Picking Cages for Sugar Gliders

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Hi my name's Elizabeth and I'm representing Expert Village. Today we're talking about cage sizes for sugar gliders and different types of cages. For these guys the minimum requirements are 2 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet; that would be height, width, and length. They're minimum requirements because these guys are very, very active animals. They require a lot of exercise and it's not sufficient to just put in a wheel. These guys need a lot of mental stimulation, to be able to move around. They're very kinetic animals; they like to stretch out their bodies. This would be a fine size cage for two it's got two doors and this type of cage has a plastic or a PDC coated wire. You can buy this stuff at a Home Depot type of store or Lowes and make it yourself. You can't use galvanized wire for these guys it's known to cause bladder infections. And the zinc sometimes can be ingested from the welded spots. The other types of cages that are sometimes used, there's a cage called a reptarium which is a mesh coating over PDC. These guys don't need to have a metal bar cage they really can't chew through very much so you can also just get a plastic wire for these guys. You need to make sure that whatever wire you use, it can't be rusted and it's coated with something because these guys tend to urinate down the sides of their cage and it will cause it to rust. A lot of people home make cages for these guys since it's sometimes the most economical way to build a very large cage. Other materials that have been used have been things like shelving material it's also a plastic coated wire that you can buy at a Home Depot type store. Cages that are not suitable for these animals would be cages for rabbits, cages for hamsters, are both going to be too small. The last important thing that these cages need to have is spacing between the wires cannot be more than one half inch. If it's any more than that these guys will push their little heads through and squeeze out and you will not have an animal in that cage any longer. They are also very good at picking locks so you need to make sure that you've got a fairly secure latch or these guys will open up doors and let themselves out.

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