[Fey]

PLEASE encourage your parents to NOT get a sugar glider. They are FABULOUS pets, but they are a 'group' animal. If you get just one it will often die due to depression. Human contact is NOT enough to fill the void. They also require a very specialized diet, you can buy pelleted food, but that should be augmented with a LOT of fresh things(and living things for that matter).

Sorry, had a very good friend learn the hard way how hard sad it is to have one sugar glider.