Characteristics of Sugar Glider and How to Raise It

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How much do you know about Sugar Glider?

As you can see from the name of the Sugar Glider, the name 'Sugar' is given because it likes sweet things like flower juice and honey,🌼

As you can see from the name 'glider', it is a kind of flying squirrel.🐿

So today, we're going to talk about "Sugar Glider."

 

《Characteristics of Sugar Glider》

Sugar glider is a flying squirrel, a mammal* in the order of marsupials and kangaroos.

*marsupials: animals that raise young individuals in their pockets, such as kangaroos and koalas

Sugar gliders are small animals, with a body length of 14-18 cm and a body weight of 100-150 g.

It looks a lot like a flying squirrel in appearance, has black stripes on its grey back, and its auricles are large and round.

Also, it has wings between its front legs and hind legs like flying squirrels, so it can fly between trees.

 

 

 

《Breeding and Habitat of Sugar Glider》

Sugar gliders live in northeastern and southeastern Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and tropical forests.

Sugar gliders can reproduce in six months of age.

Sugar gliders have a gestational period of about three weeks, giving birth to one to three cubs at a time.

After that, like other marsupials, they are raised in a parenting pouch for two to four months of age and then carried on their backs.🦘

The male of the sugar glider helps the female and takes good care of the baby, so even if the female becomes pregnant, there is no need to isolate her.🥰

Also, sugar gliders are known to have an average lifespan of six to eight years in the wild.

 

 

 

《Sugar Glider's Food》

Sugar gliders are omnivores, mainly eating tropical fruits or insects.

Up to six months old, you can feed small animal formula with fruit, and when you provide snacks such as mealworms, you can give them by hand to familiarize yourself with handling.

As I said before, sugar gliders have a sweet tooth, so you usually need to pay 70% for fruit and 30% for protein.🙂

Fruits that can be paid include apples, pears, shine muskets, melons, watermelons, blueberries, mangoes, and vegetables are sweet-tasting vegetables such as cucumbers, carrots, cabbages, corn, and sweet potatoes.

However, apples should be paid daily and 🍎 Blueberries and carrots should be paid once or twice a week for the health of Sugar Glider's eyes 🥕

Millworms and crickets are good for protein food, and live ones can be fed, and dried ones can be fed.

❌ On the other hand, don't give milk, chocolate, avocados, fruit seeds, nuts, onions and garlic❌

 

 

 

《Items you need to raise a sugar glider》

Next, let's take a look at the items you need to grow a sugar glider.

1. Breeding ground

Sugar gliders are nocturnal, actively moving animals at night, and high and wide kennels are best because they are downhillable.

2. The dishes 

You should prepare a rice bowl and a water bowl, and it should be a dish that does not collapse easily even if the sugar glider hits.

You should always change the water to fresh water.

3. Flooring and shelter

Since it is not an animal that digs into toasted rice like a hamster, you can use newspapers as a flooring material, and you should create a tree house or a space where you can rest comfortably.

4. Perch

Sugar gliders are downhill animals, so they create an environment for gliding or jumping between perches.

 

 

 

《Precautions for Sugar Glider》

Finally, let's take a look at some of the things you need to be careful about when growing a sugar glider.

1. Sugar gliders feel a lot of loneliness.

Sugar gliders are animals that live in groups, so if you raise one, your guardian should play regularly.

If you spend longer alone, it's best to raise a sugar glider in pairs because you're starving or self-harming.

2. Sugar gliders are smelly and can't fecal.

Sugar gliders are not good at defecating.

The sugar glider can't hold back when it's about to pee, and it's wrapped up right on the spot.

Also, the sugar glider has a drunken ship, which gives it a unique horrible smell.

In particular, since males smell bad, it is recommended to smell it before raising it.

3. You need to control the temperature.

Sugar gliders live in the tropics, so you have to maintain a temperature between 25 and 30 degrees, and you have to be careful about temperature management in winter because you can't stand the cold.🌡

 

 

 

So far, we've had a moment to learn about Sugar Glider, and I hope this is a little helpful post for anyone who was curious about Sugar Glider.

We will come back with a useful post next time.

 

 

 

 

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