Sugar glider

Petaurus breviceps (WATERHOUSE, 1839)

The popularity of these endearing marsupials is evidenced by the number of older Czech names: sugar sugar sugar, kratkohlava, veverovec, kratkohlavy, swooping veverovec parovnik poletuchovy, parovnik veverovy, couscous veveri.

In the 1980s years vakoveverky we could admire as a rarity, for example. in ZOO Jihlava's exotariu, currently belongs to the common small mammals in the private interest farming method.

Basic data:

Vakoveverky have a body length of 15-21cm., ovijivy, shaggy tail length 16.5-21 cm.

Total mass is moving in the range of 95-170 g. Body is coloured grey on the head, the extremities and hips is the contrasting black artwork. Between the front and rear limbs stretch along the body in cool composite rims. When the jump is vakoveverky be tightened by the limbs and are thus able to outward flight, in which a kormidluji its tail. Adult males tend to be larger than the female, at the head of the pachovou gland and the kloakou significant testes. (Marsupial, like birds and reptiles, have in common, the mouth of the digestive and mocopohlavni system, the so-called single Cloaca. This Latin word means the drainage channel, a garbage dump.)

Vakoveverky inhabit the Northern, Eastern and South-Eastern Australia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Islands, planted in Tasmania. In this large are described four subspecies: Provozovatele ariel, Provozovatele breviceps, Provozovatele longicaudatus and Provozovatele papuanus. This is the tree, tied to the tropical forests. Vakoveverky are the social, one nest inhabited by a few, or even more adults. Remain here and cubs from several throwers, with adolescent males leave the Group and connect to others. Their nests, most often in tree cavities, vakoveverky could plant material, which bring in the chapavem tail. During the day, sleeping in these nests, come alive at night, when quietly and deftly climb in trees and bushes. Overcome an, glide from the high place distance up to 50 metres. In the wild, they feed the sweet fruit, nectar, flowers and the lifeblood of the eucalypts, bark, buds, insects and birds. For his fondness for sweets in Australia are referred to as the sugar glider, sugar glider, vetron. There are stebetavymi and cvrlikavymi votes, in danger of strong rasping, shrieking, and prevents biting.

Breeding Establishment:

Vakoveverky acting in pairs, or in a group of one male and several females. Possession of a single animal is an unnatural situation, which has been traumatized by it. Terrarium should be spacious and higher, the ideal is a large, room Aviary from the thick tissue, or part of the glass. It is necessary to take into account that the animals have to indicate their territory coaxingly-smelling urine. The tank must be well ventilated. We equip it branches from the stem and the appropriate of places of cavities, Cork tubes or bird boxes. Vakoveverkam we have to make available to the hay and dry leaves, which haunts of shoring up. Bottom teraria to cover the wood shavings or cracked skin. Satisfies the daily temperature 25-28?(C) with overnight declines on the 22?(C). the animals we should not expose to temperatures of under 20?(C), is part of the teraria lay, for example. lamp over the pletivovou the wall or ceiling. The ability of the air in the us call vakoveverky see them, but we can look forward to their occasional controlled discharge into the room.

We feed mainly prezralym sweet fruit (pears, melon, banana, kiwi, mango) and insects (locusts, crickets, larvae Zophobas moriopotemnika, cockroaches, larvae of cetonidae, night butterflies). Food composition can vary the nuts, flowers, Acacia, sunflower seeds, boiled egg, sweet cottage cheese, a sprinkling of grated carrots, fruit yoghurt and vyzivami, bare mysaty, children's shoes. The food we daily in the evening. Vakoveverky zkrotnou to a certain extent, and occasionally take from the hand of keeper, and even during the day.

Females are pregnant 14-17 days and up to three times a year may have 1-4 very undeveloped young, which he wears in the lap of the bag. At the age of 1-2 months is already presenting in the nest. A female nursing 3,5-4 months, after this time, the Cubs are separate.Breeding takes place in the entire group, female with young never neoddelujeme. Vakoveverky, the life expectancy age 10-12 years, and more. If we can raise the baby, the ochoci and seemingly complies with the idea of domestic piglet. Optimalnejsi than the fixation on humans, however, it is natural for them to contact in the community of specimens of the same species.

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