 | Posted by: | Man-o-Many-questions | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:14 AM, 01 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 24.14.83.19 |
I was wondeing if ant of you have ever had to have female's pouch cleaned our or inverted? Have been told that if a mother had eaten a non-term joey that this might be a wise idea.. to see if there were other problems... any information will be helpfull
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| Posted by: | none | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:36 PM, 02 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 63.178.65.49 |
That would not be necessary...Did you ever watch a mama glider? She's always cleaning out her pouch and the joeys in it!
| Posted by: | Bourbon | | Subject: | Pouch Cleaning | | When: | 9:02 PM, 02 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 216.248.35.139 |
LOL nice answer however; Man of many q's..
There are things to look at,
1. is this the first litter that was lost?
2. Is the female on a good diet plan
3. age of female
4. health (general of female)
if this is not the first litter that was lost, and all the other issues are not playing a part of the joeys being eaten, then yes it is suggested to have the pouch swabbed. The reason for this is to check the pouch for fungus and/or yeast infections
Also the vet could check the pouch for maybe mastitus, all of which is treatable if caught.
| Posted by: | Bourbon | | Subject: | need to add | | When: | 9:06 PM, 02 Jan 2001 | | IP: | 216.248.35.139 |
If not treated.. mastitus could lead to death, a fungus or yeast infection could lead to self mutilation of the pouch area
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