! I’m Sreten Filipović. I graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, with a master's degree in Environmental Protection in Agricultural Systems. I’ve worked as a researcher at Finland's Natural Resources Institute (LUKE) on a project aimed at adapting south-western Finland to drought episodes. I founded a consulting agency in the field of environment and agriculture to help farmers who want to implement the principles of sustainability on their farms. I’m also a founding member of the nonprofit organization Ecogenesis from Belgrade whose main goal is non-formal education on the environment and ecology. In my spare time, I like to write blog posts about sustainability, the environment, animal farming, horticulture, and plant protection. I’ve also published several science-fiction short stories.
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