In Reply to: Heather and Eve..conversation with breeder posted by Bourbon on June 29, 1999 at 20:31:40:

Actually, I DID try to get ahold of them when she wasn't eating solid foods. All I ever got was the answering machine. So I contacted a vet instead, and spoke with him about it. I got her to eat a couple bites a day of baby food/Leadbeater's mix... I thought she was doing okay. I did not "rush in and rush out". The breeders are 2 1/2 hours away from me. And why would I want the breeder to "take her back" because there was a problem? I don't think any woman who had a sick baby would want to return it and exchange it for another healthier one. I CAN'T speak with the breeders at this point. I'm not to the point where I'm over it enough to be able to hold a conversation calmly. I don't care what they have to say about my care of the glider; I know that I did everything right, and I know I did what was best for the glider at that time. Furthermore, I don't know why they would even think of "early weaning" as an option. I'd trust nature over a breeder any day. There's NO reason to wean a baby glider early other than to sell it as soon as you possibly can. I guess it's hard to understand how I feel about these breeders. I feel hate for them right now, and every time I think about it I just wanna cry. Maybe that seems immature and maybe even foolish, but you cannot imagine how much I loved (and still love) that glider.

Bourbon, maybe they sounded knowledgeable over the phone. And I thought I could trust them when I went to pick up the glider. I looked at the glider, held her, she seemed healthy. But when I think it over, their cages looked dirty...their quarters sat directly above a couple chinchillas in tiny square cages. They had monkeys, and walls of snakes and reptiles. Maybe this doesn't mean anything at all. But I think that at the time I should have seen it as a warning that with all these different animals to care for, maybe those gliders weren't seeing the amount of care that is necessary for them, and maybe they weren't in a healthy environment. I don't care what they give me, but I think it needs to be something. Maybe it's ridiculous to feel that they owe me, but I DO. I am at a loss here. I don't know what to do anymore. :_(

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