Cleaning Sugar Glider Cages By Lisa It’s important to keep your pets’ cage clean at all times. Not only will this help to further the good health of your sugar gliders, but will also help to reduce any noticeable odors that you may experience from keeping sugar gliders. The question of how often should you …
Consequences of Glider Inbreeding by Lisa Dear Lisa, Thank you for the great article on pedigrees. If anyone wants to see the results of inbreeding they need look no farther than my little Luna. Luna and her three cage mates were part of a group of 19 sugar gliders that were abandoned in a rental property …
Resting Female Gliders After Birth by Lisa Here’s a breeding question that seems to come up a lot. I’m not sure where this idea of “resting” comes from, but I suspect like many other things glider, it’s kind of an old tale that just keeps coming back for more. What’s your opinion? Dear Lisa, Do …
Myth Busters: Do sugar gliders need horizontal bars in their cage? What about shelves, ramps and ledges? By Arnold Dear Arnold, I am confused. I’ve read on some websites that sugar gliders MUST have horizontal bars on their cages. Sugar gliders can’t climb on vertical bars. They also need ramps, or shelves or ledges to …
My Glider Got in Glue! What do I do? by Lisa Dear SunCoast, I had one of my gliders out this morning playing. I have a fly / gnat glue strip because the gnats are so bad from the fruits. Anyway you probably know where this is going. She (Muff) was running and jumped off …
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 by pet owners wondering if the tiniest members of our family are vulnerable to such things. Here’s what we’ve found out. We’ve asked a couple …
What to look for when your sugar glider loses its companion? by Lisa Sugar gliders are so individually unique and while we may generalize a lot of facts about them, there is nothing better than good observation in making the best decisions for the sugar glider’s well being. The specific question I want to address …
What Temperature is Right for Sugar Gliders? By Lisa & Debbie One of the most frequent questions that we get asked by new sugar glider owners is what temperature is best for sugar gliders? This is a great question and an important one in order to create the best environment for our small marsupial buddies. …
Followup on last month’s article about Grapes by Arnold (and Tibidado) Note: Some of Arnold’s fan mail may be edited cause Arnold wants some of them to be shorter so he can have more space all to himself! Yuk Yuk Yuk! And now … for more “thinking outside of the pouch” advice … here’s Arnold! …
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 and it is red. It does not get hot at all and I cannot believe how much more our gliders come out in their room …