animal.press / Zu 4000 Tierstorys / unusual pets / 190 Sugarglider als Haustier

Flughörnchen

#90075    Kein Model Release;
Flughörnchen
Is it a bird? Is it a hamster?   No! It’s Gizmo the sugar glider soaring round the living room.   Gizmo’s owner Kayleigh Price cares for five of the furry marsupials at the Animal Experience in Cambridge, which is owned by her parents Mitch, 40, and Hazel, 41.   The 18-year-old studied animal management before taking a full-time role looking after her parents giant menagerie which houses more than 120 animals.   As well as Gizmo, the Prices also care for blind sugar glider, Stevie Wonder, who recently underwent an operation to fix his cataracts.   Kayleigh said: “Next to the big lizards, the sugar gliders are my favourite animals.   “They are very tame and good natured so they make very good pets.   “They can glide up to 200m and in the wild they would take off from tree tops.   “They don’t so much fly as fall with grace.”   The Prices use their zoo to educate people about the various creatures in their care.   Kayleigh said: “A lot of the animals we have people are afraid of. We try to show them what animals are really like if you treat them properly.”   Sugar gliders are nocturnal and native to Australia.   In the wild they exist on a diet of insects and sweet tree sap, however, the Price’s gliders eat honey, fruit and baby food.   Kayleigh, who has grown up surrounded by weird and wonderful animals, said: “When I was at school everyone thought my house full of animals was crazy.   “But then they started asking if they could come round and see the animals.   “All my friends love the sugar gliders and think they are adorable.”   The operation to restore Stevie Wonder’s sight was the first of its kind and has so far been successful in one eye.   Kayleigh said: “We had to get a specialist to do the operation because his eye is so small.   “But it’s been successful and he is going to get his other one done soon.”

Mehr von dieser Rubrik
Flughörnchen
>
<