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Preface 5
Meet the Sugar Glider 7
What Is a Sugar Glider? 7
The Petauridae Family 7
Possum or Opossum 8
Subclass Marsupialia The Marsupials 9
Characteristics of Sugar Gliders 11
General Appearance 11
The Skeleton 12
Body Temperature 12
Body Weight 12
Intelligence 13
Is a Sugar Glider the Right Pet for You? 15
Think Before You Buy a Sugar Glider 15
Considerations Before You Buy 17
State and Municipal Regulations 17
A Male or a Female? 17
How Many Gliders? 18
Finding Suppliers 18
Pet Selection 21
What Age? 21
Selecting a Healthy and Suitable Pet 21
Housing and Equipment 25
Size of the Cage 25
Cleaning Considerations 26
Location of the Cage 26
Temperature 27
Inside the Cage 27
HOW-TO: Build Your Own Cage 32
Living with Sugar Gliders 35
Bringing YourPet Home 35
Handling Your Pet 35
Letting Gliders Out to Play 36
Sugar Gliders and Other Pets 38
Sugar Gliders and Children 38
Sugar Gliders and House Plants 39
Escapees 39
Biting 42
Sugar Gliders and Strangers 42
Vacations 42
Diet 45
Fruits and Vegetables 45
Red Meat, Poultry, Eggs, and Tofu 46
Live Treats 47
Pinky Mice 48
Dairy Products 48
Dry Cat Food? 49
Nuts 49
Water 49
Balancing the Diet 49
How Much to Feed? 50
Alternative Diets 51
Dietary Supplements 52
Specialty Products 54
Reproductive Biology 57
External Sex Characteristics 57
Internal Reproductive Anatomy 57
Reproduction and Development 58
Raising Your Own Gliders 63
A License to Breed 64
Choosing Breeding Stock 64
Sugar Gliders of a Different Color 65
Colony Breeding vs. Breeding in Pairs and Trios 66
Record Keeping 67
Housing Colonies 67
Replacing Lost Mates and Introducing New Animals 68
Pets as Breeding Stock 69
When to Breed 69
Handling the Babies 71
Weaning Babies 72
Avoiding Inbreeding 73
Neutering 73
HOW-TO: Hand-Rear a Rejected Joey 74
Health Concerns 77
Nutrition and Health 77
The Importance of Hygiene 80
Parasites 81
Bathing Gliders 81
Stress-Related Illness 82
Recognizing III Health 83
Quarantine 83
Finding a Veterinarian 83
Understanding Sugar Gliders 85
Sugar Gliders in the Wild 85
Vocalizations 86
Body Language and Behavior 87
Natural Enemies 88
Scent Marking 89
Information 90
Glossary 92
Index 94
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