Do Sugar Gliders Really Need Heating Pads?
The more appropriate question is as follows: Do Sugar Gliders really need to be kept at a warmer temperature? The answer to this is yes. Sugar Gliders need to remain in a temperature of 70-90 degrees F, with 75-80 degrees being optimum. Most people have found the best way to ensure their temperature is warmer is to use a space heater. Heating Pads need to be covered with a long sock and the open end of the sock needs to be pulled out of the cage bars over the cord so the sugars can’t get the cord. Then you want to put an igloo over top of the heating pad and when the sugar gets cold, he/she can go get under the igloo and get warm. The igloo on top of the heating pad makes it feel like it is in a sauna. Although when the sugar gets warm enough he/she will go back to their pouch.
