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Classifying Sugar Gliders - Sap Sucker? Carnivore? Omnivore? Insectivore?

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...

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 ========================== Greetings Marsupial Maniacs! Lisa here, and welcome to our October issue of the GliderVet Newsletter. Can you believe Halloween is just around the corner? I suspect many of you are beginning to feel a chill in the air unlike us in Florida. With temperatures changing, remember to keep your critters nice and cozy. First off, habitats should not be located too close to vents as gliders do not do well in drafts. And if you're cranking up the heat you might want to...

This Month in the GliderVet Newsletter ========================== Hi Gang! Lisa here, and welcome to our November issue of the GliderVet Newsletter. Wow, we have a lot of stuff we want to cover this month. We had a record number of comments and questions in response to the October newsletter. Bonding is such a major topic of discussion, and as promised we will be bringing you another month of bonding information. I expect we will continue this series for several more months to come .... After all, that is what you...

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...

Bonding with Sugar Gliders - Part 5 =========================== By Lisa Huh? Part 5? But what happened to Parts 1-4? As mentioned before, we have written lots of information on bonding over the past few years. If you would like to review the other parts of this series, they are here: One, Two, Three, Four, Six. In our current article, we hope to take you on a bit of a different journey starting off with realistic expectations, which is so important. On our website, we offer hand-tamed baby sugar gliders (joeys)...

How Do You Know When Your Gliders are Bonded? =========================== By Lisa This is Part Six of the series on Bonding with Sugar Gliders. The other parts are here: One, Two, Three, Four, Five. This is a question we hear frequently here at SunCoast and we will share our experiences with you on just the type of responses you can expect to see with these little wonders. Bonding happens in stages. As we've said in the past, bonding is all about trust. Gliders can learn to trust you a little,...

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...