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There are some cases, although rare, when sugar glider parents don't take care of their young. Instead, they will try to eat their young. This is done for different reasons, the baby, called a joey, is sickly, there are two and only enough milk was produced for one, or the parents mistake their young for meat to eat. No matter what the case is, when parents start to attack their joeys it's time for the owner to step in. Anytime you have a breeding pair of gliders, you should have the necessary items incase the gliders don't take care of their young and you have to.

The items you need are an incubator, a small tupperware dish, a heating pad, plenty of rags, baby blankets, a feeding syringe, Q-tips, and esbilac powder puppy formula. The incubator can be any type of carrier for animals. A medium to large size critter carrier works very well.

You want to place the incubator on top of the heating pad and set the heating pad to medium heat. Then you want to take the baby blankets and place them inside the incubator. Set them so that on one side the blankets are higher up so the baby can get away from the heat if needed. Punch holes in the small tupperware, a small butter dish will work fine, dish, including the lid. Run hot water over a rag and ring it out. Place the hot rag in the tupperware dish and close the lid. Now place the tupperware dish inside the incubator. This serves as a humidifier for the baby, as well as a nice warm item for the baby to snuggle up to. You will want to rewet the rag once a day to help keep it warm and doing its job.

When you pull the joey from the parents you will want to put it in the incubator immediately. It's very tempting to hold the cute little critter, but keep in mind that they can not hold their own body temperature and can die if not kept warm. Also, a joey will not eat if they are cold.

Within the first two hours of being pulled the joey will need to eat and use the bathroom. Because they are babies they can't do this on their own. Before you take them out of the incubator, prepare their food and a small cup or bowl of hot water. Have their food, dish of hot water, Q-tips, and a rag or small baby blanket ready when you take them out of the incubator. If you are caring for more than one joey, only take one out at a time, as you can only feed one at a time.

As soon as you pull the joey out of the incubator, wrap him/her up in the rag or blanket. Because the rag is smaller it is better to use than a blanket. Take a Q-tip and dip

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