A serious tool for an animal nobody built one for.
I'm Shakeel — a solo founder and a sugar glider owner. GliderCare is the app I went looking for and never found: calm, accurate, and made by someone who actually lives with these animals.
Independent · since 2025
Built independently
for owners worldwide.
No investors, no growth team — just one keeper and a long list of things the community deserved.
Sugar gliders are some of the most under-served pets in the world. Roughly sixty thousand US households keep them, and almost none have a tool worth trusting.
The community lives in Facebook groups and spreadsheets. The two Android apps are stale; no serious iOS app exists at all. Meanwhile the single biggest preventable killer — Metabolic Bone Disease — comes down to one number most owners are never taught to track: the calcium-to-phosphorus ratio.
“If a number this important can save a life, it shouldn't live in a spreadsheet.”
— the principle behind the diet engine
Care that used to take six tabs.
- 01
The diet engine
A live Ca:P meter and a food database with calcium and phosphorus for every item.
- 02
Colony management
Profiles, photos and lineage for every glider in a multi-glider household.
- 03
Weight tracking
Healthy-band alerts that catch trouble before it becomes an emergency.
- 04
Pedigree tree
Breeder-grade lineage and joey records, kept properly.
- 05
Bonding journal
A trust score, 20 milestones, and phase-by-phase guidance to track the relationship as it actually grows.
- 06
Built for rescues
Intake and rehoming flows for the people doing the hardest work.
An honest roadmap.
Shipped in the open, prioritised by the people who actually use it.
- V1 · Shipped
Diet engine & Ca:P meter
Live ratio, food database, meal logging.
- V1 · Shipped
Colony & weight tracking
Profiles, photos, healthy-band alerts.
- V1 · Shipped
Pedigree tree
Lineage and joey records for breeders.
- V1 · Shipped
Bonding journal & trust score
Trust score, 20 milestones, phase guidance, and cluster analytics.
- V2 · Coming soon
Reminders & smart scheduling
Feeding reminders, weigh-ins, and scent rotation — all in one calendar.
- Exploring
Rescue & rehoming tools
Intake, fostering and rehoming workflows.
Be part of how it grows.
The beta is where the roadmap gets decided. Pull up a chair.