Sugar Glider Colors

Sugar gliders come in a wide variety of colors that are sure to please anyone regardless of taste. The first and most common color in the sugar glider is the ‘wild’ gray. It is the most often found in sugar glider colonies where they originate in the tropical Australia, Indonesia, or New Guinea. It is a charming color combining gray and white and brown in an almost ’squirrel like’ pattern of striping up and down the back, and black masking on the face.

Another common color in sugar gliders is the ‘black’. It is white and black stripping with no brown in it. This is somewhat common although not as often found as the gray coloring. There are a few varieties of the black as well. There are also colors such as blonde, which is a yellowish solid tint with little or no stripping anywhere on the body. Sugar gliders can also be found in pure white both as albino (pink eyes), or not albino with the normal black eyes.

Some other of the more common, yet harder to find colors is cinnamon, red, and champagne. While harder to find these are still some of the more usual colors. There are also some very exotic and hard to find colors, these include mosaics, platinum, and Leucistic as well as partial white faced and white faced too. Some varieties of colors also include ring tailed and white tipped. All of the combinations of colors can also be blended to create even more variety in off-spring. Some of the colors are quite expensive as they are so rare, but careful searching will find them for you. The very first concern when purchasing a sugar glider should be its health, and the care it is given by its breeder before color. Don’t be allured into buying quickly just because you think the color is awesome. Make sure everything else is in place with them first.

August 4th, 2008