Glider Training

Lesson 2

 Husbandry

Please answer these questions.

1.  How often should you clean your sugar gliders’ cage?

2.  What cleaning agent should you use to clean your cage?

3.  What should you use to line the bottom of your cage?

4.  What are safe fabrics should you use to make pouches?

5.  What should you check for  when washing your pouches?

6.  How should you  wash your pouches?

Cage Cleaning Procedures

These instructions are for cages that are store bought and have trays.

Daily:  Wipe bars of cage down with sponge or Clorox wipes to prevent food/feces from sticking.

 Every Other Day:  Remove tray, change paper and wash tray,  dry and replace with new paper and return to cage.

 Weekly:

 1.  Remove your sugar glider from its normal cage, and move it to a travel cage or zipper pouch.

 2.  Remove the cage cover and pouch and wash  in washing machine, no bleach, no fabric softener.

 3.  Remove tray from bottom of cage, throw away newspaper, wash with  dish soap and rinse thoroughly.  Set aside to dry.

 4.  Dissemble bottom of cage, wash thoroughly, scrubbing away any food/feces.  Set aside to dry.

 5.  For cage part: (tub works best)

            a. with a mix of dish soap and water, and brush, scrub all bars very well. Rinse

            b.  Repeat a,  rinse again

            c. spray with a mixture of 25% bleach and 75% water.  Let sit 10 minutes.

            d.  Rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse (4 times well)

            e.  Let sit/shake off, rub down with towel to dry (I let it sit while I wash the toys)

 6.  Toys/Wheel/ water bottle/branches

            a.  Let soak in hot soapy water for 15 minutes

            b.  Rinse, rinse, rinse, rinse

            c. Spray with Bleach mix, let sit 10 minutes

            d.  Rinse 4 times

            e.  Dry

 7. Reassemble cage— move things around, add new toys (gliders get bored easily, moving things around helps)

 8.  Replace tray, line with a few layers of black and white newspaper—NO COLORED INK, papers towels or puppy pads. 

        Blank   Newsprint works great too!

 9.  Pouch:  Check for loose threads or holes, cut loose threads, fix holes, or replace pouch

 10. Replace pouch, cage cover and put your gliders back in their spotless cage!!