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Gliders do make many different sounds.

The most annoying sound to the owner will be the nightly barking. Barking is simply a very loud repeated "bark" that they use to find others. I think they use this as part of their mating practices as well. This must be taken into consideration when buying a glider as a pet for the first time. You will find that the "all night" barking can drive you nuts and keep you awake at night. Best thing to do is to put the cage in a seperate room away from people. If the barking is still annoying, you can turn on a light and they most likely will stop.

Another very common and annoying sound will be crabbing. Crabbing is hard to define, but is not far from how a hamster cries when frightened. It is a repeated screeching that they do when frightened, bothered or provoked.

Babies have a way of audibly identifying themselves to their mother by crying. A single baby's cry is very specific between it and its mother, but there can be a wide variety of patterns and sounds between different babies. An offspring will remember its cry for its entire life and will often verbalize when it meets its parent, especially after long periods of time.

The animals will squeek and hiss when playing or fighting and they make many other unnoted sounds while active.