 Sugar Glider Color Pricing Guide
Aka, another reason Sugar Gliders may not be the best pet for children. Sugar Gliders can cost you as much, or more, than a purebred champion dog shipped from the farthest reaches of the world. Or they can set you back a mere $100. Most breeders tend to base their pricing on the color of the glider. As Sugar Gliders are still fairly uncommon pets, there aren't a lot of color variations available, and those colors that do exist are not available in large enough colonies to sustain the demand.
A standard grey sugar glider that you might find at your pet store will usually cost you about $300. But you may find a few breeders selling them as low as $100 or even $75 by shopping newspapers and pet classifieds. Any variation to that grey color, such as a white spot on the tip of the tail (even just a few white hairs) and you're going to be paying at least double if not triple the price!
A full white glider will cost you at least $2000 if it's Leucistic (white with black eyes), or $3000 if it's Albino (white with red eyes). But there are other variations too. Here are some common prices and colors of sugar gliders, some of which are so rare that you must be on a waiting list that can be several years long just to aquire one! Of course these prices will vary according to the breeder, the age of the glider and even the glider's gender.
Sugar Glider's Color
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Average price
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Normal classic gray
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$200
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White Tip (having a spot of white on the end of the tail, may be only a few hairs up to an inch or more, often the more white the greater the price of the glider)
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$500-800 |
White Tip het (one parent was White tip and the baby *might* carry the gene)
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$300+ |
White faced gray (missing the black bar under their ears)
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$300 |
White faced blonde (lighter colored coat with no black bar under ears)
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$350 |
White faced Cinnamon, Champagne or other color add at least $100 per generation to the color's standard price. Some colors may cost even more if they are less common.
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2nd generation WFB (white faced blonde with white faced blonde parents)
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$450 |
3rd generation WFB (white faced blonde w/ all parents and grandparents WFB)
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$550 |
For additional generations of all parents and grandparents being white faced add about $100 per generation to the price of the glider. I've seen up to 5th generation available to the public, there are few (maybe two or three in total) breeders that have achieved more than five generations at this time.
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Black Beauty. The stripes on the face and back may be wider and darker than an average grey glider. A solid black glider has not yet been produced in captivity.
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$200-300 |
Cinnamon, Buttercream, Lion and other Red or Cream shades
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$200-300 |
Leucistic (Black eyed white) is a recessive color meaning a glider must have two copies of the gene for it to be born white. However the gene can be passed down to it's babies which are than % carriers that may produce a white glider if bred to another % carrier. The pricing on these % carriers varies according to their chances of receiving the gene from one of their parents. They are usually broken down into the following price categories.
| 33% het for Leucistic |
$300 |
| 50% het for Leucistic |
$500-800 |
| 66% het for Leucistic |
$650-800
$900-1000 if the glider is also white faced or has a white tail tip |
| 100% het for Leucistic |
$1000-1250
$1500-$1750 if the glider is also white faced or has a white tail tip |
| Leucistic, an actual black eyed white glider |
$2000-2500 |
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Albino (Red eyed white) is a recessive color meaning a glider must have two copies of the gene for it to be born white. However the gene can be passed down to it's babies which are than % carriers that may produce a white glider if bred to another % carrier. The pricing on these % carriers varies according to their chances of receiving the gene from one of their parents. They are usually broken down into the following price categories.
| 33% het for Albino |
$400 |
| 50% het for Albino |
$600-900 |
| 66% het for Albino |
$800-1000
$1200-1500 if the glider is also white faced or has a white tail tip |
| 100% het for Albino |
$1500-$1750
$2000+ if the glider is also white faced or has a white tail tip |
| Albino, an actual red eyed white glider |
$3500-5000 |
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Mosiac, Ringtail, Platinum, Calico and White Variation. These can be very difficult to breed, because so many of the males are born sterile. In many cases must be carefully bred out for at least four generations before males will start being born that can reproduce. There are now two or three lines in across the country that are producing viable male offspring, but they are still very uncommon in the pet trade. This is a dominant mutation which means if one of the parents have it the babies will have a 50% chance of being born with the color, otherwise they do not carry it. The price listed is for your average pet glider, so expect to pay more for a producing, fertile male. |
$3000+
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Cremino or Creme-ino (Red eyed white with creamy tones to the fur and darker cream stripes where black would normally be visible, it is on the same allele as the Albino mutation). There are only two genetic lines to this color. One appeared from the breeding of two normal grays at the Flying Fur Ranch, the second appeared from the breeding of two normal grays that both carried albino at To and Fro Gliders. These two unrelated lines have now produced enough offspring that they occasionally become available to the public, but this color is still very rare and the most expensive to come by.
| 33% het for Cremino |
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| 50% het for Cremino |
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| 66% het for Cremino |
$1200+ |
| 100% het for Cremino |
$3500+ |
| Cremino, an actual cream colored glider |
$7500 |
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Sugar gliders may carry the traits for different colors at the same time. For example if a WFB glider was bred to an Albino glider the babies get a chance to inherit both traits.
If you look at my gliders you'll see that I have two females which are both 66% het for Albino and 66% het for Cremino. This means there parents have produced both Albino and Cremino offspring, and these females (which are actually sisters) have a chance of passing both genes down to their offspring as well. Depending on the colors involved this can also affect the price of the gliders.
As of yet I am unaware of anyone successfully producing an offspring that is both Leucistic AND Albino at the same time. They have produced hets that carry both genes but not the actual glider itself. There is some speculation as to what a cross between Albino and Leucistic or Cremino and Leucistic might produce. Some think it would result in a blue eyed white or blue eyed cremino. Others say that Albino (being a masking gene) will override the Leucistic producing offspring that simply look Albino. As of yet it's still a mystery!
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