Sugar glider sugar bears cannot be trained to use a litter box, but being intelligent animals with predictable behavior, they can be potty trained. They are no more or no less messy than any other untrained household pet. With the right training, you can have your sugar glider sugar bear in your pockets all day without any problems.
Like cats, sugar glider sugar bears are completely clean and don’t require to be bathed. They do not go to the bathroom where they sleep. Just like humans, they like to go to the bathroom after waking up from a nap. Using newspapers and baby wipes, there is a simple three step procedure to potty train your pet.
First step is to stimulate your pet through gentle massage on its tummy and by gently rubbing its rear with cool moist baby wipes, the same technique used with other pets as well.
The second step involves having the sugar glider sugar bear move from one hand to another through the tube technique, so that the digestive system is stimulated through the movement. It is common to expect 2-3 pellets and several urine drops at this stage.
The third stage is to make sure that nothing is left behind by essentially repeating the baby wipes technique for half to one minute. Trained sugar glider sugar bears take between 1 and 5 minutes to empty themselves and novice pet owners should take care not to hurry through the process and interrupt the animals. Initially you may notice a few accidents but with time they become infrequent and non existent. There is a gap of 2-3 hours between one relieving and the next when the sugar glider sugar bear doesn’t eat or drink in the meantime.
Once bonded to you, you can carry your sugar glider sugar bears in your pocket as they like to sleep there, and the only movement you will notice will be when they want to go to the bathroom, so you know when to bring them out.
