Sugar Gliders are not rodents, they are marsupials, in the same family as a Kangaroo or a Koala Bear. Sugar Gliders are about the same as household pets such as hamsters, gerbils, ferrets, squirrels, etc..
As in kangaroos babies are called joeys After that time, the mother sugar glider will leave them in the nest while she looks for food. At 4 months of age, the young sugar gliders are on their own.