Sugar Gliders As Pets : The Drawbacks of Sugar Glider Ownership

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Learn the real drawbacks to owning your pet sugar glider and make sure you have the adequate time to care for them properly; lean more in this free pet care video on caring for sugar gliders.

Expert: Elizabeth Cantu
Bio: Elizabeth Cantu has owned and been working with birds since 1994. She works with an avian veterinarian on behavior modification on birds. Currently, she owns a website that designs bird toys.
Filmmaker: julio costilla

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Sugar Gliders As Pets : The Drawbacks of Sugar Glider Ownership

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  • So, I was at a boat ...

    So, I was at a boat show just this weekend. There were two guys selling sugar gliders, calling them pocket pets, or sugar bears. They showed clean cages, said there was no odor, said they'd pee over a trash can if you had them in your pocket. I got to hold one for a few minutes, it crawled into my hair and immediately peed. For the rest of the day, my hair smelled like a dirty hamster cage.

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  • omg yes everything ...

    omg yes everything u sed was right. lol they piss like on the walls there cage is up against and they pooped and it looked like they threw it outside the cage or something. and yes they barked in the night and i got really mad at them and it also seemed like they would make a whispering sound or something like that, im not even sure what it was i know it just sounded like that. but other than that they are good animals.lol

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  • is a place to get ...

    is a place to get pellets for them to eat

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  • this is bull tbh... ...

    this is bull tbh... if u want them to get along with animals u put the cage down in front of the cat or dog for like 4 days, then introduce them thru ur hands for a few days, then they are actually good friends, and they dont smell at all, they dont bite unless they nip ur finger on accident while getting the food from u, and their teeth arent that sharp, it wont hurt at all. also, they are very social, they live in groups of about ten, but if u have 2 or 3 they will get along nicely, and there

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  • it's less if you ...

    it's less if you have more than one, since they are extremely social if you only have one then you sould plan on spending that amount and it isn't hard to just cary them around with you

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