How to Clean a Sugar Glider Cage

It is important to keep your sugar glider’s cage clean. They are very small animals, but actually quite messy eaters, and their cage can quickly become cluttered with food debris and

other waste. Plus, if you don’t clean their cage regularly, it can start to smell bad and could also attract fruit flies, ants and cockroaches. So to help you; we will walk you through how to clean a sugar glider cage.

How often should you clean your sugar glider’s cage? The answer may surprise you – experts recommend doing a full cleaning at least once a week. Yes, that means taking everything out of the cage and giving it a good scrubbing.

Step-By-Step Cleaning Guide:

Don’t worry, it’s not as difficult as it sounds. We’ve put together a quick and easy guide on how to clean your sugar glider’s cage and when to do what. Just follow the steps below and you’ll have a sparkling clean cage in no time!

A Few Small Things Need to Be Done Daily:

• clean the water dispenser and replace it with fresh water
• remove all leftover food, clean the dish and provide fresh food

Every 2-4 Days:

• replace the disposable potty pad/washable fleece pad (it is recommended to have about 3 for the rotation) with a fresh one

Weekly:

• remove all plastic surfaces, trays and toys made of plastic (including a running wheel and any climbing structures) and wash well with warm water and blue Dawn dish soap, rinse and wipe it dry
• wipe down the cage with a special cage cleaning glove with soapy water, wipe it down again after rinsing out the glove and then wipe dry

Every 3 Weeks, on Rotation:

• take half of the fleece sleeping bags, hammocks and any fleece toys and wash them in the washing machine (It is important not to wash everything in one go as sugar gliders are very territorial and they will start marking on these items if they don’t recognize their own smell on any of them all of a sudden.)

It is also recommended to have an air purifier next to the cage to prevent any odor.

And this is how to clean a sugar glider cage!!

That’s it! Just follow these simple steps and you’ll have a clean sugar glider cage in no time and both you and your sugar glider will be happy.