How can you tame a sugar glider?

Answer 1

If your glider is older and unused to human contact you should handle it while wearing work gloves, {this protects you from bites, and teaches the glider that biting is ineffective because you don't recoil}.

Start by just holding your glider everyday, length of time may vary. Hold the glider until it is completely relaxed and falls asleep, let it rest in your hands as long as you like.

After a few days you can try taking the glove of one hand and gently petting your glider, {use caution, it may try and bite! do not pull quickly away, or your glider will learn to bite whenever it it afraid.}

You can also give the glider treats while you hold it, {This helps the glider associate you with pleasant things}. Gliders like yogurt, pecans, and plain popcorn, you can also feed them crickets if the idea doesn't gross you out.

As your glider becomes used to you it will move around more, I recommend wearing two shirts, because gliders like to crawl into dark places, and frequently go down peoples shirts.

If you have a young glider you will want to follow these basic procedures, the gloves may not be necessary.

I read once that when you first get a glider you should handle it at least 2 hours everyday.

If you have friends get them to handle the glider also, so they become used to people not just a person.