EXCHANGING poo with a prospective roommate might seem like an odd idea to a human – but not to a sloth.

Swapping stools is exactly what Drusillas Park’s keepers have been doing to help their two sloths Flash and Consuela get to know each other.

After a year of being hand reared by head keeper Mark Kenward and zoo keeper Gemma Romanis, Flash has reached the age where she needs to become independent and familiar with her own species.

Her new roommate Consuela is two months older and arrived at Drusillas, near Alfriston, last month.

In order to prepare the two for their future living arrangements, keepers spent a week exchanging faeces between the two sloths’ enclosures.