On Wednesday we teased you all with some photos of a big cage we were setting up. “What could it possibly be for?!” we asked.
Several guessed that we may be getting a bird…
A couple of you guessed that we must be fostering kittens…
but one furiend (MeowMeowMans from Animal Shelter Volunteer Life) guessed correctly…
We have TWO new furry family members, and they are…. SUGAR GLIDERS!
We would like to introduce you to Jubilee & Sydney!
Having sugar gliders is something I’ve always wanted, and when Bobby saw them, he fell in love too. We decided we had to have them, and home they came!
Bonding with them can sometimes take up to several months. We are at the three week mark right now. They will eat out of my hand and let me pet them. They won’t let me pick them up or hold them yet, but I have a feeling it won’t be long! They are beyond adorable, and I can’t wait until they feel comfortable enough with me to ride around in my pocket or in my shirt!!!
Basic Sugar Glider info for anyone who is interested:
- They are marsupials, originally from Australia
- Their name refers to their love of all things sugary and sweet and their ability to glide through the air like a flying squirrel
- They have a lifespan of 12-15 years
- They are nocturnal
- Once full grown, they will weigh about 5 ounces and be the size of my hand
- They eat a homemade diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, and protein, with the occasional meal worm treat
- They are very active and playful and can form a strong bond with their humans
*The gliders and the kitties will unfortunately never get to be furiends. As cute as it would be, it would also be dangerous to the gliders. Jubie and Sydney have a secure cage that they stay in. Once they have bonded to us enough for us to be able to let them out of their cage, the cats will have to be put up during glider time.
I am looking forward to the wonderful and interesting journey of having sugar gliders! I know this is a cat blog, but I hope you all won’t mind the occasional sugar glider post 🙂
We are participating in the Sunday Selfies Blog Hop hosted by The Cat on My Head. Visit their blog to see all of the other wonderful entries or to enter a selfie of your own!
I love sugar gliders! How adorable! But, we have to address the “elephant in the room” – what do the kittehz think of them???
How exciting! My human has always wanted to have sugar gliders except we have two problems: 1) they are not legal here (even ferrets are still not legal in California, which is really dumb), and b) even though my human is a night person, she doesn’t think she could devote enough time to bonding with them because she has to spend so much time with ME! So actually I guess I’m one of the things stopping her… along with the fact that we aren’t moving out of CA anytime soon!
We are REALLY looking forward to reading about your experiences with them!
This is awesome! I look forward to seeing your posts about Jubie and Sydney, who are so adorable! I don’t know anything about sugar gliders so reading your info was very interesting for me. I can’t wait to see and hear more!
WOW! They are such cuties and we can’t wait to see more of them!
Mom has added you to the hop. Sorry she didn’t get you there earlier. Oh, my goodness, they are the cutest things. How do you tell them apart? We cannot believe that Kevin guessed what you all were doing with that new cage. Cat blog or not, we cannot wait to see more of these two. Astrid says that she needs to see more of Sampy, who she is sending a kiss for every sugar glider in the world and love to last a lifetime. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo
Oh my goodness, how exciting! They are soooooo cute!! I love the photo of Jubilee in the ball pit 🙂 I didn’t know much about sugar gliders. Looking forward to reading more about them. And I hope you’ll capture and share the photos or video of them gliding!
I’m afraid we don’t know much about them either but they are adorable…..you have given them a nice, safe and secure home though and I hope you have fun with them once they are bonded with you! I wonder what the kitties think of them though!!
Hugs, Sammy
We don’t know anything about sugar gliders. Jubilee and Sydney are so cute ! we’re looking forward to learning more about them ! Purrs
How exciting! They are quite adorable. I will have to go read up on them now!
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY CATS PARDON THE PUN BUT THIS IS JUST THE SWEETEST POST!!!! I love their names. They certainly do have a fine big cage!!
bravo to you both
hugs madi and mom
Can’t wait to see how you suger glider-ify your home. Cat trees during the day can double as sugar glider trees at night!
Those are adorable! I had a coworker who raised a pair, and she had to rehome them when a new baby joined the family. The gliders were pretty noisy at night, as was the baby, and my poor friend needed to get some sleep sometime! She was so heartbroken to give them up. I got to meet them on the way to their new home, and I was pretty smitten, I gotta say. So sweet and chirp-tastic!
Jean from Welcome to the Menagerie
Congratulations on your newest family members. They are very cute. I look forward to more posts about them.
Welcome Sugar Gliders. We saw your little pink nose in the blog hop photo and wondered what the H_____ you were! Now at last we know. Can’t believe u r so tiny. Looking forward to seeing more of you adorable critters.
OMC they are absolutely adorable!!! ConCats on your new family members.
The Florida Furkids
Oh wow! They look very cool! 🙂 Welcome to the sugar gliders.
They are very cute! I don’t know anything about sugar gliders. Look forward to learning more about them.
I’m shocked that I actually guessed correctly. My visual memory is pretty good, and I guessed “sugar gliders” because I remembered seeing them somewhere in one of those coconut shell houses. 🙂
Anyway, Sydney and Jubilee are so adorable! Concatluations to you all! 🙂
Sugar Gliders make are great in Sunday Selfies! Hope you’re having a wonderful day!
I had never heard of sugar gliders. They are very cute.
Can I *please* move in with you guys???
We’re not familiar with sugar gliders so we can’t wait to learn more about them. They already know how to take great selfies. 🙂
Concats! Sugar gliders are super cute. I am a bit scared of them though I’ll admit lol… I think after holding them for exams and seeing their teeth up close did it for me. Most all of them loved their humans, however!
They are so cute!!! We can’t wait to hear more about them.
WOW!! We’ve never heard of sugar gliders!! How cute are they!!! Looking forward to hearing their adventures!!
Well….THIS is something you don’t see every day!! That’s for sure!!! I kind of have the heeby jeebies at the thought of them “flying through the air”………..but….they are rather cute and if they make you happy, well then, that’s ALL that matters!
Two little cuties! Welcome to your wonderful family! Love the photo of Jubilee in the ball pit 🙂 Sending lots of love to your Mama 🙂
the critters in the cottage xo
Awww so cute,xx Speedy
Well this will be quite an adventure for all of you 🙂
They are so extremely cute and they have skills to make their own selfies. We even love the name sugar gliders 😀 Pawkisses for a Happy Week 🙂 <3
Awwwww!!
Those are the cutest little critters!!
very pleased you have such special new members of your furramily. May they live long and prosper
How cool is this!!!! Wow real sugar gliders!!!