Sugar Gliders, little pouched clowns!

I have lot of catching up to do! Firstly, new pets and not-really-new-but-not-yet-mentioned pets: The Sugar Gliders

The sugar gliders that I was just getting into back when I started this blog have had several sets of babies, that I failed to mention here. Those little babies have all been sold now accept one little girl which I'm keeping. I've also bought a few more gliders, including two leucistics (white with black eyes), a mosiac (spotted) and a trio that all carry albino!

While my first two darlings were a standard gray and a white faced blonde, I'm now getting more into the genetic potential of these darling babies and working towards breeding better quality, health and temperment into some of the gorgeous colors that have been developed.

Back in the late 80's and early 90's (Yikes, a feel old!) I was a rapt and devoted student of genetics, learning a lot about how things such as color, size and health can be selectively developed and altered to create new or better versions of the parents. I'll admit that sugar glider don't breed nearly as fast as the rats and mice that I bred and studied all those years, but the same rules apply here. I'm eagerly planning out the future of my beautiful sugar babies and hoping that I will eventually produce some of the largest, healthiest and sweetest tempered gliders out there!

My goal is to improve not only on the intensity and lustre of the colors but the gliders themselves!