Is this position normal? Just got this sugar glider today, and i saw her in this position for a while and got worried!
Also how do i get her to stop biting she attacked my hand last time i put my hand in the cage and wouldnt stop biting VERY hard to where i was bleeding on two fingers. I want to let her get to know me and let her get used to the new enviroment but im now to scared to even pet her because of this any tips?

Welcome to the forum and to glider parenthood.

Does she have a fleece pouch to sleep in in her cage? She may just be trying to get out of the light. Her fur seems cracked and does not look like it is in the best condition and her tail appears to be quite thin.

How old is she? Was she previously with other gliders? She may be very stressed if she was separated from her colony and now is alone. Gliders are colony animals and do not thrive when kept alone.

It is always best to take a new glider in your home to a glider experienced vet for a well check up and fecal tests to make sure she is healthy. If you are worried about her, this needs to happen as soon as possible.

What are you feeding her? Gliders do best when fed a well balanced diet consisting of a nectar like staple that provides protein, vitamins and calcium they need daily. The staple is fed with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables each night. Pellets will not keep your glider healthy long term.

Her fur will improve once she is on a well balanced diet.

If you need information on widely used glider staple recipes and feeding plans I have links on my web page to help you locate the information.

http://www.gliderkids-diet.com/Staple-Recipes.html

As for the biting - right now she is very scared. Her entire world has changed and you are not familiar to her. Let her have a few days in the cage to settle in and adjust to all the new sights, sounds and smells around her before you try to handle her. Talk to her when ever you are near the cage to get her used to your voice. Get a few small pieces of fleece and tuck them in your clothing or sleep with them in your pillow case for a night then put them in her sleeping pouch to help her become familiar with your scent. There are more tips on bonding in the gliderpedia (in the forum header).

Please check the spacing of the bars on your cage. It may just be the angle of the picture but they appear to me to be more than 1/2 inch apart. If they are, your glider may be able to easily squeeze through the bars and get out of the cage.

Yes she has a sleeping pouch and she was actually in it then crawled out ate some strawberry and then did that position for a while. They told me she is 6-8 months old. She was at like a flea market and had 4 other sugar gliders in her cage and they had them in a teeny tiny cage. They gave my a big bag of food like pebbles and i grabbed a strawberry she seems to be loving it. Thank you for the recipes i will defintely try them out.

Until you are able to get the supplies needed for one of the staple recipes, you can feed her about 1 tbs fruit and 1 tbs vegetables each night - gliders love melons and other juicy fruits as well as berries. Use fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables.

Do not feed onions, leeks, garlic, rhubarb or chocolate. No canned vegetables or fruits which contain too much salt and/or sugar for gliders.

Along with the fruits and vegetables each night you can feed a protein (until you have the staple prepared) About 1 TBS of one of the following: hard boiled or plain scrambled egg, baby food chicken or turkey (with broth or gravy) or plain baked or boiled chicken.

Okay! One more question... She hasn't made a sound, and from what ive read they are pretty loud animals and they make a noise if theyre scared, cold, anything. but she hasn't made a sound since we got her 24 hours ago not even at night!

Is she awake and active at night and eating well?

Not all gliders bark at night. If she is active but not jumping around in the cage or running in a glider safe wheel you may not hear much from her. If she is frightened she will make a loud crabbing noise.

She may be depressed because she has been removed from her colony - the other gliders she was used to being with. She also may have health issues that a vet needs to treat.