Kimmie has been growing this lipoma on her back side. As a matter of fact, all of her body fat has been going to this one spot. It finally got too large for her to manage normal life so I decided to have it removed.
Surgery for a sugar glider can be a death sentence if you do not manage the after correctly. In such a case where there is an incision, scabbing, stitches and whatnot, you have to protect that FROM the animal because they will groom it all out and end up killing themselves. So I asked that all incisions be flat center on her back so she could not reach them. You also have to keep the animal away from its cage mates for a number of days to let the wound heal as the others will groom it all out thereby killing the animal.
When I get a critter home from any sort of surgery it is my goal to keep it still and resting. With sugar gliders being nocturnal, you can easily keep a lamp overhead to make it daytime bright and they will just sleep. 24 hours of rest is usually sufficient enough to dry up scabbing and starting the healing process enough to where they wont open it up.
A couple of days alone and then back in with the cage mates should be fine. However keep in mind that if there are stitches protruding from the skin, other sugar gliders will find them and groom them out. This can be just as bad as the original incision, so just be careful and keep an eye out.
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