Education

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...

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...

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!...

Bonding with more than one person, Arnold's Holiday Gift Choices, Behavioral Disorders II

Can Sugar Gliders Bond to More than One Person? By Lisa One of the best things about keeping gliders as pets is that they will indeed bond to more than...

Dear Arnold: What kind of games do gliders like to play? =========================== By Arnold Dear Arnold, I’m thinking about opening my home to a pair of baby sugar gliders and I’ve read that gliders are fun, interactive and playful. Can you tell me more about how gliders like to play? Your Pal Ralph ---------------- Dear Ralph, … Dat is a gweat question! But before me answers, let me ask you, what kind of games do hoomans like to play? Ya see, gliders are not all da same and we can...

Fun Animal Videos; A Newbie’s Take on Bonding; A Glider Afraid of the Dark?

Fun Animal Videos by Lisa I get some of the coolest links sent to me of some really awesome animal videos and I’m sure you do too. Most of them...

Why Do Gliders Hiss? =============================== by Lisa Just yesterday I got a call from a brand new Glider Mama who was concerned that she heard her gliders hissing. She had read on the internet that when gliders hiss, it means they are constipated. In my observations, this could be true or false. Sugar gliders that are hissing while just playing or running around can be a perfectly normal activity. As we discussed in a previous newsletter, the glider bark can have a double meaning. Click here to read more about...

How Do We Train Our Humans?; Keeping Sugar Gliders Warm; Tasting Bites; Coconut Oil

Dear Arnold: How Do We Train our Humans? by Arnold (with a little help from Lisa) Arnold Ole Boy, We’ze hope ya can hep us. We’ze just moved to a...

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...

Do Sugar Gliders Make Good Pets?

The first issue to consider is whether or not a sugar glider fits well into your lifestyle and expectations. It is ultimately important to us that our gliders become part...