FIRST COAST SUGAR GLIDERS 
"HOME OF THE SWEETEST JOEYS IN FLORIDA"
Keeping Only One Glider
Sugar gliders are colony (group) animals. A sugar glider that is kept alone and in capitivity will not do as well as a glider permitted to socialize with other gliders. Gliders love companionship and isolation can indeed kill a glider. Suggies love to cuddle while sleeping, and they groom each other, as well as play together. Some experts say that sugar gliders need interaction with their own kind, as much as we humans need interaction with other humans.
Sugar Gliders in the wild have a complex social mechanism between groups or families, between family members themselves, and between individual sugar gliders. Therefore it is very important that you get your new pet a companion. No Suggie should be alone!!! When gliders are kept alone, the following issues may occur:
1) The glider becomes withdrawn - there have been some cases where the glider has been so depressed that he/she cannot be handled at all, which only makes matters worse.
2) The glider insists on continuous attention - any pet owner would think that this is great, at least in the beginning, but keep in mind that this is a response to them being kept alone.
3) The glider develops a variety of behavioral probems such as: late night barking, running in circles on top of the cage, fur chewing, lowered activity levels, loss of appetite and picky eating, etc.
For all of the reasons mentioned above, we recommend that you always house sugar gliders in pairs or small colonies. If you currently have a lone glider, we highly recommend that you get your baby a companion.
Sugar Gliders in the wild have a complex social mechanism between groups or families, between family members themselves, and between individual sugar gliders. Therefore it is very important that you get your new pet a companion. No Suggie should be alone!!! When gliders are kept alone, the following issues may occur:
1) The glider becomes withdrawn - there have been some cases where the glider has been so depressed that he/she cannot be handled at all, which only makes matters worse.
2) The glider insists on continuous attention - any pet owner would think that this is great, at least in the beginning, but keep in mind that this is a response to them being kept alone.
3) The glider develops a variety of behavioral probems such as: late night barking, running in circles on top of the cage, fur chewing, lowered activity levels, loss of appetite and picky eating, etc.
For all of the reasons mentioned above, we recommend that you always house sugar gliders in pairs or small colonies. If you currently have a lone glider, we highly recommend that you get your baby a companion.
