Does anyone keep suggie cages outdoors? I would do it, but I know of a cat that wanders into my yard sometimes and I don't want to potentially put my gliders in danger. (There was also a dog that got through a hole in a fence between me and my neighbor's yard. The fence is fixed now though.) Any opinions on this?

There have been a few threads on this before. I think you can if you build the structure right and have good weather for it. I've looked at some outdoor bird aviaries, and it has a lot of tips for things like drainage and making sure there are appropriate amounts of shade, etc. It seems a general consensus to have a double-door airlock type system just in case you have a glider prone to escaping. Other animals are a concern, and I think it was also concluded that the mesh screening done double would help.

This is a nice outdoor cage.

wow...
kazko do you keep your gliders in there!!! lol.

man...If I had that...there would be a kangaroo in there or something...not a sugar glider...that is awesome

Wow, that's an awesome enclosure! The only problem I see though, is that gliders would drown in the water. :

I wouldn't recommend keeping gliders outside. There aren't many places here in the US that would have the suitable climate for them and there is too much of a risk of wild animals being able to get to them. A stray dog could easily tear up a cage if they wanted to.

The weather where I live is way to unpredictable. I bet they would love it if they could be outside though.

I keep my gliders outside all year round and we do have some stray cats that hang around but the gliders mainly stay on the top of the cages. You could double wire an enclosure for safety and perhaps put you gliders out when the weather is ok, they would love it.


Thats the aviaries behind the tree in the middle of my backyard. We had snow last winter and an extremely hot summer and I only brought them inside on a few of the hot days when it was over 100degrees but they always spent the night outside. Our temperatures vary from 35 degrees any where up to 113 degrees. We do do things to cool down the aviaries like add frozen peas in there beds or water down the cages and make sure they have shade over there cages in the heat of the day. Then in winter I always make sure they have plenty of fleece in their nest boxes

Could you take your cage outside like a playpen and put it on grass and dandilions so they would have an outdoor playtime?

I would be cautious of taking them out and putting them on the ground like a play pen unless you are sure that no fertilizers have been used on or anywhere near the grass.

You'd have to take them out there at night if you want them to play...I wouldn't myself. I just don't think I'd see well enough in the dark if one got out, and there's no way I could catch one outside in the dark.

WOW these are some awsome outdoor cages. We have thought about buliding one outside. Thanks for the ideas.

Kazko, looking at that pic makes me think "You call that a cage? It's a freaking zoo exhibit!"