Most health problems in sugar glider sugar bears occur due to an improper diet and malnutrition. Most of these involve the owner feeding the pet lots of treats instead of healthier foods. A treat once in a while is doesn’t cause much harm, but they should not become the norm for their diet.
Sugar glider sugar bears are just like human children in that they would always prefer to eat something that is sweet and tastes good instead of going in for healthier and nutritious foods. Sugar glider sugar bears absolutely love two foods – sweets and meal worms. The problem is, both these have a lot of sugar and fat content but lack in nutritional value. Therefore such foods should never make up more than 5% of your pet’s daily diet, which means you can only feed one small treat to your sugar glider sugar bear each day, at most. Since these animals are small and tiny, these treats should be kept as small as possible and it is worth remembering that even little things for us can mean an awful lot to them. In order to maintain the health of your pet, therefore, it is essential that you limit its daily intake of treats.
Also, you should not start feeding treats to your sugar glider sugar bear till your pet reaches the age of at least 12-14 weeks. This is because before this age, the digestive system of the sugar glider sugar bears is not that developed to digest such different exotic foods.
When you begin to feed your sugar glider sugar bear treats, you should start off slowly with small quantities. You should first check for any negative signs like diarrhea and when you have made sure there are none, you can have the item on the list of treats that can be fed to your pet. Fruits like a single blueberry, flavored yogurt and applesauce are some of the acceptable foods. Use caution with dehydrated fruits and prefer organic to avoid even traces of toxins that can cause severe harm or even death of your pet.
