Education

Fun Animal Videos; A Newbie’s Take on Bonding; A Glider Afraid of the Dark?

Fun Animal Videos by Lisa I get some of the coolest links sent to me of some really awesome animal videos and I’m sure you do too. Most of them...

Why Do Gliders Hiss? =============================== by Lisa Just yesterday I got a call from a brand new Glider Mama who was concerned that she heard her gliders hissing. She had read on the internet that when gliders hiss, it means they are constipated. In my observations, this could be true or false. Sugar gliders that are hissing while just playing or running around can be a perfectly normal activity. As we discussed in a previous newsletter, the glider bark can have a double meaning. Click here to read more about...

How Do We Train Our Humans?; Keeping Sugar Gliders Warm; Tasting Bites; Coconut Oil

Dear Arnold: How Do We Train our Humans? by Arnold (with a little help from Lisa) Arnold Ole Boy, We’ze hope ya can hep us. We’ze just moved to a...

Taking Sugar Gliders To Work ========================= by Lisa Hi Lisa, Just a quick update on the bonding progress. I don't know if this is good progress or not but here goes... Every evening I separate them from the one pouch into two then spend a couple hours just petting them in the pouch and holding them in my hand (while in the pouch). They will take treats from my hand in the cage but still run away from me when I come towards the cage. I bought a small tent...

Diabetics Smell Like Fruit, A Tale of Two Sugar Glider Colors

Diabetics Smell Like Fruit by Lisa I had an interesting visit with a married couple coming to pick up their first sugar gliders and a thought occurred to me during...

Sugar Glider Product Testing ===================================== by Lisa Product safety is a philosophical pursuit that we take very seriously here at SunCoast. Testing products is something that goes on year round here at the Sugar Shack. For every 15 products we test, only about 1 makes the cut. In order to make it on our website, an item must not only be safe and sturdy, but it also has to pass muster of the ultimate end users: our rough-housing sugar gliders! Before considering whether to bring in a toy for testing,...

Feeding Greek Yogurt =============== Over the last couple of years, the amount of grocery shelf space devoted to yogurt seems to reflect an evolution in the yogurt industry. What used to be just a few choices and a few flavors has exploded to such a wide variety of yogurt choices. As such things develop in grocery stores, we start to more get questions right in line. We've always suggested that when feeding yogurt to sugar gliders that you go with flavored varieties that do NOT contain sugar substitutes. Many people...

Thrive Versus Survive ================ by Lisa I hear continually from people who are confused and bewildered by the massive information overload one can experience when researching gliders on the internet. Everyone seems to have an idea on diet, cage size, environment, colony size, etc. But as I look at all of the different opinions and viewpoints, it seems most of these opinions fall into two major categories. There is the concept of survive - keep the animal alive, really a human-centric approach of minimal effort. Then there is the concept...