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Sugar Gliders: Marsupials
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The Sugar Glider breeds from July to November, so the joeys are taken care of during Spring and Summer when there is plenty of food. Being Marsupials the joeys remain in a pouch usually for just over two months. The pouch is forward facing with two teats and often twins are born. The joeys are left for three months or so in the nest. They then leave the nest to forage for food under the guidance of either their mother or father.
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Sugar gliders are very friendly, intelligent social animals. They are little marsupials that kinda look like a cross between a possum and a chipmunk or squirrel. You can see pictures of them here: sugar gliders - Google Image Search
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Hand-raising orphaned sugar gliders can be difficult. Success rates in raising furless young (< 60 days old) are low unless they are raised by experienced hand-raisers. Success rates in rearing furred young... are much higher.' A cotton sock or sweatshirt can be used as a substitute pouch. Marsupials are born without the ability to control body temperature, so warmth needs to be provided.' Furred young require a temperature range of 86 to 93 F (30 to 34 C), which can slowly be lowered to room temperature as they develop (up to 100 days). Unfurred young need to be fed low lactose milk every one to two hours; furred young should be fed this milk every four hours (Table 4). To feed young sugar gliders, attach a small, soft catheter cut short to a syringe.
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Like their larger marsupial cousins, kangaroos, sugar gliders have a pouch where their infants grow and develop. Their young are called "joeys," as are the young of kangaroos. You may come across the term OOP while researching sugar gliders on the internet. OOP means "out-of-pouch" and it indicates how long the joey has been completely out of his mother's pouch. Joeys are ready to go to a new home at approximately 8 weeks OOP.
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A Sugar Glider is a marsupial that can glide up to 50 to 100 meters. Their name comes from an early bush man. The Sugar Glider is a bluish gray color.Sugar Gliders are known to live for nine years in the wild. A Sugar Glider has five claws to grab on to trees while they're gliding.
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Increasingly popular as exotic pets in the United States, sugar gliders are nocturnal marsupials indigenous to New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia, and Tasmania. These adorable creatures, resembling a cross between a skunk, flying squirrel, and koala, live in trees in tight-knit communities in the wild. Sugar gliders, Petaurus breviceps, are named after their affinity for nectar and tree sap, although they ... feed on birds, reptiles, insects, and plants.
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