Hey,

So one of my gliders is suddenly grooming the other ones ear for the first time and is even going so far as to bite at it if it begins to leave her grooming range to keep it closer. The lickee is getting very upset with this, moreso than when it's their time of the month and her butt gets excessively licked and bit. Butt licking gets a hissing in return, the ear grooming is hissing with an intermittent micro crab mixed in, so she is definitely more bothered by this

This has been going on for a day and a half now, nothing environmental has changed.

There appears to be no damage to the ear, or anything out of the ordinary.

Only thing close to this that they do (with the same grooming offender) is when she licks and grooms the others eyeball, but grabbing her whole head and trying to lick her eye... This is very occasional, maybe 3 or 4 times a year over the past 5 years.

Both have access to water and food, sgs2 diet. Evaporative humidifier next to their cage

I am clueless as to why she is doing this, I have to sleep eventually and can't keep them separate when I do. No space for their travel cage for separation either, they are in the only safe room in the house due to stalled renovations.

I could just let her keep at it, as the lickee is the alpha/mounter every time either one of them is in heat, and she is usually the biter over the food bowl and when she wants to monopolize the wheel. So she will surely put an end to it when she wants I would hope.. but I don't want to take the chance she does that too late and ends up with a damaged ear

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

So I have 3 female gliders and one of them definitely lives up to the grumpy attitude the breeder said she has. Cupid(the grumpy one) has been, for the majority of the time I've had them(like 3 weeks now?), targeting her cagemate Froglet by biting the end of her tail. This bothers Froglet more than I assume it'd bother the third glider(Lemon) because Froglet was injured before I got her and is missing all but like 2 inches or so of her tail(Shes fully healed and full of energy!). I thought it was just bullying before I realized it was targeted, but now that I have noticed a pattern I'm wondering if its like a dominance thing or something? The gliders were all housed together to my knowledge before I got them, as they were given to me all together and even when I saw them before actually getting them they had 0 problems cuddling and being in the same cage. Should I be worried about this? I'm still working on getting them to the vet because the options are limited and the one we've been most recently trying to reach out to has not responded, but they will be going as soon as possible.

Anyways just wondering what people think or if anyones experienced similar. First time glider owner so I'm asking as many questions as possible to make sure I'm getting things right

I love my gliders so much but we go to bed at 8 pm and they wake up at 8 pm , so only time I spend with them is when I carry them on myself. I also feed them from my hands and pet them while they are sleeping from time to time. Only on weekends we get to have some tent time . They are running in their wheels at night. Can they be still happy living like that?

Hi all

Hope all are well.

So we recently bought our sugar glider from a pet shop near us.

When asking the owner about her age, he said she is roughly 6 months old.

My Fiance and I are new to sugar gliders, so we don't quite know how to tell these sort if things.

Will all of you be able to maybe provide a rough estimate of her age and maybe a few tips along the line ?

Thanks very much for your help ! 😁

Hello
My son get as a gift two sugar gliders, one male and one female.
They're with us since Monday, the female doesn't stop when she's awake, it explores every inch of the cage, and play with the leaves and the branch of the small log that I put in there.
In the other hand the male, it's completely "frozen", I don't know if he eats during the night, but I never saw him leave the "bed" by itself, if I put some piece of fruit in front of him, it moves and try to get it... But doesn't move much more than that. I already picked up him and put it next to the plate with the food it eats a little bit and then it stops (freezes) and stay there without moving for a couple of seconds, then it moves and looks like he tries to hide in behind the log, and stay there a lot of time without moving. Then when it moves he goes right to the "bed"...
One thing that I noticed, when I grab him, he's shaking a lot... The female, since she's very active, never had the change to grab her to see if she also shakes.

There's something wrong with him, I don't know what it's, if he's sick or if he's afraid of the female or it's the new "home".

What should I do?
Should I put them in different cages just to see if it's a problem between them, they sleep together and never saw any conflict?

Thanks

Hey there everyone!
I'm looking to purchase 2 Sugar Gliders in Australia from a reputable source, But everywhere I look, they are either on Facebook and look like a scam (I cant access FB since my account got hacked a long time ago and I cannot create another account to enquire) Or all the breeders are in America and do not ship to AUS for obvious reasons. I have a license to own 2 in my state of South Australia so anyone from South Australia is preferred.
Any help at all is appreciated!

This is my boy Momo, he likes to hold his tail in a bit of an odd way. Typically he coils it up even tighter than in the pictures. He has done this since the time I got him as a baby. My other glider Appa keeps his tail straight most of the time. I am just curious as to why Momo does this. I’ve read that gliders use their tails to carry nesting material but I got some toys for that and I’ve never seen him do it. If that is what he is trying to do does anyone have any recommendations as to toys or materials to allow him to satisfy his tail curling desires? Thanks.

Woke up this morning and found out one of our cats killed one of my sugar gliders I had 2 boy sugar gliders that are a little under a year old Im doing some research rn But I have no idea what I’m supposed to do with my other guy 1. Can I just spend more time with him 2. should I buy him a new friend and if so how do I know the old and new will bond 3. Should I show the other one his pair has died And if so what’s the best way to do that 4. Or am I just gonna have to give him away to someone that already has gliders and once again if I do this how do I know if they’ll bond or not Thanks in advance

Hi, my name is Melissa ,I have a female sugar glider. she is 9 years old. her name is stitch. I'm looking for a female rescue sugar glider to be a buddy sugar glider to my stitch. I live in Sherwood Arkansas thank you much!

Hi all, I have a gnawing (pun) question regarding my furball. I've had him and his partner since November and getting along fine with bonding, tent time and out-of-cage time. I let them roam freely before (their) bedtime so they had plenty of time to poop and pee that they don't do it so much when roaming in the early morning.

They would usually run up my arm to my shoulder, lingering for a while before leaving off to explore when I open the cage, but recently my (intact) boy would run up and down, returning to chomp down hard on my hand and fingertips. Balling the fist to stretch the skin helps a little, but the tsking part does not work.

Also, when returning them to the cage, I had to return his friend first because if I had returned him first, he would not let me open the latch for he would find ways to nip at my fingers aggressively (is he being territorial?). However, holding him to return him to the cage last does not invite this aggressive behaviour. I am confused.

Not sure if related, but this behaviour started after giving them cooked chicken bones. Does giving them that somehow invoke the predator instinct in them? My girl is still quiet and docile and never bit at all though.

My boy would occasionally exploratively bite me when I first had him but quickly stopped everytime when he realise my finger is not food, not now he is chomping hard, even doing the alligator head thrash to tear skin and draw blood.

Does anyone know of a reputable breeder between Louisiana Texas Mississippi area?

This is Clyde the glide who likes to fall asleep on me sometimes does anyone elses gliding rat just pass out on them sometimes or is mine weird

guys!! i’m just getting started and would sugar gliders prefer to be in a transparent travel pouch or a closed and dark one? pls help x

I need advice on a medium size cage for 1 glider while I introduce her to her new brother and sister. Brother is being a bit territorial and we need a slow introduction and the tiny surgery cage is, well, tiny.

Update: My babies are living together happily, there isn't an emergency need for the mid sized cage! Thank you @TheBlueNinja0, that was what I was looking for but couldn't find one that I was satisfied with the reviews. While appreciate the advice on how to introduce gliders together, I've had gliders for 25-30 years and can introduce them fine; what I was looking for was suggestions on a cage to purchase to assist this process.

hi, i own 4 gliders and i had the idea of building a greenhouse this summer that i would plant with plants they could eat and maybe even trees with sap like their natural environment i also had the idea of having some insects and maybe small animals they could hunt in this tiny jungle so their would get lots of enrichment, this has me on a journey to learn more about their natural habitat, one thing i came across is the three different species of sugar gliders and also heard that most of the U.S. gliders are actually kreft gliders not sugar gliders, 📍overall i was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of good information about these little guys habitat and regions that would fit them best! i just want to make it the most like their natural habitat! (picture for exposure)

Just a cute moment of the babies eating a treat

We are in the process of finding and vetting a veterinarian that can neuter our gliders. With that being said what are things to look out for, things the vet didn’t mention or something you noticed on your own. I know self mutilation is often seen. What about cage mates ?

I rescued a pair of female gliders -a 3yo and a 1.5 year old- and had them for a little over a year, and then I got hit with a random autoimmune disease that ended up killing my kidneys. I went through chemo, and it didn't work so now I have to get a transplant, and before I had to start dialyses, the younger female, Luna, suddenly passed away, and a vet said it seemed like a thyroid issue, most likely caused from too much interbreeding within a bloodline. At the time, I figured the best thing to do was to surrender my baby girl, the older female, Holly, due to my deteriorating medical condition and the uncertainty of my future... My mom and I found what we thought to be the best place to surrender to, and we even donated money, and everything of Holly's that this nasty woman would take; We didn't want to give her up, but we thought it the best, for Holly, at the moment, in order to not be alone... Not even 3 days after Luna left us, we surrendered Holly, under terms that we might be able to re-addopt her in the future, along with a new friend in the future, incase my medical issues got better. Anyways... this lady said no; she won't even send pics of my baby girl, and won't even answer any of my family's texts or calls anymore. She claims she doesn't want to separate Holly from, her new cage family of 5... yet she can go on FB and beg for money and sell stupid crap made on a 3D printer to "keep the doors open", when I have clearly stated I'd pay whatever to get Holly back, plus a friend.

My mom drove 6 hours out of her way while I was in the ICU to bring Holly to a place we thought would be the best place within our means to bring her. We donated money, food, treats, and cage items to help Holly out, and we can't even get a text back or a call back... Even if she didn't want to give Holly back, she can clearly tell we care about her... why on earth could she not even send pictures or updates?

I have a sinking feeling this woman abuses animals, or just uses them for profit... am I crazy for thinking this?

I think about Holly nightly. I miss her barks for me to come get her put of her cage and take her for a ride to the gas station an back. I am heartsick for her -and for her alone- and I don't want anyone else in a possible similar situation to have to go through the same thing.

Unfortunately, getting a Glider Wheel in Canada is impossible because after tax and shipping, we need to pay about $200+ (CAD), which is absolutely insane. Why are these wheels so expensive? Is it greed due to having the monopoly on this market for the only 2 companies that seem to make safe wheels? Why are there not more options or more companies getting on this "train" and making safe wheels for our gliders that don't break the bank of hard-working parents of children AND sugar gliders :( this sucks

We want our gliders to be able to run but at this rate with our Canadian dollar, we'll never be able to give them this luxury. We're new Glider owners, so we already broke enough bank with the cage, other necessities, and of course, the price of the 2 lovely Gliders we got.

Keep in mind the usual 2 websites (companies that everyone recommends) don't ship to us or are ridiculously high priced (especially with shipping), and when I find their options on other sites or services, it's 2-4 times the price. I'm gonna go cry now.

Thanks for listening to my rant <3

I have two male sugar gliders that are six years old. My veterinarian and veterinarian tech both told me they give their sugar gliders the exotic nutrition HPW. For the past six years I have always followed their advice. I have researched exotic nutrition HPW a lot because I keep saying all these terrible things about it. Usually I will make it and then put it in ice cube trays. They live outside in Florida, so they love it and I let it melt in their cage bowl. I’m very concerned about their wellbeing, so I was wondering what could be used instead of the exotic nutrition HPW. I also give them fruit, veggies, bugs, and bee pollen. About once a week I will give them dehydrated salad, bugs, bee pollen, and some dried fruit in hiding toys as well. Please help! I really love them and I want them to be safe and healthy!

So, I've never owned sugar gliders, so I'm doing a TON of research, but what I should feed them differs.

One says I should mix fresh fruit, veggies, calcium powder, multi vitamin powder, yogurt, fresh orange juice, applesauce, AND protein. Another says food mixes off Amazon is fine. They differ so much that I don't know what to do! Links or just advice would be greatly appreciated!

I'm willing to make them food no matter how much effort it takes, if that's what will keep them healthy

Edit: the first one came from TPG

I have a female and neutered male bonded pair of gliders, I'll just be honest that we are not giving them the attention they deserve and need after having a baby. They're both very sweet, especially the male.