In Reply to: Few Questions posted by Suz on March 02, 2000 at 14:19:22:

: :#1 Been reading alot of stuff recently on Gliders and nervous chewing, does anyone know what may cause this? While rehabbing I have had several infant squirrels that sucked on their genitals, this was because they were not properly weaned as they were orphaned by tree cutting or cars hitting their mothers. An adult??? I have no ideas as to what may cause this self mutilation. Any clues out there?

I have never seen my glider self mutilate but I have seen them clean their parts.

: #2 Do our glider's need at least an hour of sunlight with a balanced diet includiong live insects and leadbetter's (w/ aves vitamins and repcal added) as well as fresh fruit, veggies, and fresh hibiscis blooms every other day??? Wouldn't they resent being out in the sun? Dunder does not like sunlight.

IF you are giving the right vitamin mix(you need to sprinkle the fresh food with a vitamin supplement even if the Leadbetter's contains them) they should not need sunlight. It is important to make sure your vitamin supp. contains vitamin D-3 to help metabolize the calcium.

: #3 Are azaleas poisonous??? I think they are so I haven't offered them yet, but I can't find any information.

Here is the plant list I use. Azaleas are on the poison list so I would not feed them if I were you.

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