Video Transcript. Today we are talking about sugar gliders and the cost of purchasing the sugar glider and then their upkeep for about one annual year. The starting price for getting a sugar glider if you are getting a young animal is about $150. It can go up from there. This is a normal gray sugar glider who is about two years old and he would cost about $150 either at a pet store or from a breeder. Pet stores sometimes are a little bit more expensive.