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Sugar Glider care

Housing
 

Cages: 

  There are many great cages out there for all budgets for your sugar gliders.  They can range from 70 dollars up to 400 and some can go higher.
Cage space is the key in housing sugar gliders, the bigger the better for these little guys. They are super active at night and love to bounce, glider and explore there homes.

We here are Hurricane use a large bird cage with 7/16" spacing between the bars for our Sugar Gliders. The cage measurements are 30 x 18 x 36"H . I do not recommend getting anything smaller then a 21 x 32 x 36"H cage for 1 to 2 sugar gilders. The more sugar gliders you have the bigger cage you should get. Look for a cage that has a Non-Toxic powder coated finish. Others can be hard to clean and could be harmful to your  sugar gliders.

Accessories:

  Now, this is the best part about having  sugar gliders! There are soo many ways to set your cage up. They LOVE toys, ropes, fake vines, fleece swings and such. I am not a really handy person so I can't sew and all that. I highly recommend going on eBay and search under Sugar Glider Cage sets. These come in all different verities such as playful ropes, swings and also hiding pockets that are hung in the cage and come in all different patterns. Sugar gliders love there pouches to sleep in and feel safe during the day. Sugar gliders need plenty of exercise so a sugar glider safe wheel will be needed. I like the stealth wheels and they have really good reviews.

Here are a few other links that you can find some awesome Pouches, bonding pouches, tunnels and also fun glider approved toys! Click on the links below

http://www.suzsugargliders.com/productcatalog.htm, http://www.toandfrogliders.com/, http://www.thepamperedglider.com/

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Nutrition

Although it is difficult to replicate the diet of any exotic animal, sugar glider owners can take comfort in the fact that there are good, proven diets out there. Some of the most widely used diets for sugar gliders include HPW (High Protein Wombaroo Diet), BML (Bourbon's Modified Leadbeater's Diet), the Blended diet (Blended Glider Diet) , and the PP Diet (The Pet Glider Diet). Along with a good staple diet, sugar gliders should also be fed fruits and veggies on a daily basis (unless the diet they are on incorporates all of the nutrition they need). Never feed onion, garlic, or lima beans to sugar liders as they are toxic!

Here at Hurricane we use the HPW diet. :)