Welcome to Sugar Glider Playgrounds!
I'd like to share a long story short about how gliders became my life. The last thing I expected on an Alberta summer day was to find a sugar glider on the shoulder of a back road along side where I live *that I had moved to a year prior*. Laying there barely moving I scooped up the distressed animal and bolted for the vet not knowing what type of critter it was at the time, just that it needed help. Since compassion for animals comes naturally for me, there was no question about not keeping her. I named her Lola, she was on different medications for a couple weeks and wasn't able to jump or glide. Well, I scrambled to learn as much information on carring for such intricate little critters and trying to decipher what was true to be safe and what wasn't.The next day I knew I couldn't keep her in the bunny cage I had from years ago, as the bar spacing was to big and I knew she needed more space. Off to Homedepot I went, thinking I could build her one that would work. After much much more researching and amazing guidance from fb group members, I knew I needed something better and I also needed to get her a buddy. I got in touch with a lovely lady who had a girl glider*Boo needing a home and she came with a proper cage. I didnt know much about intros at the time but the two hit if off the first time meeting, grooming and cuddling each other, it was absolutely perfect! Once I felt more confident with caring for them and had all the right stuff and diet set up, I got into toy building for them and absolutely loved it. I thought it would be nice to expand the colony, and just when I went looking, a lady reached out and had two adorable boys *Oden and Oscar. After getting them neutered and dealing with Odens absess tooth, they instantly took to the girls and are now a colony of four! It was a very rough start, and it took a lot of learning and am still continuing to learn but is well worth it all. Lola is now making small jumps and g
