Animal facts: Sugar glider

If you stay somewhere in Australia, then you could have come across Sugar gliders flying around your vicinity.

Sugar gliders are found in the wilds of Australia.

You could also come across Sugar gliders in some parts of Indonesia. Nobody’s quite sure why it’s not found in other parts of the world. Though, sugar gliders are now been seen in North America, as North Americans had started adopting Sugar gliders as pets in their ranch and homes.

If you had been desperate to keep Sugar gliders as pets, then you ought to know few important facts about Sugar gliders. It’s important for you to realize that Sugar gliders hate the idea of loneliness.

They would never stay alone, and therefore you are advised to go for a couple as your pets.

You could also keep two males together, but then, they should be kept together right after the birth, as soon as he opens his eyes.

Keeping them together early in their life would help them gel together very well and they would remain that way for their rest of their lives.

Important facts about Sugar glider

• If you had heard the name ‘Sugar glider’ for the first time, then you would wonder, what is that and why is the name so?

Sugar glider is a small marsupial animal weighing about 5 ounces that belongs to the family of Kangaroos and the Tasmanian devils.

You could call them little cousins of Kangaroo. They look very similar to flying squirrels.

Female Sugar gliders also carry their children in their pouch exactly, as Kangaroos do, but there are significant differences between Sugar gliders and Kangaroo, and one of them is, Sugar gliders are comparatively very small.

The most notable feature about Sugar gliders is the fact that they glide in the air.

They could fly to about 50 meters at a stretch.

They have a strange affinity for sugar foods; they would gulp anything that has a sweet taste. Hence, the name Sugar gliders, it is an appropriate term for these animals.

• Sugar gliders are too fond of trees and they dwell on them unless you take one home and keep her as your pet.
• Sugar gliders are very much nocturnal by nature; they become active at night and do a lot of hunting. Apart from the sugar foods, they also hunt insects, and small vertebrates.
• The most remarkable feature about Sugar gliders is the sound they make. There sounds probably depend on the mood they go through. For instance, if rattled, they would emit a strange sound. At times they chirp, and had also been seen barking like dogs. You could call them a multi sound animal.
• Their average life span is about 10 years, if you treat them well enough as your pet. Wild Sugar gliders die relatively early.

Sugar gliders would certainly become your affectionate pet, but make sure you give enough time to your pet Sugar glider. They are a harmless creature who would be a part of your family, once you keep them as your pet.