In Reply to: Thanks for the glaucoma info. posted by Brienna on April 28, 1999 at 13:54:41:

The "glaucoma" the breeder told you about could be what is
described here-Its sounds similar.

I copied this info from Ruth's Sugar Glider page;
Read on:

"Blindness / Cataracts

In another article in the August 1994 issue of Exotic Market Review Linda Watkins told about her discovery that
overweight mothers can produce offspring that have white eyes, or white spots "floating" in their eyes. The ones with white
eyes were completely blind. Her vet determined that the white was fat buildup, and she felt it is probably due to too much fat
in the mother's diet.

In a July 1995 article she also talked about babies born with "white" (no black tip) tails. For some reason, these babies
seemed to develop cataracts when they get older. Linda found that feeding the parents diluted (half water) carrot juice every
day until the baby was weaned seemed to help prevent the cataracts from developing. The babies were given the carrot juice
until at least a month after weaning. "

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• Re: Cataracts brienna 15:24:17 4/28/99 (0)