I would recommend an enclosure about 4-5 meters high x 8-10 long x 8-10 deep....most people will disagree, but when you see them in action, the more space they have the better they are.
Where do you expect to get an enclosure this massive? Of course the bigger is better, but I think this size is out of the reach of the vast majority of people.
just wondering how to rais a baby sugar glider.
1. what do they eat?
2.shuld i handle it?
3.do babys need to be kept warm even if they hav fur?
4.how long do they live for?
5.what sort of enclosure do they live in, (im thinking a bird cage) but what size?
thanks heaps, Josh
I wouldn't recommend trying to hand raise a baby sugar glider at any stage, but especially when they are under 6 weeks oop. But if you needs emergency info on it, check out some of the U.S. glider forums, such as;
http://www.glidercentral.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php
The adults eat a nectar mix, various vegies and some fruits, insects, they will browse leaves and native flowers, the odd pinkie etc.
If you get them hand tame at 8-10 weeks oop, and handle them regularly, they are very good and tame pets. Of course you can still try and tame up an untame one, but it is very hard work sometimes and doesn't always work as well as you'd hope.
The parents generally keep the babies warm in first few weeks oop, as they are not great at regulating their own heat at first when their fur is thin.
Apparently they can live till about 14-15 years of age, but I think around 8-11 in captivity is more common, if kept in ideal conditions.
Bird aviaries are the go for keeping them in, the bigger the better, but minimum would be 2-2.5 metres high by 3-4 metres long and 1.5-2m deep, but that's just my opinion.