Education

Breeding Glider Trios Part 2, Dear Arnold, Dealing with Picky Eaters

Keeping Gliders in Colonies of Three or More - Part 2 By Lisa Last month we started off our discussion of keeping gliders in groups larger than pairs and touched...

Becoming a Sugar Glider Breeder - Part I Part 2 Part 3 By Lisa and Arnold Ah! What a life! Get up every morning and play with critters! Do a little cleaning and feeding, play with some more critters! Feeling a bit stressed out? Go play with some baby critters! The life of an animal breeder is great! Is this how you envision life at the Sugar Shack? Well, my friends, while we feel very blessed and fortunate to live our lives amongst the gliders, we did think it would...

Becoming a Sugar Glider Breeder Part II, Dear Arnold, Putting Sugar Gliders on a Diet Part I

Becoming a Sugar Glider Breeder - Part II (Part 1 Part 3) By Lisa Last month we started discussing some of the realities of being a critter breeder and will...

Becoming a Sugar Glider Breeder Part III, Finding The Best Sugar Glider Products, Putting Sugar Gliders on a Diet Part II

Becoming a Sugar Glider Breeder - Part III (Part 1 Part 2) By Lisa For the last two months, we've shared with you some of the insider realities of being...

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== Greetings Marsupial Maniacs! Lisa here, and welcome to our October issue of the GliderVet Newsletter. Can you believe Halloween is just around the corner? I suspect many of you are beginning to feel a chill in the air unlike us in Florida. With temperatures changing, remember to keep your critters nice and cozy. First off, habitats should not be located too close to vents as gliders do not do well in drafts. And if you're cranking up the heat you might want to...

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== Hi Gang! Lisa here, and welcome to our November issue of the GliderVet Newsletter. Wow, we have a lot of stuff we want to cover this month. We had a record number of comments and questions in response to the October newsletter. Bonding is such a major topic of discussion, and as promised we will be bringing you another month of bonding information. I expect we will continue this series for several more months to come .... After all, that is what you...

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== Happy New Year and welcome to the first issue of our second year of the GliderVet Newsletter. Lisa here and all of us at SunCoast Sugar Gliders hope this upcoming year is your best year ever. Our resolution for this year is to continue bringing you timely and relevant information on how to best keep your sugar gliders happy, healthy and safe. We thank all of you glider veterans, glider veterinarians, and glider keeper wannabes for all the wonderful questions, comments, and future...

Gliders and Kids?, Bonding Gliders #4, Breeding Gliders #4

Frequently Asked Question: Do sugar gliders make good pets for kids? by Arnold, with a little help from Lisa O Boy! O Joy! What a lucky little suggie I am!...

Are You a Glider Whisperer? ===================== by Lisa Fact is, I don’t watch much TV. I’ve certainly heard of the Dog Whisperer, but it was only a couple of months ago that I actually started watching it. Cesar Millan has it going on! I am now a huge fan. You see, in addition to spending most of my waking hours amongst sugar gliders, there are two big dogs in my life. I’ve had dogs my whole life. I can’t imagine life without a dog or a sugar glider anymore. There...

Temperament Changes in Breeding Sugar Gliders ============================== By Lisa Hi Lisa! I have finally finished reading ALL of the GliderVet newsletters and I was right about them answering most of my questions. I still have a few though so I’ll start with one of my most important. I read in the newsletters that sometimes when gliders have joeys their attitudes can change. Is this usually a permanent change or do they usually go back to being your lovable little babies? Shannon Good question Shannon, They usually go back to a...

Gliders with other Pets, Neutering

Keeping Sugar Gliders with Other Pets By Arnold (with a little help from Debbie) Hi folks, Debbie here. We often get asked how sugar gliders get along with other pets...