In Reply to: That makes me mad! posted by Mary on May 15, 2000 at 22:41:53:

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: I can't believe the breeder won't talk to you! You have no clue what they were beign fed? What age did they tell you they were? I would take them to a good glider vet soon for a checkup. Anytime you buy a new glider you should go to the vet to make sure everythign is going well. Just keep trying. You can put soemthing licky on the water bottle to teach them how to use it. Just put a little something on it that you know they like..direct them to it..when they lick it off they should figure out how to get watter from it. If you are still worried get some water in a starw, hold the water in at the top with your finger, then hold it to their noses. They can suck the water out of the straw. If they refuse the water try soem apple juice for now. Also by eating fruit they should be getting soem water in their systems. Good luck! Im sorry to hear about your problems thus far.

Yea, I am very mad about the whole thing too. I don't know what they've been eating, because they won't return my phone calls, but I took them to the vet the second day I had them, and he gave me antibiotics for my little boy. (for his foot)He also said that other than that they will be great. You would think even if these people didn't care about the Gliders that they would at least pay a little attention to me after I gave them $400.00 for these little sweethearts. I guess not even money was enough to keep these people from being jerks. The licky foods on the water bottle is an excelent idea though, I'm deffinatly going to try that. The breeder told me that they were the same age, and that they were 6 weeks old. The female is a bit bigger though. Do the females tend to be bigger, or should I assume that she's older?

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