In Reply to: Orphaned Gliders-urgent posted by Katie on May 18, 2000 at 09:50:10:

: Help!
: I have two orphaned gliders. They haven't opened their eyes, but look like the will soon. They are quite active and make little noises. Is there any hope for them?
: Katie

If they have not yet opened their eyes their chances of survival are slim. You should contact the brisky's (http://www.brisky.com) and have them fed ex you some milk replacer for the joeys. Do you have Caroline' Macpherson's book..if so there is a great section in there on handraising joeys. You need to keep them warm, stimulate them to go potty by using a warm damp q-tip and rubbing their bottoms and handfeed them with either a syringe or a bottle feeder (brisky's has those also)....right now until you get the milk replacer you can try feeding them some puppy milk replacer (available at most pet stores). Good luck....

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