How to Feed a Pet Sugar Glider

Sugar Gliders are popular exotic pets, but to keep yours happy, you must provide a balanced, healthy diet. In the wild, Sugar Gliders eat fruits, nuts and meat, making them omnivorous. Follow these steps to provide your pet with the sustenance it needs.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Semi-moist Sugar Glider meal
• 5 ceramic dishes
• Mealworms or crickets
• Peach or blueberry yogurt
• Selection of fruits and vegetables
• Multivitamin for Sugar Gliders
• Calcium supplement for exotic pets

Learn About Sugar Gliders

1. Know that many diseases in Sugar Gliders can be prevented with proper diet and nutrition.

2. Identify the needs of a Sugar Glider. They are omnivores, which means that they require a varied diet.

3. Keep in mind that Sugar Gliders do require a significant amount of protein in their diet, because they eat a significant number of insects in the wild.

Identify the Nutritional Requirements of Your Sugar Glider

1. Know that Sugar Gliders require a fresh protein source such as mealworms or crickets every day.

2. Plan your Sugar Glider's meal to include fruits and vegetables on a daily basis.

3. Know that you will need to supplement your Sugar Glider's meal with a staple food. This is usually eaten during the night.

4. Purchase vitamin supplements for your Sugar Glider. Try one multivitamin and a calcium supplement, which you can purchase at your local pet store.

Purchase a Basic Prepared Food

1. Keep the prepared staple food in your Sugar Glider's cage at all times. All small animals need access to food 24 hours per day.

2. Find a semi-moist mix that is high in protein from your local pet store or exotic animal feed store.

3. Remember that Sugar Gliders also need a diet supplemented by fresh fruits and vegetables, even if the feed is labeled "complete."

Prepare Your Sugar Glider's Meal

1. Serve your Sugar Glider a dish of semi-moist prepared food and refill it as necessary.

2. Offer mealworms or crickets for your Sugar Gliders. Allow seven to ten medium-sized mealworms or three to five crickets per Sugar Glider.

3. Prepare one heaping tablespoon of peach or blueberry yogurt in a small ceramic dish.

4. Chop fruits or vegetables and serve them in a separate dish. You can give your Sugar Glider apples, pears, watermelon, honeydew, carrots, kiwi or mangoes.

5. Sprinkle the fresh fruit and vegetables with vitamin supplement and stir.

6. Fill a ceramic dish with fresh water for your Sugar Glider.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't feed your Sugar Glider cat food. It's not nutritionally balanced for a Sugar Glider's dietary needs.

• Baby Sugar Gliders may prefer to eat sweet potatoes until they grow accustomed to mealworms and crickets. Offer them daily.