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Hi my name is Elizabeth Cantu and I am speaking on behalf of Expert Village. Today we are
talking about sugar gliders and how time and attention they require as pets. These guys
if kept in a large colony of gliders which is generally a rare case for most people that
is a zoo type situation. It would take about 20 minutes a day worth of time for food preparation
and just general maintenance care. Most people either have one or two of these animals and
they require a decent amount of time outside of their cages. In the wild they have a gliding
membrane so they need to be let out of their cage anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour at
least in a supervised area where they cannot get into any harm. They like to ride around
on your body especially if you have a single sugar glider they require a lot of one on
one attention so they do not become lonely. I suggest that if you are going to have a
single glider you need to seriously consider spending about four hours a day with them.
I know that sounds excessive but these guys are very attention needy and they will become
depressed and stop eating if they are kept alone without enough attention.