Getting my first sugar glider help!!?

Question

So tomorrow I'm getting a sugar glider! In addition I already have a dog and 4 hamsters! Anyways it's my first glider and I have no idea what to feed him or her and no idea what things there cage must have other than the obvious food, water, and perches. I have not had rodents before so all help is appreciated! All I know is the person is giving me everything I need but I want the best for my new glider(s). So if anyone can give me a list of things to give it that would be great! Also I read they can have glider food or high quality ferret food, which is better? Thanks guys!!

Answer 1

http://www.sugar-gliders.com/sugar-glider-care.htm

Answer 2

Oh dear, please do not get a glider (at least not right now), because nearly everything you think you know about them is wrong. They are NOT rodents, they are marsupials. Nearly every other mammal you know of (including humans) are more closely related to rodents then them. They have a pouch like a kangaroo and everything. Your hamsters, on the other hand ARE rodents- ask your vet, Wikipedia, or your local pet store if you do not believe me. Forget getting "A GLIDER." You should get AT LEAST TWO because if they do not get enough attention from either you or another glider (preferably another glider) they will suffer from depression and self-mutilate until they die. They have some of the most complex diets of any pet. Ferret food is NOT suitable. Prepared sugar glider food is only complete when served with other foods (such as vitamins, meat, feeder insects, fruit, yogurt, and so on). Chocolate and fireflies are poisonous to them. They need a LARGE bird aviary type cage, NOT a small mammal cage like a hamster cage. They need room to glide. Also, buy them a wheel (which they NEED) and plenty of toys (ironically, bird toys are better then most small mammal toys for them). ALL babies I've seen reach adulthood have gone through a nippy bonding state. MANY adults never grow out of this and stay nippy their whole life. In order to "bond them" (tame them) you need to carry them around AT LEAST eight hours a day for at least two weeks. One of mine that I did this with never bonded and stayed mean. Out of the other two I own one is SUPER sweet, and one is bipolar (nice one day and mean the next). Granted, the mean and bi-polar ones are ex-breeders, and the super tame one is one I bred and socialized from the day it was born.They have SHARP nails and they don't mean to scratch you, but they WILL. They have little to no control of their bladder and go to the bathroom EVERYWHERE (including on you EVERY SINGLE DAY). I own a dog and three gliders. The gliders are AT LEAST as much work as you average dog, if not more. Gliders don't live 1-3 years (like many rodent pets, such as hamsters). Gliders live as long (or longer) then the average dog. If you still want one after reading/accepting all this and doing more research they can make great pets, BUT they are only a good pet for certain people.

Answer 3

Don't get one. They mark their territory by putting thus brown stuff, not even sure what it is, all over. It's gross. I had one for a short time as a teenager and it was a big mistake. They are not meant to be pets. Trust me and I love and have kept all kinds of animals.

Answer 4

You're getting one tomorrow and know nothing about them? Have mercy...