Using a used cage for my sugarglider?

my friend knew a girl with a sugar glider but it died soposofly of hunger :(..made me really mad poor thing ...but that girl had a huge cage for it and i was wondering if it would b a good idea to use it for my brownie baby (my sugarglider)...or would it b plagued with old scents,maybe diseases..i mean im gonna powerwash it and clean it but im still wondering......