Natural Diet


Different Species of Gliders have particular adaptations associated with the physiology of thier digestives systems relating to thier different diets,

A Sugar Gliders diet include:

Anthrapods
Spiders, Moths, Insects, Beetles, Small Birds and their eggs

Manna
Is produced by sap-sucking insects that secrete a honeydew like liquid, that when dried forms manna; it has a sweet taste.

Honeydew
A white, carbohydrate rich chrystalline sustance that is found on Eucalypt leaves

Wattle Gum
The Gum is produced in response to damage or wound to the wattle tree. Sugar Gliders chew the trunk of the wattle tree to stimulate the flow of its gum, which in then eats. Wattle Gum is not easily digestible because of its high Tannin properties. Because Sugar Gliders consume a great deal of wattle gum it has an elarged ceacum, larger than other, similar feeding species, the enlarged ceacum helps to faciliatate microbial fermentation of these types of foods

The digestive tract of the sugar glider is shown in the picture below.



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Last Edited May 14, 2007


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