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Sugar Glider Sugar Bear Potty Training 2

Sugar glider sugar bears are intelligent animals with predictable behavior which helps to potty train them though they cannot be trained to use a litter box.

 

Sugar glider sugar bears are as messy as any untrained animal, but with the right training, it is possible to have them in your pocket all day without a single accident. Sugar glider sugar bears are extremely clean animals that never require to be bathed, just like cats, and will not go to the bathroom where they sleep. When they wake up, the first thing they do is go to the bathroom. Training your pet starts from the very first day, and can be accomplished in three steps. This requires some newspapers and unscented baby wipes.

 

Step one is to stimulate the baby to go to the bathroom, which is accomplished by gently wiping its rear with a moist baby wipe, a technique used for many other pets as well. You can also massage the stomach of your sugar glider sugar bear.

 

The second step involves moving your pet from one hand to another through the tube technique, so that it will stimulate the digestive track of your pet. Generally there are 2-3 pellets and several drops of urine at this stage.

 

The third stage is the final stage involving a repeat of the baby wipes technique for half to one minute, just to make sure everything is out and nothing is left behind. A trained sugar glider sugar bear will take anywhere between 1-5 minutes to completely empty itself, so make sure you don’t interrupt the process in between. You might have a few problems initially but with time, accidents are almost non existent. Once a sugar glider sugar bear empties itself, it will not go to the bathroom again for 2-3 hours when it goes without eating or drinking anything during this time.

 

Sugar glider sugar bears after the bonding phase like to sleep in your pockets and move only when they want to go to the bathroom, so you can know when they want to relieve themselves when they move.


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