#Sugar glider care license#

This mix will feed 1 glider for a month.Pour into Tupperware bowl or ice cube trays and freeze to ice cream consistency.Add wheat germ, vitamins, chicken baby food, egg, blend well.Mix honey and juice/yogurt mix and blend well.½ cup dry baby cereal (rice, mixed or oatmeal- many like rice w/ banana flavor).

2 tsp Rep Cal non phosphorus w/ Vit D3 (pink label).

4oz Premixed Gerber juice with yogurt (mixed fruit or banana).

½ cup honey (do not use honeycomb, raw or unfuiltered).

Rotate fruits and veggies, do not be surprised if their tastes change frequentlyīML diet (Bourbon’s Modified Leadbeaters diet) *Be careful with fruit and veggie choices, goal should be a 2:1 Ca:Ph ratioĭo not feed pits, seeds, +/- skins (pesticides)Īvoid grapes and raisins since enough is not known about the effect on the kidneys of sugar gliders Wax worms are fattening and should not be a regular part of the diet * Note all insects should be gut loaded and dusted with Rep Cal Insects (4-6 crickets OR 4-5 mealworms OR 2 superworms OR 6-8 waxworms) It should freeze to ice cream consistency.

Pour into freezer safe bowl with airtight lid.

Combine ingredients add egg, bee pollen, and slowly add HPW liquid, blending thoroughly.

¼ cup High Protein Wombaroo Powder (1/2 cup if breeding/pregnant).

These websites, while helpful, do not replace regular veterinary care.

There are several websites that provide good information on husbandry, diets, etc. The diets are multi-faceted and time consuming. There is no simple over the counter diet for sugar gliders. These bedding materials can cause irritation to the eyes, nose, throat, lungs and skin.ĭiets for Sugar Gliders (Peters breviceps)*īelow are the most up to date diet recommendations, but are frequently changed as new information is obtained. Avoid using cedar or pine shavings or shavings impregnated with chlorophyll. Plain white unscented toilet paper or paper towels, hay or aspen chips can be used as bedding. Exposure to bright sun can damage their sensitive eyes. The box should be closed on all sides with a hole for entry/exit. A nest box should be provided to give the glider(s) a dark place to hide and sleep. You should bake branches at 200 degrees for ½ hour if you bring them in from outside. Do not use any branch that has been sprayed with Oak, fruit woods (cherry, apple pear etc.), willow, and aspen are acceptable. It is important to provide natural wood branches in the cage for chewing and climbing.

#Sugar glider care license#

Note: A license is required to breed sugar gliders.Ī wire cage is preferred and should be 20' X 20' X 20' or larger to provide plenty of space to climb. Approximately ten days after emerging from the pouch, the babies open their eyes and a month later they are ready to wean. The babies crawl up the fur of the abdomen, enter the mother’s pouch and attach to a nipple where they remain for approximately two to three months. Like kangaroos, gliders have a very short gestation period of 16 days after which they give birth to one to three hairless offspring that are smaller than a bee. Most sugar gliders will begin breeding somewhere between seven months to a year of age. Female gliders have a pouch located mid-abdomen. Once neutered, these scent glands diminish. They will also mark any females in their colony by rubbing the female's chin with their head. They will mark objects by rubbing their bellies back and forth upon the object.

One gland is located on their belly and the other on the top of their head. (see diet recommendations) Male gliders have two scent glands used for marking territory. Sugar gliders are nocturnal animals, which means they spend much of their active time at night and sleep during the day. They possess a gliding membrane that stretches from their wrists to their ankles and allows them to “glide” from tree to tree. Gliders originate from New Guinea and Southern Australia where they spend most of their time living in the trees. Sugar gliders are marsupials (warm-blooded animals with a pouch like the kangaroo and wallaby).