There is a lot of misleading information on the internet about the proper care for sugar gliders, most of this information is not really accurate and some of the diets that you are supposed to give to your your exotic pet are way too complicated and too expensive.
A lot of people are killing their sugar gliders due to lack of knowledge or following bad advice to take care for them. These little animals are really not hard to take care of, but their do required the proper environment, temperature, diet and hygiene.
I have seen some gliders owners losing their animals because of lack of common sense as well, such as leaving toilet bowls open or any other standing water that may be found in a house. Sugar gliders cannot swim and will drown in any container with standing water big enough for their very tiny body to fall in. It includes just about anything as little as a cup of tea.
Some sugar gliders owners have made the mistake of mixing them with other animals of the same size which, however, happened to be animals that either ate the gliders or were eaten by them. If you own sugar gliders, don't put them in a cage with any other animals, it will be safer for everyone.
Those cut little Australian animals are very tiny and shouldn't be left in a house unattended like a dog or a cat. A sugar glider can get lost in thousands of ways in a house. It's OK, to let your tamed glider come out of the cage and play for a while, but you should always be present during these recreational moments and limit its space to one room with close doors to avoid any kind of unfortunate accident.
If you own other bigger pets such as a dog or a cat, make sure that they do not pay much attention to the glider in the cage if you are thinking of letting the glider out of the cage in the same room. Some owners have successful paired up their glider with their dog or cat, but just like people every dog and every cat has its own personality, so this will be on a case to case basis and up to you to be the best judge.
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