Breeding Sugar Gliders is a very rewarding experiance. Yet, sometimes people don't take into consideration certain requirements before they get into breeding. If you can say yes to all of these questions, than most likely you are ready to breed.
If you live in the US, you wil need a USDA liscense to sell/give any of your new babies to new homes. Do you have one, or will you find one?
Are Sugar Gliders legal where you live? (check state restrictions(US), and check By-laws for your community (Canada)
Can you afford to feed more Sugar Gliders? More vet bills?
Do you have the time to hand raise a joey if the mother becomes ill or rejects the baby once it is OOP(out of pouch)?
Do you have the time to people orientate the baby, so that when it goes to a new home it's owners are happy with it?
Do you have the space to house all these little joeys while they grow up?
Finally, can you obtain a pair of Sugar Gliders that are not related, and come from parents that are in good health?
Breeding sugar gliders doesn't take much effort to get them to breed, as long as you provide a diet that suits all their needs, than they will happily produce joeys for you. Females are pregnant for approximatel 16 days, after this time a joey about the size of a pea will make its journey into the mother's pouch. The mother will generally lay on her back or stand on her hind legs and lick a path to her pouch for the joey to follow. Female sugar gliders can have anywhere from 1-4 joeys at a time; one and two are more common with three and four being very rare. After about 65 days the joey will emerge from the mother's pouch with little to no fur, blind, deaf and be completely reliant on its mother for food. . After 7 weeks the joey is ready to leave its parents and live in its new home! At this time the joey will have a bushy tail, bright eyes, sensitive ears and be fairly acrobatic. |
