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Appeal after sugar glider found clinging to washing line

The tiny marsupial - which is not native to the UK - was found attached to a towel four-storeys high.

Appeal after sugar glider found clinging to washing line — Sugar glider: The animal is not native to the UK.

Jenness Mitchell

14th Aug 2020

The Scottish SPCA has issued an appeal after a sugar glider was found clinging onto a washing line on a balcony four-storeys high.

The tiny marsupial – which is not native to the UK – was found attached to a towel in Rutherglen on Thursday.

It is now in the care of the charity’s Lanarkshire Animal Rescue and Rehoming Centre.

Animal rescue officer Amy Stirton said: “We’re not sure how it came to be there, but it could have easily escaped from a cage and have an owner out there looking for it.

“I’ve never come across a sugar glider in Scotland so this was a very unusual rescue.”

Animal: Sugar gliders like sweet foods. <em>Stock image by Pixabay</em>”/></div><figcaption aria-hidden=true>Animal: Sugar gliders like sweet foods. <em>Stock image by Pixabay</em> <cite class=hidden></cite></figcaption></figure><p>Sugar gliders get their name from the fact their diet is high in sweet foods such as nectar and pollen. They can also glide the length of a football pitch in one go due to their tiny webbed ‘wings’. </p><p>Ms Stirton added: “Sugar gliders are not native to the UK so we think it must be an escaped pet.</p><p>“We are keen to trace the owner as soon as possible.”</p><p>If you have any information, call the Scottish SPCA’s confidential helpline on <strong>03000 999 999</strong>.</p><div class=

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