Sugar Gliders..

[kevin85193]

Well, I just bought a pair of Sugar Gliders today. '98 Female and '01 Male. The guy from http://www.njreptiles.com isn't going to go further with his breeding program for his mammels, so he was selling 5pairs of gliders . I got a pair + cage + hidebox for $125. Although, I bought a brand new cage for them anyway and other various toys.I read up on them a lot and decided this will be my last purchase of any sort of animal. I was just wondering what you guys feed your gliders. I forgot to ask Craig(owner) what he was feeding them at the time, but I'll e-mail him or go in tomorrow to ask, but I was just wondering what you guys feed your gliders.
Oh, and what do you use for bedding for the bottom of the cage?
Pictures will come when everything is all settled in.

[eddie]

Purina Glider Mix of course!

Actually, I have no idea, just bumping this post up. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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[Amiechan]

There's a couple that are on here sometimes that keep gliders and would know a lot about them.
Hostensteffa or Rocky5mew.. They are really nice and prob wouldnt mind if ya messaged them!
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[bensnacks]

G'day Kevin,
In the wild these animals eat nectar, tree sap, and the
occasional insect.

In captivity they can be given a variety of sweet soft fruits,
honeydew melon, rockmelon, kiwi fruit, pears, papaya etc.
They should also be given a mixture containing supplements
very similar toLorikeet mix, you may even be able to use the
Lori mix, but check with the other guys here as to what sort
of products you have available over there.
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[kevin85193]

hey again!
Well, the owner of the shopped e-mailed me last night and said "Dry cat food is always available, with fresh fruit offered in the eve.. Leftover fruit is removed in AM.
More on diet here: http://www.pygmypets.com/sg6.html"

I just went out and bought a bunch of fruits/veggies and cat food. As for the first night with my gliders, it was an experience. They were doing flips and eating from my hands through the cage.
I'd still like to know what bedding to use?
How would you go about taming them?
Do you think it's going to be hard to bond with them seeing how they are quite old now?(Hopefully not, because I'd really like to play with them)

here's a picture

[kevin85193]

this is what I just made for them..
Cat food is also under everything. Is this good diet or should I have done it different?

[bensnacks]

Looks fine to me Kevin, possibly dice the
fruit and veg up very small, half or even quater that size.
Go easy on the cat food ,maybe get a nice fat grass hopper
for them now and then.
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[kevin85193]

okie cool, How about taming them? They seem to not be scared of me when I'm looking at them and they take food from me through the cage.


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[bensnacks]

Well the animals I worked with Kevin, were in
a wildlife park situation. Large outdoor cages,
leaf mulch for substrate and 'taming ' them didn't
really come into it.
So those questions I'll leave to someone who has kept
them as 'pets'.
Ravnos I think may be able to help you.? [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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[ChrisAnna]

you should go to glider centeral online i think the website is www.surgarglider.net . they have a post board like this one and have everything from taming to cages and food i mean they have a lot of good info. im not a owner of sugar gliders but i have been looking into them for sometime i go there a lot just to see the new stuff they post.
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[Ti]

Thy this link, as the one ChrisAnna posted didn't work for me: SugarGlider Forum
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[faze]

exotic nutritions is what i fed my glider since i got it as a baby for my mom as a baby(ex-business partners cat killed her rip josie)had really good luck with it along with fruits veggies super mealies and crickets(she loved her mealies)supposedly exotic nutritions diets are supposed to be better then what the zoo's feed there gliders but who knows.....thats another option to try i cant remember the sites but there was a few that listed the exact ingredients that each zoo puts in there glider diets (if i remember correctly i had a lot of luck with the one containing large ammounts of egg)


good luck with the breeding!!
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[kevin85193]

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Well, the guy and his wife from www.njreptiles.com (he also has a stored located by me) was doing a breeding project w/ them and is now moving onto something different and is selling all his gliders. I'm pretty sure he didn't play with them because he said they aren't friendly yet, but hopefully I can change that [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Thanks for all the help!
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[hostensteffa]

Generally Gliders need a wide variety of food. Just PM me and i can send you a good list but it's something this.

Various fruits: really just about anything, jsut not much orange, it is not good for them.

Frozen veggies

Protein: This can be received generally from I think it's called nutra grain cat food (it's about 35 bucks a bag but lasts forever). Also monkey biscuits can be purchased from generally any feeders supply.

They also need some bread with honey on it from time to time.

Also be sure to coat their food with calcium powder, calcium is essential to their diet and without it they will more than likely die.

Glideraide is also a nutritional supplement that you should be giving them at least every other feeding. Just as with calcium powder we generally jsut sprinkle it over the food.

Also they need some protein, this can be acheieved by cooked unseasoned chicken, cooked beef, bugs and berries supplement or just plain mealworms.

Generally we give ours a mixture of the fruit and veggies every night supplemented with mealies, calcium and glideraide. Everything else we jsut be sure to give them at least once a week.
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[bensnacks]

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I don't think a gliders gut is designed to process the starches and preservatives
found in bread, and grain isn't part of their natural diet.
I would avoid giving it to them.
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