Education

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...

Dear Arnold, Our Experience with Sugar Glider Self Mutilation

Dear Arnold by Arnold Dear Arnold, We will be taking Bram and Sprite for a yearly checkup after reading your latest newsletter. We love those:) Our guys have been sparring...

Male Sugar Glider Anatomy

Male Anatomy by Lisa This article will contain some information about male sugar glider sexual anatomy. So if you are reading this with your young children, you might want to...

Sugar Glider Introductions, Glider Wound Care

Frequently Asked Question: How do I go about introducing new sugar gliders? By Lisa & Debbie (see also Extreme Introductions here) During the course of a normal day here at...

Gut Loading, Glider "Love Bites", Transferable Diseases

Frequently Asked Question: Gut Loading By Dr. C. Last month's article on nutrition certainly created a lot of questions from our subscribers, but by far the number one question concerned...

Little Red Bumps; Feeding Gliders Onion and Garlic; Are all Mealworms Alike?

Little Red Bumps? Allergic Reaction … Or Not? by Lisa Many first time glider owners are in for a bit of surprise, and often unnecessary worry, when first bringing home...

The Gliders That Own Me; Nutritional Values of Bugs; Can Gliders Get Rabies?

Dear Arnold: Can Gliders Get Rabies? By Arnold Dear Arnold, Can sugar gliders get rabies and do you guys need any shots or anything like that? Me Hello Me! Or...

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...

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...

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...

New Product Announcement: Original Bonding Potion ===================================== By Lisa You might not know this about SunCoast, but we are not the kind of people who refuse to take calls from glider owners who did not purchase from us, and we always try to help people the best we can. Many new glider keepers are intimidated; especially when they purchased a sugar glider spontaneously and did not really know what they were getting into. It is heartbreaking to listen to these stories. Here in SunCoast's Sugar Shack, we experience some of...