List of Unsafe Foods for Sugar Gliders

Below is a list of unsafe foods for sugar gliders and a list of foods that are considered bad and should generally be avoided. There is also a list of controversial foods that you may want to educate yourself about before choosing to offer them to your sugar gliders.

Unsafe Foods

This is a list of foods that you should NEVER feed to your sugar gliders. Please contact us if you believe a food on this list should be on the list of unsafe foods to avoid. With some of these items, we were not 100% sure and generally believe that if you are unsure, then you should not feed it to your glider.

• Baby foods that contain onions or garlic
• canned foods (most contain added salt and sugar)
• cheese
• chives
• chocolate
• coffee
• fried foods
• garlic
• insects that are not raised as small animal food
• leeks
• milk (cow or goat’s milk)
• millet
• onions
• peanuts (can cause aflatoxicosis)
• processed meat
• raw eggs
• raw meat
• rhubarb
• salt
• scallions
• soda
• sugar (granulated sugar or foods with added sugar)
• tea