Giardia: Follow-up by the Community by The Community Following are just a small handful of emails we received last month concerning the topic of giardia. We hope this will help drive home an important point and that you will be encouraged to seek medical attention for your sugar gliders should you see signs of diarrhea, weight …
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 …
Glider Sitter during Vacation by Arnold! Hi SunCoast, I have 2 gliders and I’m going on a 2 week trip in May. I have someone who will come in once each day to care for them, but I would rather leave them with a family that has gliders. Can you supply me with names or …
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 a lot and we are not sure why – no changes here, they have an excellent diet and we let them out to play frequently…so …
The Emergency Vet Fund (EVF) By Tom Havens, Administrator of EVF I don’t know exactly when the EVF actually started. I don’t think anyone does. Several glider lovers got together to help gliders and their owners many years ago. Mostly they helped anonymously, not asking for anything in return but wanting to help in anyway …
Get One Now, Get One Later By Lisa As we approach the end of our third year offering this newsletter service, it is quite rewarding to see such a positive evolution in sugar glider education efforts throughout the community. Most of our new prospective sugar glider humans seem to have a much more solid understanding …
Dear Arnold: Should Sugar Glider Cages be Covered? By Arnold Hey Arnold, Do you guys sell cage covers like they have for bird cages? I think I need to keep my little guys covered up. What say ye, Great Glider Guru? Terri Dear Terri, Well, uh, no we don’t sell any cage covers. Me don’t …
Candles, Incense, Colognes and Scented Soaps By Lisa OK now, tell the truth! There is at least one person on your holiday list that you intend to gift something wonderful smelling. Perhaps you’re into candles, incense, perfumes or colognes, or perhaps those pretty little fancy scented soaps. And even if this is not the …
Scrawny 8 Week OOP Joeys by Lisa Why Are SunCoast’s Eight Week Old Gliders So Big? “I have a glider now and your babies are almost as big as my adult.” As I sat down to write this article, the phone rang. It was a customer who just got her joeys yesterday. I found it …
Sugar Glider Myth Busters by Lisa It has always been our intention to do our part as best as we can in helping raise standards in the breeding / selling industry, where exotic pets are concerned. We are sharing this information in an effort to help ensure people interested in bringing exotic pets into their …