Education

Follow-up; How Many Toys Should Gliders Have?; Magic Bullet for Picky Eaters

Update of HR 669: Legislation that could impact you! By Lisa Last month we told you about some pending legislation that could impact the keeping of sugar gliders and all...

Foraging Toys, Is a Staple Food Really Important?

Foraging Toys By Arnold One,Two,Three,Four! All patagiums on 'da floor! Two, Four, Six, Eight! A-maze-ing Treat Toy's Fabu-Great! Six, Seven, Eight, Nine! Arnie here and melikes to rhyme! This here...

Sugar Glider Nutritional Study; Wholesome Balance Sugar Glider Staple Food

Introducing Dr. Ellen Dierenfeld By Lisa We are grateful to all of the doctors and scientists we’ve had opportunities to work with over the years. Their willingness to share their...

Why we Avoid Soy; Go Ahead and Share that Turkey!

Why are we so shy about soy? By Lisa Hey, I’ll be the first to tell you that the internet is like the Wild, Wild West! It can be a...

What Not to Feed; Glider Safety

What NOT to Feed? by Lisa I get asked this question all the time: “Can you please give me a list of the foods my sugar gliders cannot have?” And...

Top Ten Bad Sugar Glider Products; Plants in the Glider Habitat; Stranger Visitors and Cannibalization

Suncoast’s Top Ten Bad Sugar Glider Product IdeasWith comments by Arnold! This time of year, there are lots of people out there new to keeping sugar gliders in their...

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...

Dear Arnold, Vets Speak Out (or Not?) on Pellet Food

Dear Arnold by Arnold Dear Arnold, Do you think removing odors from cleaning my gliders' cage will cause my gliders to re-mark up their territory again? I've got one female...

Can Sugar Gliders Get Arthritis? Arthritis is often thought of as a geriatric disease. This is not always the case. Arthritis can strike at any point in a sugar glider’s lifetime. It is not just a disease for aging animals. Your pet may develop a mild case without any noticeable signs of arthritis, or you may notice adverse signs that affect your pet’s way of life. There is not much written on specific cases of sugar gliders with arthritis. These pets are still considered relatively new as a captive kept...

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== Greetings Glider Groupies, Glider Newbies and Glider Wanna-bes! Welcome to the May 2012 edition of the GliderVet News! This month, we address the natural feeding habits of sugar gliders, including the idea gliders are "sap suckers" - that they prefer foods like sap and manna. While they eat these foods, they actually prefer insects, according to the scientists who have studied them. Then, everyone's favorite marsupial answers some Dear Arnold questions, so be sure to read on to see what advice our great...

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== "If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans" ~ James Herriot Greetings Glider Groupies, Glider Newbies and Glider Wanna-bes! Welcome to the July 2012 edition of the GliderVet News! This month we’re sticking just to the mailbag. You guys ask so many wonderful questions and in time, we hope to have covered all relevant topics concerning sugar gliders and the people that love them. I think in...