Gliders are a communal animal and live in colonies of up to twelve adult males and females in the wild. In captivity, the best results reported seem to be one pair to a cage. Sugar gliders share a complex chemical communication system based on scents produced by frontal, sternal, and urogenital glands in males and by pouch and urogenital glands in females. Each animal of a group has its own distinct smell which is recognized by other members of the group. In addition, a dominant male actively marks the other members of the group with his scent.
Sugar gliders do very little in the day, but come alive at night.
In the wild, they have been known to glide up to 150 feet and to be able to catch moths in flight. Females are polyestrous and cycle about every 29 days. Gestation is about 16 days, and the young weigh about 0.19 grams at birth. The youngsters release the nipple at 40 days, first leave the pouch at 70 days, leave the nest at about 111 days and are independent shortly thereafter. Litter size ranges from 1 to 3, with two being most common.