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Sugar Gliders: Wild
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Because sugar gliders are extremely resilient and adapt relatively well to captivity, the current supply of captive sugar gliders in the United States is far greater than the demand. The possibility of having a sugar glider that is wild-caught is extremely low—almost non-existent.
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In the wild, insects are a regular part of a sugar glider's diet. They really enjoy eating live insects like crickets and mealworms. However, crickets are preferred over mealworms; they are lower in fat, higher in protein, and have a better calcium/phosphorus ratio. Make sure that the insects have not been exposed to pesticides.
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The topic of sugar glider nutrition is extremely important. Ideally, in order to thrive, your glider would get a balanced diet that mimics the mix of food and nutrients he or she would get in the wild. However, there has not been a lot of research on the optimal glider diet, and most people do not live where they can reproduce the diet available to sugar gliders in Australia. And recently, some sugar glider experts have increased the recommended protein percentage from about 25% to about 40-50% (50% for breeding females especially).
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