Education

Do sugar gliders learn their names or sounds? What not to feed; When you can’t get fresh food

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== Greetings Glider Groupies, Glider Newbies and Glider Wanna-bes! Welcome to the December 2012 edition of the GliderVet News. Holy Moly! Another year has come and gone. How time glides! Let’s start off with our Holly Daze Greetings and best wishes for all of you two leggers and four leggers out there. We hope this year has been good to you and that next is even better! If you've still got room on your suggie-shopping list, we have a few of our new Foraging...

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== “Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission - to be of service to them wherever they require it.” St. Francis of Assisi Greetings Glider Groupies, Glider Newbies and Glider Wanna-bes! Welcome to the July 2013 edition of the GliderVet News. Lots of people have all sorts of thoughts and opinions on the topic of feeding bugs. Some people find feeding bugs to be icky, while others...

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...

Sick Gliders Can Be Gentle, Injured Gliders Can be Grumpy ===================================== by Lisa Growing up around a lot of animals, I remember being warned often as a child to be careful around sick or injured animals. They may just turn on you! This makes some sense to me. I know that I am personally getting over a rather nasty sinus infection and if I were to be completely honest with you, I would have to admit that I had some grumpy moments during this episode. So if we get grumpy...

Greetings Glider Groupies, Glider Newbies and Glider Wanna-bes! Welcome to the August 2009 edition of the GliderVet News. I am very excited about this month’s newsletter! Over five years ago we were asked to participate in a study on sugar glider nutrition. The study has come and gone and the results were published back in 2006. This month we'll introduce you to the lead scientist in this effort, provide you a link to the study, and wrap up by introducing a new food product developed after the study. This product...

How To Raise Your Own Mealworms

by Lisa “Ellie Mae” Bordelon You say the word “mealworm” to many people and the reaction is slimy, gross, disgusting, yuck, creepy. To a sugar glider, mealworms evoke feelings of...

Sugar Glider Nutrition

Sugar Glider Nutrition – It’s Not Hard, Just The Most Important Thing You Can Do Sugar Glider eating carrot. Pet eat human food. by Dr. C, the Exotic Pet Vet...

Climate, Baby Rescue, Glider Food, Proper Cages

Hi Gang! Lisa here! Welcome to our April issue of the GliderVet Newsletter. This issue is dedicated to Sydney Sesame! We had planned to discuss breeding sugar gliders as one...

Glider Shipping, Meet SunCoast Folks, Glider Nutrition

Hi Gang! Lisa here and welcome to our second issue of the GliderVet Newsletter. In this issue we will cover the all important topic of nutrition. According to Dr. C.,...