To develop an optimal bond with your sugar glider, acquire your pet at between 8 and 12 weeks of age. The animals form strong social bonds during this developmental window. Make sure to spend as much time as possible with your new pet during its first few weeks in its new home. Sugar gliders are highly social animals that need attention and interaction. As with all social creatures, the sugar glider benefits from the company of its own species. If you cannot frequently interact with your pet, consider buying two sugar gliders.

1. CARING FOR SUGAR GLIDERS:
BONDING AND INTERACTING WITH
YOUR PET
By Sugar Glider

2. CARING FOR SUGAR GLIDERS: BONDING AND
INTERACTING WITH YOUR PET
To develop an optimal bond with your sugar glider,
acquire your pet at between 8 and 12 weeks of age.
The animals form strong social bonds during this
developmental window. Make sure to spend as
much time as possible with your new pet during its
first few weeks in its new home. Sugar gliders are
highly social animals that need attention and
interaction. As with all social creatures, the sugar
glider benefits from the company of its own species.
If you cannot frequently interact with your pet,
consider buying two sugar gliders.

3. CARING FOR SUGAR GLIDERS: BONDING AND
INTERACTING WITH YOUR PET
Sugar gliders are intelligent and easily tamed pets.
Once your sugar glider has bonded with you, you
can train it to come to you on command and
perform simple tricks for rewards. Your pet will also
sleep in your pocket while you perform daily
activities for up to four hours at a time before it
needs to urinate. Although sugar gliders cannot
learn complex toilet habits like cats or dogs, they
are clean animals that instinctively avoid soiling
their beds or caregivers' pockets. For information
about "toilet training" sugar gliders, see
www.sugargliderinfo.org/questions.php.

4. CARING FOR SUGAR GLIDERS: BONDING AND
INTERACTING WITH YOUR PET
To keep your pet entertained and active when left
alone, provide a cage with several structures that
encourage climbing, such as hanging ropes and
bird toys. Your pet also needs a secluded area in its
cage for sleeping and hiding during the day. As a
nocturnal marsupial, sugar gliders sleep during the
day and are often active and playful at night. This
activity pattern easily conforms to a busy
caregiver's work or school schedule.