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How do I tell the sex? Look for and listen for anything that sounds “off”.įor example, if the person needs to put on gloves to pick out your baby, these joeys have not likely been handled much by humans, and may be aggressive. Are their eyes bright, big and clear? Is the tail fluffy? Is the fur clean and fluffy? If not, this could be a sick animal or under-aged. Don’t let someone just say, here, these are yours. When buying locally, make sure you have the opportunity to hold and see the glider. You either buy them locally or you buy them remotely, as in buying from someone online who will ship to you. When buying a sugar glider either you have two opportunities. We know our practices work exceedingly well, over many generations of sugar gliders. If you can accept our best practices for health and longevity of sugar gliders, (see Thrive versus Survive approach), we’d be delighted to work with you. If you believe the “gliders are easy to care for” and “just feed them pellets and a slice of apple” info these people offer, we just ask you be open to a different opinion and be willing to learn the proven husbandry practices we used since 1999.

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If during your search you have seen web sites screaming “”Do NOT buy a Sugar Glider before reading these FREE reports” or “Thinking about BUYING a Sugar Glider?” you should realize these web sites are operated by or influenced by a large franchise organization that sells sugar gliders on impulse in malls and at events.

Check out the Glider Exchange here, and read a bit about Introducing Gliders from SunCoast’s GliderVet newsletter. Perhaps one of these families lives within driving distance of you? These Gliders Looking for a Home are 7 months old or more so are a particularly good match for families who already own a single glider and need to find a buddy. Usually they are moving or something else in their lives has changed such that they simply can’t keep their gliders anymore. SunCoast also maintains a list of people who have to give up their gliders for one reason or another. If you’d like to read more about shipping sugar gliders safely, here’s a good place to start. When we sold sugar gliders, we shipped them all over the country without any problems and had 1000’s of happy customers. You may have heard shipping sugar gliders is “bad”. There is also a database of breeders that will ship sugar gliders: One of the best ways to go about finding a breeder near you is to check the breeder database at Glider Central, which is organized by state: Sugar gliders are also available in a variety of colors at higher prices you can read more details about colored gliders here.

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This license really only sets a “floor” for care of the animals, so just because someone does not have a USDA license does not mean they are a “bad” or “illegal” breeder. Also worth mentioning is people who have less than 4 breeding females are not required to have a USDA license. Often these friendly folks will send you picture of your potential pet, and in many cases you should also expect they’ll ask you to sign a sales contract. You can expect to pay about $125 – $150 for a standard gray joey glider. These folks are generally kind and caring people who love gliders but don’t want them taking over the house! So they offer the joeys their pet gliders produce for sale, much as many folks do with puppies and kittens. You can generally find sugar gliders for sale in just about any part of the country very often there may be a “hobby breeder” near where you live. If you’re not really familiar with sugar gliders, perhaps only saw them at a mall, fair, or pet store, you really should read this first. We started out when few people had ever heard of sugar gliders, never mind wanted to own one! Now, we keep about a dozen gliders around as pets but no longer offer sugar gliders for sale, choosing to focus instead on other glider missions.īuying Sugar Gliders – what you need to know SunCoast sold sugar gliders to the public for over 15 years, so we have a lot of experience with glider care and behavior.