Sick WFB sugar Glider HLP

This is Sugar, my sugar glider. This is a video of her when she was sick. After several vet visits, I found out she was suffering from a lack of calcium in her diet (she was not eating all the foods that I put in the cage for her, but I was unaware because there are 3 gliders in one cage). This causes HLP (hind leg paralysis). She got better after 4 or 5 days, but it took so long to find a vet that knew about sugar gliders, that she suffered permanent damage to her hind legs and joints. She still gets around ok, but she's a little handicapped so she can't jump anymore. My other glider Gizmo also started shaking like this a couple days later, but I was able to get her the calcium and medicine in time to prevent permanent loss of mobility. Gizmo is back to normal.

If your local vet is unfamiliar with sugar gliders, I would recommend having them call Dr. Ness. This is his animal hospital's website http://nessexotic.com/. The gliders need a calcium supplement immediately, and probably need the drug Calcitriol. Ask your vet about the drug though, I'm not a vet. I'm giving this information so that others will know what questions to ask their vet when the vet is unfamiliar with gliders. I wish someone had told me it was HLP sooner, and that they needed calcium and calcitriol. I went to 3 vets who didn't know anything and finally the 4th vet had raised gliders of her own and she knew what to do. But it took 6 days to find a vet who knew what was wrong and by that time, Sparky was too far gone to recover and Sugar was permantly disabled. RIP Sparky.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• sugar
• glider
• sick
• wfb
• shaking
• HLP
• hind
• leg
• paralysis
• tremors
• seizures

[nvpink1]

omgoodness yes i lost my baby the same way..... i got a new one doin fine but my baby gizmo now is showin signs n yes its that damn cage i got a new one but now to c this video my boy will neva jump noooo that jus hurts my heart i love him so i still have a baby his name is taz i pray erything will b ok w him glad ur lil glider is ok but its not the same im almost angry to no now he will be fine but not to full potential this isnt fair to the glider @ all to have suffer like this for the rest

[DeepAscension]

ITS THE CAGE! PLEASE REMOVE ALL SUGAR GLIDERS FROM THESE CAGES WITH THE BLAC PVC COATING! maybe this is a cold but if you watch my video you can clearly see it is a nuerological toxin affecting my baby.

[DeepAscension]

ITS THE CAGE!



[billdotgov]

even with all the research... you can't watch your glider every moment they are awake. especially because they are, you know, nocturnal.

thank you so much for posting this video... one of my males (i have 2) was exhibiting these symptoms but I caught it after 2 days thankfully. and thanks to your video i am confident he will be just fine after a few days of calcium supplementation. i was really upset but thankfully we caught it really quickly and my vet is knowledgable on gliders.

[lukehollifield24]

if you are going to get any exotic pet you need to look every thing you can about this pet i have 7 and i did not get mine until i read up on them for 1 hole year and found some one that had one and went to spend time with it to see if that is really what i wanted

[Cdude97]

how to fix this broblem is asy they wont eat and or drink they have diaria and they are alwast shaking what you do is force feed them with a seringe and cuddle them in warm tight places this is a sugar glider cold

[juansugarbunny]

poor little angel. 

[mrlisalucy]

That makes me really sad... and josiec84 is right you should have done more research.

[JosieC84]

This is why people must research before getting a sugar glider as a pet.

[sweetReaper]

If you have nbot figured out the problem yet, please go to GliderCentral forums and ask there. You will get an answer in no time from experienced glider owners who are more than happy to help you. Please message me if you need anything else!