![]() Food should be offered in a metal or ceramic bowl. ![]() If possible, all fruits and vegetables fed to your glider should be fresh and not canned. Gliders should not be fed raw sugar, sugar substitutes or candy and never give your glider chocolate. Gliders tend to prefer fruits and vegetables that have a sweet taste. Your sugar glider’s diet should contain a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables and a leadbeaters formula. Although they do require some work, sugar gliders can make fun, enjoyable, and loving pets. They do need fresh fruit daily and a reasonably larger cage is necessary for their home. Sugar gliders can live up to 15 years in captivity. Sugar gliders can be very vocal and loud and bark much like a small dog. They are social animals and do better in pairs. Sugar gliders recognize the people that handle them and express affection and displeasure. A membrane of skin reaches from the wrist to the ankle and it is this membrane that gives During gliding it acts as a rudder to control the direction of flight. The tail of the sugar glider is used for stability and balance. Gliders are also nocturnal and are therefore more active at night. ![]() ![]() They are small mammals and adults weigh between 4 and 5 ounces. Sugar gliders are marsupials which means that they raise their young in a pouch on the mother’s belly. Their descriptive name comes from their love of sweet foods and a membrane between their front and rear legs that allows them to glide. Sugar gliders are native to Australia, Tasmania, Indonesia and Papua-New Guinea. WCAS strictly enforces this policy under the terms of the adoption contract. Under no circumstances should a Sugar Glider be used for food for other animals for experimentation or laboratory work or for any other use other than as a family pet. Winnebago County Animal Services adopts Sugar Gliders to be family pets. ![]()
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