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Sugar Glider Sugar Bear Babies 1
Sugar glider sugar bears are expert at scaring off new owners, and hence picking them up initially can be troublesome.
To act tough is their only natural defense in the wild, which they have perfected over time. They stand on their hind legs while making a loud chattering or crabbing noise like a locust. This appearance of a miniature grizzly bear is what earned them the name sugar glider sugar bear. It should be kept in mind that baby sugar glider sugar bears cannot really hurt people, and this whole thing is just an act to intimidate. This happens only with little babies and adults that feel threatened.
To bond with them, you will need to take charge and not be intimidated by them. The first step of bonding is getting the cage right. Contrary to advice on the internet, a big cage isn’t the best, and an 18”X18”X24” cage is ideal for young sugar glider sugar bears. This ensures you can easily reach the baby to pick it up fast and with less stress. It is best to use an electric heat rock combined with a nesting cloth and not a hanging fleece pouch to reduce stress in young babies and pick them up easily. It is suggested to install the heat rock near the door, because sugar glider sugar bears almost always sleep underneath them and it will be easy to pick them up from here. As sugar glider sugar bears bond mostly by smell, you should rub a piece of cloth to contain the scent of all family members and other pets as the nesting cloth. When they are asleep, you can just scoop it up along with the cloth so that it still feels smuggled up inside. From here, you can either put the baby in the bonding pouch or into your hands. Though not suggested, if for some reason you want to use a hanging fleece pouch, make sure it is attached to the cage with clips that are easy to take off, so that you can take it out of the cage quickly before the baby wakes up. Then take the pouch out of the cage holding it shut.
As a new owner, you do not want to scare away your pet, so do not reach inside the pouch directly and risk being bitten. Instead hold the baby through the pouch, and then fold the pouch back inside out to transfer the baby into your hands.
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