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Sugar Gliders: Pets
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Where legal, the Sugar Glider is not difficult to breed in captivity under the right conditions, and small numbers have been legally and illegally exported to America where they have formed a breeding population for sale as pets. The Sugar Glider is a popular pet because of its lively and inquisitive nature; with plenty of attention, it bonds well to human companions.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Gwen Hovde is glad she and her sugar gliders live in Minneapolis. With a half-dozen of the mini marsupials as pets, she would be a sugar glider scofflaw under a new ordinance approved last month by the St. Paul, Minn., City Council.
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In the wild, sugar gliders nest in holes of trees in colonies of 7 to 15 members and have been observed gliding as far as 300 feet! The ability to glide is one of the most amazing features of sugar gliders, and one of the things that makes them such special pets. Teaching your sugar glider to glide to you is very rewarding!
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Avoid buying your sugar glider from a pet store, where impulse buys are encouraged. The same goes for trade shows and flea markets. Buying a sugar glider should be a carefully-considered action. Frankly, many of the sugar gliders at pet stores, come from “sugar glider mills”. And bear in mind that the minimum-wage help at most pet stores will be unable to answer your questions about caring for your new sugar glider.
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The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small gliding possum native to eastern and northern mainland Australia. It is ... found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, and has been introduced to Tasmania.
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If sugar gliders are given the right kind of care and attention, they can be an interactive, enjoyable pet. If you buy hand-tamed young, you can expect it to form a strong lifelong bond with you. You should consider whether you can provide the constant kind of care a glider needs prior to buying one.
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