What Does The Call Of My Sugar Glider Mean?

Does your sugar glider make crabbing noises (sounds like a swarm of locusts, graduating in pitch then decreasing, gurgling)?

Does your sugar glider make barking noises?

Does your sugar glider make crying/whining noises?

Does your sugar glider make hissing/sneezing noises (sounds like snake hiss, very short and deliberate hisses, repetitive.)?

Does your sugar glider make chirping/chattering/clicking noises (sounds like teeth chattering mixed with low pitched squeaks)?

Does your sugar glider make purring noises?

Crabbing can be very loud and heard across the house. It is a screeching noise that is emitted repeatedly. Crabbing is considered to be the most common sound that sugar gliders make. They will make this sound when in agitation and fear, as a warning call or cry for attention.

Sugar glider's barking sounds almost like yipping from a chihuahua. Sugar gliders will bark out of boredom, excitement, or annoyance when calling someone, but sometimes it seems that they bark for no reason at all.

Crying or whining noises are only made by joeys, or a new sugar glider missing its family.

Sugar gliders frequently groom themselves by spitting into their hands (making a sneezing or hissing sound), and then wash with it. It’s a ritual that’s very similar to a cat licking its paw and then grooming itself. This activity could cause the hissing/sneezing noise. Other reasons for making hissing noises are agitation, fright, and pain, but sometimes it seems like there is no reason at all.

This noise a sugar glider makes is similar to the noise a guinea pig makes, half-purring / half-chirping. Sugar gliders will make this noise when happy, content, usually enjoying a favorite food.

This noise sounds like a cat’s purr, or a small drum beating very fast and low, or a fast heartbeat. It is a very faint sound - a sugar glider needs to be within inches of your face for you to hear it. Sugar gliders will make this noise when he is happy and content.

Singing noises that sugar gliders make a sound like a song, it changes in pitches and sounds. These sounds are only made by female sugar gliders when they want to comfort their joey.