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Taming Adult sugar glider

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Question
Hello. I recently bought an adult sugar glider who the previous owner let run around the house. However, I would like to have him pocket trained. Can I "re-tame" him even though he is an adult? How can I go about this?

Answer
gliders are wild animals by instinct so one can never be fully "tame" but if you hold him and handle him enough you could get him to where he will let you hold him without trying to run....when he is in the cage just put you could take him and put him in a pouch around your neck and carry him that way and he will eventually learn to just sleep in the pouch and not try to run....