Buyer question
Is a Standard Gray good for beginners?
Usually not: our Animal Library rates the Standard Gray 2 out of 5 for beginners (demanding for a first pet).
Source: the Standard Gray page in the Everybarn Animal Library. Standard Gray in the Animal Library
The detail
The standard gray is the wild-type sugar glider: a small, nocturnal gliding marsupial with gray fur, a dark dorsal stripe and a pale belly. It needs the same demanding care as every color, including a companion, a specialist diet and an owner awake at night.
- Best fit
- Night owls who can keep a pair
- Handling
- 3 out of 5 (Bonds with time, may nip)
- Care load
- 5 out of 5 (Nightly fresh diet prep)
What to weigh
Gliders are active at night, bark and chatter, scent-mark, and live 10 to 15 years. The diet takes nightly preparation, and a single glider kept alone often becomes stressed.