Life in the wilderness
In most parts of Australia (one of their home countries) are maintained sugar gliders to live in the wilderness. Search this gray furry critters live in forest trees. Coming out every night they glide through treetops like bats with their wing-like membrane (patagium called) to hunt for food.
In most parts of Australia (one of their home countries) are maintained sugar gliders to live in the wilderness. Search this gray furry critters live in forest trees. Coming out every night they glide through treetops like bats with their wing-like membrane (patagium called) to hunt for food.
When they jump and glide from trees to trees, these critters can be spotted usually on acacia and eucalyptus trees. Parts of these trees they consume contain gum, SAP, and manna. Through these trees, but also for hunting and consume different types of insects and arachnids.
With the routine changing of the seasons and variable conditions of drought and rain, food supply will undoubtedly be affected. These tree dwellers to limit their activity during rainy nights and winter months. This leads to instability of the diet, which is important for their health and survival. Overtime is forced sugar gliders, Happens to cope with the difficult conditions in their natural habitat. Dealing with the above-mentioned factors may have shortened their life span in the wild, which is about 4 to 5 years.
Living in captivity
In North America, sugar gliders one of the most popular exotic pets. They have been perceived by many as cute with their owners. Are responsible owners / managers by their diet.
Life in a comfort of your home, they are provided with consistent diet treats every night. Your caring and dedicated owners learn the importance of calcium as part of a healthy sugar gliders' diet. Providing consistent diet with a high content of calcium will prevent sugar gliders from developing hind limb paralysis and other bone diseases. In addition, careful owners / pet parents would avoid food that is unhealthy and toxic to consume for their cute pictures. They also make sure that their pets would not choke while eating by cutting / chopping fresh fruits and vegetables to get into smaller bite sizes.
Some of the things that consume sugar gliders in the wild are not available for diet in captivity. Nevertheless, the owners / managers use fresh fruits and vegetables, protein sources, and supplements to replicate things in the wild. Unlike their living species in the wild, would these cute ones to deal with anything to do with their owners / caretakers as their fragrance, their movement, their routine only. Sometimes caring and dedicated owners would not spoil their small pets available with some goodies in the wild. With consistent diet and loving care, improve captive sugar gliders' life of more than 10 to 15 years....
