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Breeding sugar gliders Gliders can start breeding around the age of 4 to 5 months. With the higher protien diets, we are seeing females go into heat early and males are starting to get their balds spots in sometimes at 10 weeks of age. This is why it is so important that if you have a pair of babies, males must either be removed from the parent's cage before it is 4 months of age. It could either inbreed with his mother or possible sister litermate. Baby girls can breed to their dads and brothers earlier now too. This is not a good thing. When male and female breed, the female becomes impregnated. Tiny jelly-like joeys are born about 14-16 days after the mother has conceived. One or two joeys will travel up the mother’s belly and enter her moist pouch. They attach themselves firmly to a nipple. This is where they will remain and develop for the next 60 days. The mother’s pouch starts to get noticeably large about 30 days before the joeys start to come out. The number of peanut sized bulges in her belly should indicate how many babies the mother is carrying. She sometimes has one, but usually two. Three or more is very rare. She only has 4 nipples in her pouch. Two joeys at a time happens to be what most gliders can handle. Towards the 60th day in the mother’s pouch, a noticeable leg or tail will be found sticking out as the joeys are getting too large to stay inside all the time. Then, you will notice the baby completely off the nipple. This is noted as the OOP or “out of pouch” date. This is the date breeder’s go by when determining the age of a glider. For example, if your glider’s OOP date is 8/27/06, he was compeltely out of the mother’s pouch on that particular date. This is the day you found the joey detached from the nipple. This is the best time for me to discover what sexes and colors the babies are. This is also a good time to start the human-glider bond. When I handle the joeys a little bit each day, this ensures that they will be used to people and much easier for the buyer to handle once it is sold. I have a good relationship with my females otherwise they may not let me do this easily. Babies will start sampleling solid foods around 3 weeks of age. They will gradually eat more and more solids until they are totally weaned. Usually by 8 weeks of age. Some do take a little longer, depending on their personality. Breeding of sugar gliders should never be attempted, unless you have had hands on knowledge of them for at least a couple of years as pets. Gliders are still this side of wild, only having been in captiviety as pets in the United States for 20 to 25 years. There are many things that can go wrong that only experienced glider people are better able to handle. In my life, my family has raised dogs, rabbits, hamsters, chinchillas, degus, cats, etc. I can tell you with all honesty, sugar gliders are not the same. The requirements are much different. Personalities can change for many reasons. Either the owner is not spending as much time with the glider, they recieve a new cage mate, or because it becomes pregnant. Gliders can and do reject joeys. A rejected joey needs round the clock care. It needs to be fed specific formulas made for marsupials as well as colostrum Impact from Wombaroo in the first few days, in order for it to make it. Feedings are every two hours, even if you think you need to be sleeping or are at work or school. One missed feeding can cost the joey its life. They need to be kept warm as well. A terriarum with a heating pad set on low on the outside of the plastic is best. You also need to keep a small dish of water inside the terriarum, not for the joey to drink, but to provide a level of humidity that it would be accustomed to inside the mother's pouch. Joeys can be rejected for many reasons. Stress seems to be a large factor in the amount of the babies we see this way. Either a change of cage location, change of home, change of owner, change of mate. Introducing a new glider to an already established breeding age pair is not recommended. They can pull each others joeys and kill them out of jealousy. A parent can pull its own joey if it feels threatned, either by a new cagemate, taking away a companion, or if it is being intimatdated by another animal in the room, such as another aggressive glider or a dog. If you have another cage of gliders close by or in the same room, gliders have been known to reject their own joeys because they didn't like their neighbor. Gliders are territorial. Move the glider to a room free of other animals, and they may start keeping the joeys full term. In my opinion, it is just best to keep gliders only as pets for a few years first successfuly, before attempting to be a breeder on any level. You cannot get rich quick with gliders either. For me and many of my friends, it has always been a labor of love. Gliders (espeically multiple cages) are a lot of work. With all the expensive foods, supplements, cages and vet bills, we are almost always running in the red rather that the black with these guys. My husband and I have run a successful business (completely unrelated to animals) for almost 20 years, so I know the difference. My money for my animals is always put right back into their care and things they will be needing. It's for sure a hobby for me that I do this, but one I thorougly enjoy as well as meeting all the people involved with it. It's for the love of this unique animal that I do this.		CHOOSING A GLIDER HOUSING CLEANING DIET BREEDING

Breeding sugar gliders

Gliders can start breeding around the age of 4 to 5 months. With the higher protien diets, we are seeing females go into heat early and males are starting to get their balds spots in sometimes at 10 weeks of age.

This is why it is so important that if you have a pair of babies, males must either be removed from the parent's cage before it is 4 months of age. It could either inbreed with his mother or possible sister litermate. Baby girls can breed to their dads and brothers earlier now too. This is not a good thing.

When male and female breed, the female becomes impregnated. Tiny jelly-like joeys are born about 14-16 days after the mother has conceived. One or two joeys will travel up the mother’s belly and enter her moist pouch. They attach themselves firmly to a nipple. This is where they will remain and develop for the next 60 days.

The mother’s pouch starts to get noticeably large about 30 days before the joeys start to come out. The number of peanut sized bulges in her belly should indicate how many babies the mother is carrying. She sometimes has one, but usually two. Three or more is very rare. She only has 4 nipples in her pouch. Two joeys at a time happens to be what most gliders can handle.

Towards the 60th day in the mother’s pouch, a noticeable leg or tail will be found sticking out as the joeys are getting too large to stay inside all the time. Then, you will notice the baby completely off the nipple. This is noted as the OOP or “out of pouch” date. This is the date breeder’s go by when determining the age of a glider. For example, if your glider’s OOP date is 8/27/06, he was compeltely out of the mother’s pouch on that particular date. This is the day you found the joey detached from the nipple.

This is the best time for me to discover what sexes and colors the babies are. This is also a good time to start the human-glider bond. When I handle the joeys a little bit each day, this ensures that they will be used to people and much easier for the buyer to handle once it is sold. I have a good relationship with my females otherwise they may not let me do this easily.

Babies will start sampleling solid foods around 3 weeks of age. They will gradually eat more and more solids until they are totally weaned. Usually by 8 weeks of age. Some do take a little longer, depending on their personality.

Breeding of sugar gliders should never be attempted, unless you have had hands on knowledge of them for at least a couple of years as pets.

Gliders are still this side of wild, only having been in captiviety as pets in the United States for 20 to 25 years. There are many things that can go wrong that only experienced glider people are better able to handle.

In my life, my family has raised dogs, rabbits, hamsters, chinchillas, degus, cats, etc. I can tell you with all honesty, sugar gliders are not the same. The requirements are much different. Personalities can change for many reasons. Either the owner is not spending as much time with the glider, they recieve a new cage mate, or because it becomes pregnant.

Gliders can and do reject joeys. A rejected joey needs round the clock care. It needs to be fed specific formulas made for marsupials as well as colostrum Impact from Wombaroo in the first few days, in order for it to make it. Feedings are every two hours, even if you think you need to be sleeping or are at work or school. One missed feeding can cost the joey its life.

They need to be kept warm as well. A terriarum with a heating pad set on low on the outside of the plastic is best. You also need to keep a small dish of water inside the terriarum, not for the joey to drink, but to provide a level of humidity that it would be accustomed to inside the mother's pouch.

Joeys can be rejected for many reasons. Stress seems to be a large factor in the amount of the babies we see this way. Either a change of cage location, change of home, change of owner, change of mate.

Introducing a new glider to an already established breeding age pair is not recommended. They can pull each others joeys and kill them out of jealousy. A parent can pull its own joey if it feels threatned, either by a new cagemate, taking away a companion, or if it is being intimatdated by another animal in the room, such as another aggressive glider or a dog.

If you have another cage of gliders close by or in the same room, gliders have been known to reject their own joeys because they didn't like their neighbor. Gliders are territorial. Move the glider to a room free of other animals, and they may start keeping the joeys full term.

In my opinion, it is just best to keep gliders only as pets for a few years first successfuly, before attempting to be a breeder on any level.

You cannot get rich quick with gliders either. For me and many of my friends, it has always been a labor of love. Gliders (espeically multiple cages) are a lot of work. With all the expensive foods, supplements, cages and vet bills, we are almost always running in the red rather that the black with these guys. My husband and I have run a successful business (completely unrelated to animals) for almost 20 years, so I know the difference. My money for my animals is always put right back into their care and things they will be needing. It's for sure a hobby for me that I do this, but one I thorougly enjoy as well as meeting all the people involved with it.

It's for the love of this unique animal that I do this.