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  20 0 Sugar gliders are not good pets. Period. They are difficult to keep alive, have extremely specialized diets that include live insects, have to be kept in pairs for their mental health, and require very large enclosures for health and safety. Gliders are nocturnal, too. They are expensive to acquire and care for properly, and if they fall ill, it's difficult to find vets who will work with them. Kiddo, you've been posting pretty much nothing but drama-related questions here. All pets (sugar gliders and other exotics especially so) need consistent, reliable care, and you don't seem to have the maturity to provide that. Please don't get a small, defenseless animal and inadvertently torture it to death just because you think it's a cute little critter. Griffin answered in Other - Pets about 1 year ago | Report 7 comments by ZumbaHottie, Griffin, and keshmeshi… 0 1 excuse me,but im way more mature than you think.and im wanting answers from positive people not some asshole that thinks she knows everything.i would never hurt anything and i have a dog and its lived for 12 years so dont give me that shit. ZumbaHottie commented about 1 year ago | Report 1 0 You wanted an answer, and you got one. You just don't like that it's not "OMG gliders r awesum! u should totes get 1!" Dogs aren't sugar gliders, and sugar gliders are not low-maintenance pets. Sorry to offend, but when nearly every question you ask is a variation of "why doesn't he like me?" and "the guy I'm sleeping with lies to me," you come off as a petulant child who hasn't the maturity to own her choices and mistakes. Couple that with the LOL speak and lack of spelling and grammar skills, and you paint a picture of a whiny brat pecking away on a smart phone while ignoring the teacher at the front of the classroom. You may not be a whiny child, but that's how you come off here. If you don't like that perception, you need to work to change it. I don't know everything, nor do I claim to do so, but you claim to need answers for questions you ask, but then don't want to hear anything contrary to your preconceived ideas. And then you ask the same questions again and again while attempting to belittle those who answer you. Please try Yahoo Answers instead--it seems to be more your speed. Griffin commented about 1 year ago | Report 1 0 Her handle is "ZumbaHottie." What else do you expect? And maybe I'm cruel, but I'd love to set her up with a certain other questioner/commenter who was run out of here just some months ago. keshmeshi commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 I only expect civility, keshmeshi, as should we all. Griffin commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 100% with you, Griffin. ozchick commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 100% with you, Griffin. ozchick commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 fwiw i've had a few buddies who have had 4-6 sugar gliders in a couple ferret-type cages around their place and they enjoyed them. seemed pretty low drama, they didn't come out very often. responsible pet owners, had them for years, probably still do. they make weird sounds and sound like chainsaws. probably not a very fun pet. they like to hide all day. i think i saw them like twice. protosaurus commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  12 0 Sugargliders and other exotic animals are TERRIBLE PETS. They are not domesticated, like dogs and cats (and pigs and horses and cows). They are WILD ANIMALS, and belong in the wild. While they are not endangered, unlike almost all other small marsupials, it is illegal to own, capture, or trade them in Australia, and it should be here. Do you have a lot of eucalypts growing in your house? If not, don't get a sugarglider. There is a growing trend towards ultra-cute exotic animals as pets. This is the cause of a growing illegal and extremely inhumane trade. While owning a sugarglider isn't as offensive as owning a loris (which should be punishable by unanesthetized hand and foot amputation), it's still something that is all about our own demand for maximum cuteness and nothing to do with wanting the animals to live happily as nature intended. Enjoy sugargliders on video, and get some tropical fish. Fnarf answered in Other - Pets about 1 year ago | Report 1 comment by amelie… 0 0 Well said. amelie commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  7 0 Fnarf and Griffin are correct, but just in case you still have this plan here is a real story: My mother raised some sugar-gliders once, BUT IN THE CONTEXT of being married to the local vet in rural Australia, where the mama sugar-glider was killed by an animal. Even as adults they were huge amounts of work, constantly - that means every day - requiring fresh eucalyptus leaves, and branches. And they only wanted to eat the tender new leaves. If this was hard in country Australia where there were many gum trees about, just try to imagine doing this in a US city. They are NOT pets. Leave them in the Australian bush where they belong. ozchick answered in Other - Pets about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  6 0 Well, if you do get a sugar glider as a pet, get a female. Male sugar gliders are assholes. They will brag about you, sure, but it turns out they are the ones stalking you and not the other way around like they say. They do this because they do not want to get caught. Lee answered in Other - Pets about 1 year ago | Report 3 comments by Griffin, keshmeshi, and Lee… 0 0 And don't forget that they will want to become Catholic deacons, too. Griffin commented about 1 year ago | Report 1 0 Don't get me started on the married ones. keshmeshi commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 There are no unmarried male sugar gliders. Only married male sugar gliders, and lying male sugar gliders. Lee commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 I wrote a few articles on Suite 101 that are sort of overviews. Like about setting up the cage: http://bit.ly/sugarglider Bonding with your gliders: http://bit.ly/sgbonding and things you should NOT buy for your glider: http://bit.ly/badsg BethAnn Mayberry answered in Other - Pets about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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