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Subject: Re: blind sugarglider?
Posted by Larry Hardy on June 06, 1998 at 20:47:51:

In Reply to: blind sugarglider? posted by marilin on June 05, 1998 at 15:06:58:

This advice comes from Linda Watkins...

We have found that a baby born without the black tip on his/her tail is doomed to cataracts if fresh carrot juice cut in half with
water isn't given everyday to him/her and the parents. This is given from the time he/she is born through at least a month after
weaning. Simply feeding carrot juice will keep the light tailed baby from developing cataracts and from being blind for life.
Once blind there seems to be no recovery of sight. We try to give all our gliders carrot juice weekly as a preventive. White tailed
animals do not produce white tailed offspring or great offspring. Pairs who produce white tailed offspring don't again, if given
carrot juice on a regular basis. We have not a scientific clue what the connection is between light tails and cataracts, but there is
no doubt that there is one. Eventually a vet/scientist will get a grant and figure it out. In the meantime give them carrot juice.

Also, I read somewhere that too many nuts in the diet and the oil from them can cause cataracts... Send me your diet info...

Larry
: we have a 7 month old sg. we think she is blind at night she has like a blue film over her eyes. our poodle has this and the vet said it is cataracts. what could have done this to her?is it hereditery? we have had a male sg for over a year and his eyes are not like this. PLEASE HELP WE ARE DESPERATE FOR ANY NEWS ON HER!!!

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