They nest in holes in old growth trees. When a sugar glider launches itself from a tree, it spreads its limbs. The gliding membranes from its wrists to its ankles open up and slow its descent, much like a parachute. They have been known to glide over 150 feet. In the wild, sugar gliders eat blossoms, flower nectar, sap from eucalyptus trees, acacia gum and insects.
Sugar gliders mate during the winter and spring, and generally have two young per litter.
Sugar gliders, like kangaroos, have a pouch. About 16 days after mating, the small embryos pass through the vagina and crawl to the pouch. There they nurse off of their mother's milk and develop for another 60-70 days. After that time, the mother sugar glider will leave them in the nest while she forages for food. At 4 months of age, the young sugar gliders are on their own.