Sugar Gliders as Pets : The Drawbacks of Sugar Glider Ownership

Learn the real drawbacks to owning your pet sugar glider and make sure you have the adequate time to care for them properly; lean more in this free pet care video on caring for sugar gliders.Expert: Elizabeth Cantu Bio: Elizabeth Cantu has owned and been working with birds since 1994. She works with an avian veterinarian on behavior modification on birds. Currently, she owns a website that designs bird toys. Filmmaker: julio costilla

25 Responses to Sugar Gliders as Pets : The Drawbacks of Sugar Glider Ownership

  1. Cocobunniecat

    They are so cute!

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  2. luckityduckity

    Their sounds never keep ME up in the night. I think its cute! :)

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  3. And you’re basing this off of…. personal experience with killing sugar gliders? I think I’ll trust Pocket Pets, the largest distributor of gliders in North America.

    Cats originally ate raw meat in the wild, and while it is OFFICIALLY healthier for them to still do so, I don’t think you’ll find any vet saying that Mr. Whiskers’ Meow Mix won’t suffice. The specialized pellet food I feed Mojo has been proven, along with a vitamin powder and an apple every night, to sustain healthy gliders.

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  4. Thank you for this vital information. You saved me from making a huge mistake! Thank you alot!!!!

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  5. i completely agree with nate4021 on this one. pocket pets has awsome info and there food as a matter of fact i have to buy some soon is awsome. rite now i have idk what that u got from my sugar gliders previous owner. so from pocket pets there diets and info is realy helpful. this lady dnt kno jack about sugar gliders or taking care of it.

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  6. i was one of the first importers to bring these rabid pencil sharpeners over:) they are however incredible marsupial leapers. and if raised with respect they are awesome to raise!!! i also brought over spiny hedgehogs as well i liked them better

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  7. idrinkdrpepper

    Lol @ this lady: “this piece of shit animal is going to bite you, pee all over you, and force you to give it bugs. And unfortunately it will live for 15 years.” That cute little sugar glider on her arm has no idea that this woman is just boiling over with hatred for it.

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  8. SuckerFreeAwesome24

    i dont care how hard it is to take care of it i want one

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  9. I don’t care how much you want one, I hope that you never get one. For both the benefit of you and the glider.

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  10. im sorry lady but ur a moron ive done my research on these pets and heres some facts: they only bite when theyre little and its because they are scared of you they dont no u, theyre uran because they r marsupials is scentlis and they only pee a few drops every 4 hours, also they get along great with anybody and any animal but snakes(for ovious reasons) if they are raised right and they dont particularly make to much noiseexept wen theyrescared but they are mesyeaters

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  11. Come to Australia and you will know what a true sugar glider is like.

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  12. I think she is listing fact on untrained sugar gliders that hate there owners

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  13. u rly sound like uv done ur research

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  14. Iliketoheadbanggg

    this girl sounds like a bitch. haha sorry
    but like, dogs live up to 15 years, i dont see why that is a downside,And they get lonely? Alot of animals get lonely..

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  15. She explained why a 15 yr life span can be bad. You might not have time for it if you go to college. Sugar Gliders can get particularly lonely. Dogs get lonely but they don’t go nuts from it. If you don’t spend enough time with your glider or have a partner or a group for your Sugar Glider, they have been known to mutilate themselves all over their body and even chew off their own genitals. Dogs do not do that.

    Sugar Gliders are great but they demand a responsible owner to live healthily.

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  16. @Epicfail333

    I really hope you are trolling. It saddens me to think that a human can sound this stupid.

    Also, I’ll just go ahead and assume you’ve done your research, but you didn’t say you have ever actually OWNED one?

    They do bite as adults. I know this from first hand evidence.

    Also, WTF at your statement “they get along great with… any animal”?!! They murder hamsters, a common house hold pet. They eviscerate them like ninjas slaying pigs.

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  17. so ure saying that sugar gliders if there lonely start turning emo?

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  18. Lol, yeah, pretty much.

    Except sugar gliders aren’t pussies.

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  19. ireallydontcare3384

    research from where? anyway, i suppose it depends on the sugar glider. also, i wasn’t aware that accurate facts were spelled so heinously!

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  20. are they mean and dangerous down under?

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  21. The wild ones are yes. The bigger ones are much more agressive, especially the brushtails…theyre buggers of things lol

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  22. Girl, 32 IS young. So take it back!!

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  23. YOU SAID YOU WOULD CALL!!!! *mutilation* LOL!

    I walked in one night after a long day of work and my Sugar Glider had razor blades at it’s wrists…Took awhile to settle him down…And for him to sober up…… i cant leave the scotch out like that anymore…

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  24. Why in God’s name would she own these things?

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