Sugar Glider Joey's

Article by Allan Stewart
Young sugar glider joeys need special attention and feedings when they are this vulnerable age. If you find them with bite marks and sores on their bodies or if you find them at the bottom of the cage or crying all the time then this is a sign that the mother sugar glider is rejecting the young gliders needs. In this type of situation you may need to hand-raise the young gliders for a little while. You should first feed the joey and keep it warm by wrapping it in a fleece blanket. Keep the joey close to you as much as you can. The feeding is to prevent dehydration which the young gliders are susceptible to. You can then try and place the joey in the cage on his father's back. If the father starts to carry the joey back to the nest, cleans and cares for the joey then rejection is not occurring. If the father pushes the joey off his back and ignores him then this is a major and worrisome sign of rejection. You should take the sugar glider out of the cage and continue to hand-raise the joey. Rejected sugar glider joeys usually die from dehydration before anything else.Premature sugar glider joeys need to be cared for very carefully. The premature joeys do not have any fur and you can not wrap them in fleece. The fleece will absorb the joeys natural oils out of the skin which would harm the joey more. Use a t-shirt and keep the joey close to your skin and heart. This will need to be done 24 hours a day so you will be sleeping sitting up until the

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