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Subject: Re: rejected babies
Posted by Thresa on August 11, 1998 at 23:08:52:

In Reply to: rejected babies posted by Shirley Pilkington on August 07, 1998 at 02:06:14:

Sounds like the female may have a yeast infection.
I've been looking for info on this subject,
we have one female (3 years) whe repeatedly "loses" her joeys like you describe.
The others do just fine.
If you can find a vet that has experience with gliders,
you're sure to find the solution.
One vet prescribed "tresaderm" for this problem,
to swab the pouch with a q-tip twice a day for 10 days.
Yo! yep this info's through the grape vine so don't know how reliable it is.
Tresaderm is earmite medication for dogs.
I'm keeping in touch with the person to see if it really works.
This is not an uncommon thing
and don't let anyone make you feel guilty for
NOT KNOWING IT ALL.
We have to go by what we feel's best for our own
and nobody has any business judging that.

: My female is rejecting her babies too soon.(I guess that is the problem.) She has had 3 litters. The first litter, one baby, we caught the male eating the baby before we knew it was even out of the pouch.YUCK!!! The second litter we found the male eating one and the other was so weak and dehydrated when we found it, it didn't make it. The third litter, we found the babies abandoned at the bottom of the cage, (mama took them down there). Female baby had 2 bite marks on its nose. Took them to the vet, she had us feed them goat milk. One died after 24 hours, the other lasted 4 days. He died with diareah all over his hind quarters. My female is pregnant again(the male is a real horndog). What do I do? Should I separate the male from the mama and babies? did I feed them the wrong stuff? HELP!!!!!!!




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