Education

Starter Cages; When are Sugar Gliders Too Young to Adopt, Too Old to Bond?; Can Gliders Get Mad?

Dear Arnold: When to upgrade from starter cage? =================================== by Arnold Dear Arnold, I bought a new sugar glider and she came with a starter cage, a supply of food, some vitamins and a running wheel. She is two months old. I’ve been researching more about sugar gliders and I will eventually need to get a larger cage. When should I plan to do that? Justin ----------- Dear Justin, Methinks you asked this question "justin" time! What the heck is a starter cage anyway? As ya know, we raise baby...

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...

Temperament Changes in Breeding Sugar Gliders ============================== By Lisa Hi Lisa! I have finally finished reading ALL of the GliderVet newsletters and I was right about them answering most of my questions. I still have a few though so I’ll start with one of my most important. I read in the newsletters that sometimes when gliders have joeys their attitudes can change. Is this usually a permanent change or do they usually go back to being your lovable little babies? Shannon Good question Shannon, They usually go back to a...

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...

Taking Sugar Gliders To Work ========================= by Lisa Hi Lisa, Just a quick update on the bonding progress. I don't know if this is good progress or not but here goes... Every evening I separate them from the one pouch into two then spend a couple hours just petting them in the pouch and holding them in my hand (while in the pouch). They will take treats from my hand in the cage but still run away from me when I come towards the cage. I bought a small tent...

Diabetics Smell Like Fruit, A Tale of Two Sugar Glider Colors

Diabetics Smell Like Fruit by Lisa I had an interesting visit with a married couple coming to pick up their first sugar gliders and a thought occurred to me during...

Sugar Glider Product Testing ===================================== by Lisa Product safety is a philosophical pursuit that we take very seriously here at SunCoast. Testing products is something that goes on year round here at the Sugar Shack. For every 15 products we test, only about 1 makes the cut. In order to make it on our website, an item must not only be safe and sturdy, but it also has to pass muster of the ultimate end users: our rough-housing sugar gliders! Before considering whether to bring in a toy for testing,...

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...