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Subject: To W Re: constipated?
Posted by Jane on August 25, 1998 at 15:32:03:

In Reply to: constipated? posted by W on August 25, 1998 at 10:37:46:

How is astro? feel free to email me if you prefer.
Jane

: If the constipation does not go away in a few days,
: take your glider to the vet.

: One of my gliders kept getting constipation and we weren't
: feeding her anything she could not digest-like cat food (she
: is on a mostly fruit/mealworm diet) But anyway, if the
: constipation is continuous, the glider can really hurt itself
: by straining and the damage can be irreversible.

: If it gets bad, put your glider on a fuit juice diet (natural juice!)
: and take it to the vet. Mine got some laxatives (even though she
: wasn't having the problem at the time) and now is doing much better.

: Constipation can be caused by a lot of things ranging from eating
: something that they cannot digest properly to food allergies to lack of calcium
: to parasites.

: One other remedy, let your glider lick a bit of vaseline.

: Sorry to ramble so much about this subject, but my glider just went through
: this problem fairly cronically, so I wanted to write this if anyone else has this problem
: and it is caused by something other than catfood.

: My glider is much better now, but she's still on medicine-I think she's
: allergic to the egg in leadbetters.

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