Bathroom Habits

Here's a word of warning: Sugar gliders like to go to the bathroom right after they wake-up.  So that means if you wake them up to take them out of their cage be prepared to get pooped and/or peed on.  And yes it has happend to me more times than I can count.  The good thing is that because sugar gliders are tiny, so are their poops, which makes them easy to pick up with a tissue. Another plus is that their poop and pee is fairly odor-free.

For reference, here are a few sugie poops in relation to a dime.

In order to prevent unwanted messes, my sister and I wake up Tinki and Telly and put them on the second level of their cage and leave them there for about five minutes to take care of their bathroom business.  Then we come back and take them out of their cage and we do not have to worry about them going to the bathroom on us (unless they have an unintentional accident of course!).