08/30/2026
A look back at how far we have come and a huge thank you!
-Project Nut Fix Edition-
(Are you a Nut Fix adopter? We’d love to see current photos of your crew 🥰)
Back in November 2025, we embarked into the unknown.
We agreed to take on a surrender from a breeder whose situation had gotten completely out of control.
We were not prepared for the scale of what we were walking into.
By December, we had taken in over 100 sugar gliders.
These tiny beings had not been receiving adequate care. Filthy cages. Stained, foul-smelling pouches. Genetic deformities. Injuries. Almost 100 unneutered males. Some were living in colonies of 10, 15 and even 19 without adequate space, enrichment or even the bare minimum of care.
On top of daily care and supplies, we estimated we would need roughly $150 per male for vetting and neutering and $75 per female for vetting.
Around $17,000.
And our backbone, our absolutely amazing community of supporters, came through in a HUGE way.
It wasn’t just cash donations. Wheels arrived. Cages. Supplements. Toys. Foster homes opened their doors to these little stink bombs, and veterinary offices opened their schedules to help us.
We were handling it.
We thought we’d be able to start getting some of these babies healthy, vetted and adopted fairly quickly.
Boy, were we wrong.
Many needed antibiotics and diagnostic testing. We adjusted, kept going and started thinking we were going to make it through.
Then… BAMMM. Dental disease.
Suddenly we were facing another enormous hurdle.
The cost of dental procedures, combined with finding veterinarians who had the experience and equipment to take on these cases, had us feeling completely defeated.
We were now looking at another $15,000–$25,000 in dental care, including sedation, X-rays, scaling and extractions.
If you’ve ever had a pet go in for dental work… you know.
But once again, our community and our trusted veterinary teams came through. Again and again.
Eventually, we moved almost all of the remaining gliders north to Massachusetts so we could take over the sub-Q fluids, close monitoring, medication schedules and dental care, while taking some of that burden off our incredible fosters.
Along the way, we’ve lost some precious lives.
We think about those little souls often.
For some, the organ damage was already irreversible, and there was simply nothing more we could do. But they taught us so much. We learned more about the signs to watch for, when to keep fighting and, sometimes, when we have to let go.
That part is never easy. Sometimes we still struggle because our emotions lead the way.
Every single one of these gliders has left a footprint on our hearts, and we will never forget them.
Fast forward to today, as we near the one-year mark.
Two colonies are currently on antibiotics following dental procedures and will need rechecks, but we are hopeful they won’t require additional dental care.
We have one boy remaining in Florida who still needs dental care and three more boys in Massachusetts.
We still have some unpaid invoices for diagnostic testing and dental care, with more expenses ahead.
But today, we don’t want to focus only on what’s left.
We want to stop for a minute and look at how far we’ve come.
Because none of this would have been possible without all of you.
Very few of these gliders would have had the chance they did without the people who donated, fostered, transported, shared posts, sent supplies, opened their homes, squeezed us into veterinary schedules and simply kept showing up when we needed help.
Today, we are thankful for our community.
Our rock.
Actually… screw that.
Our cinderblock wall.
The wall we’ve leaned heavily on for nearly a year and that has never let us fall.
Together, we stand for the health and welfare of these tiny but mighty babies. ❤️
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you.
We could never have done this without you.
