Trauma is certainly a possibility, but since there was blood around the mouth and rectum, which is the
length of the entire digestive
system, it could have been one
of the gastrointestinal infections for which sugar gliders are susceptible, such as: pasteurella , staphylococci, streptococci, mycobacteria, clostridium, salmonella , giardia , leptospirosis, and toxoplasmosis.