In Reply to: The glider at the store is being kicked out by his mom. it is 6 weeks out of the pouch. should i buy it? posted by jack on December 18, 1999 at 15:52:41:

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: help to deside wheather or not to

Not unless you have all day to feed it. It will need feeding at least every two hours. You will need to buy some Neo-CalGlucon. You will need to use Bourbon's Ledbetters recipe with the Neo-Calglucon in it. You will need to keep it warm at all times and you can not miss a single feeding around the clock.

Even with all this the baby will probably die. adult gliders reject joeys for one of two basic reason(IME) stress and a sick joey. If the female is stressed she will reject the baby. If the joey is sick, you will probably not be able to tell, she will reject it.

I have tried to nurse rejected young joeys before to no avail.

Good luck with you decision.

I will check here again before I get on the road tomorrow to see if you need any help.
Elwin

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