{"topic_id":"exotic_husbandry_sugar_glider_social","category":"exotic-pet-husbandry","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_husbandry_sugar_glider_social\ncategory: exotic-pet-husbandry\ntitle: \"Sugar glider social housing — colonies in wild; keep in pairs/groups\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Sugar glider husbandry/environment\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/sugar-glider.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 90\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Sugar glider social housing — colonies in wild; keep in pairs/groups\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/sugar-gliders\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Sugar glider social housing — colonies in wild; keep in pairs/groups\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> Sugar gliders live in colonies in the wild and are very social. Thus, in captivity they should be kept in groups of two or more. Gliders love to crawl into pockets or pouches, where they feel safe and more relaxed.\n> Sugar gliders should be maintained as a group with one male and multiple females. If breeding occurs, the young should be removed soon after weaning to avoid violent attempts to disperse them. If housed alone, sugar gliders need a substantial amount of attention and enrichment to minimize stress and self-mutilation.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/sugar-glider.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Sugar gliders live in colonies in the wild and are very social. Thus, in captivity they should be kept in groups of two or more. Gliders love to crawl into pockets or pouches, where they feel safe and more relaxed.`\n- `Sugar gliders should be maintained as a group with one male and multiple females. If breeding occurs, the young should be removed soon after weaning to avoid violent attempts to disperse them. If housed alone, sugar gliders need a substantial amount of attention and enrichment to minimize stress and self-mutilation.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-husbandry — Sugar glider social housing — colonies in wild; keep in pairs/groups (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-husbandry","title":"Sugar glider social housing — colonies in wild; keep in pairs/groups","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/sugar-gliders","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/sugar-glider.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/sugar-glider.txt","tokens_estimated":90,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}