Education

Cleaning Sugar Glider Cages, Dear Arnold

Cleaning Sugar Glider CagesBy LisaIt's important to keep your pets' cage clean at all times. Not only will this help to further the good health of your sugar gliders, but...

Consequences of Inbreeding; More Glider Lifestyle Information; Humidity in the Sugar Glider Room

Consequences of Glider Inbreeding by Lisa Dear Lisa, Thank you for the great article on pedigrees. If anyone wants to see the results of inbreeding they need look no farther...

Resting Female Gliders After Birth by Lisa Here's a breeding question that seems to come up a lot. I'm not sure where this idea of "resting" comes from, but I suspect like many other things glider, it's kind of an old tale that just keeps coming back for more. What's your opinion? Dear Lisa, Do breeding female glider needs resting time? You know, time when she needs to "rest" after giving birth of joeys? I heard some say that if we don’t give her a "rest time", her life span...

Myth Busters: Do gliders need horizontal bars in their cage? What about shelves?; Cannibalization

Myth Busters: Do sugar gliders need horizontal bars in their cage? What about shelves, ramps and ledges? By Arnold Dear Arnold, I am confused. I’ve read on some websites that...

Caught in Glue Trap, Shivering, Solid Roof Cages, Exotic Vs. Wild

My Glider Got in Glue! What do I do? by Lisa Dear SunCoast, I had one of my gliders out this morning playing. I have a fly / gnat glue...

Can Sugar Gliders Get a Cold or the Flu? Fix Rust Spots on Cages

Can Sugar Gliders Get a Cold or the Flu? By Lisa Lot’s of hype is going on these days about the H1N1 virus a/k/a swine flu and with that, concern...

When your Glider loses a Companion, Introducing New Gliders to New People, Multiple Cages for a Single Colony

What to look for when your sugar glider loses its companion? by Lisa Sugar gliders are so individually unique and while we may generalize a lot of facts about them,...

Climate Control, Baby Rescue, Glider Food, Proper Cages

What Temperature is Right for Sugar Gliders? By Lisa & Debbie One of the most frequent questions that we get asked by new sugar glider owners is what temperature is...

Followup on Grapes; Sugar Glider Cages - Build or Buy?

Followup on last month’s article about Grapes by Arnold (and Tibidado) Note: Some of Arnold's fan mail may be edited cause Arnold wants some of them to be shorter so...

Using Red Lights with Sugar Gliders, Sugar Cane, Setting Up a Joey Cage, How Do I Get My Glider to Fly?

Using Red Lights with Sugar Gliders by Lisa Dear Lisa, I wanted to tell you about this light bulb that I got. It’s one of those energy efficient twirly ones...

Cleaning & Hygiene, Aflatoxin Worries, Should I Leave Food for my Gliders Out During the Day?

Sugar Glider Cleaning and Hygiene by Lisa (with a special feature on Sugar Glider Grooming, by Arnold!) A significant area of concern for sugar glider owners is cleaning. We regularly...

Cleaning & Hygiene Part II, Raising Glider Seller Standards, Should I Leave Food for my Gliders Out During the Day? Part II

Sugar Glider Cleaning and Hygiene by Lisa Last month, we reviewed Sugar Glider Grooming, Causes of Odors, Popular Cleaning Methods and SunCoast's Weekly & Daily Cleaning Processes. If you missed...