Sugar Glider Care at Home: Diet, Housing and Health (Course)
A complete home-care course for sugar glider owners, written by veterinarian Aleksandr Strelkov (Alex Strelkov). 16 lessons with interactive tools, taken in your VetGO account.
Start the course in your VetGO account. After payment you receive access to the course at panel.vetgo.pro: lessons with progress, a weight log with a chart, a cage checklist and self-check quizzes. The full course PDF (35 pages) can be downloaded inside the course.
Most health problems in pet sugar gliders start with diet and housing. This course walks you through what a glider eats in the wild, how to build a balanced home diet, and how to set up a safe cage, step by step. Every fact is referenced to a page of a veterinary textbook (Quesenberry, BSAVA, Carpenter's Exotic Animal Formulary, Merck Veterinary Manual).
What's inside
- Who a sugar glider is, and how it differs from a flying squirrel
- Temperament, daily rhythm, and honest pros and cons of keeping one
- The natural diet and a home diet formula: insectivore food, insects, nectar, gum, fruit and vegetables
- Calcium, vitamin D3 and iron: how deficiency looks and how to prevent it
- What to buy: food and equipment
- The cage and its setup, warmth, daily routine and safe time out of the cage
- Pairs, introductions, taming; stress and self-injury
- Weekly weighing, teeth, droppings and urine, and when your glider needs a vet
Each lesson ends with key points, a practical task and a short self-check quiz, with answers at the end.
Format: online course in your VetGO account, English; PDF of the whole course included. Right after payment you get a card with your account link and sign-in instructions.
Launch price $29 (regular price $59).
This course is educational. It does not replace an examination: diagnosis, treatment and any medication for a specific animal are decided by a veterinarian. In some countries and regions keeping sugar gliders is banned, restricted or needs a permit. Check local regulations.
