 | Posted by: | john, gross449@hotmail.com | | Subject: | sugargliders | | When: | 7:08 PM, 19 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 216.3.181.77 |
 I am interested in knowing if sugargliders are known to have rabies and if so what percentage or probabilty is there for that.
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| Posted by: | Mary/Beck, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | None | | When: | 7:22 PM, 19 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 12.77.82.3 |
I have never heard of a glider having rabies...they can not have rabies shots.
| Posted by: | Pockets, tinytracks@cac.net | | Subject: | none | | When: | 10:18 PM, 19 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 216.90.50.104 |
John
Have never heard of rabies in a  in the US.
I would say that the probablity is extremely slim!
I understand that there has never been any problems with rabies in australia - as it does not exsist there.
Here is a marsupial disease link
<a href=http://medicine.bu.edu/dshapiro/zoomarsu.htm>http://medicine.bu.edu/dshapiro/zoomarsu.htm</a>
| Posted by: | Jim M, dr.goodnight@att.net | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:12 AM, 21 Oct 2000 | | IP: | 12.75.96.78 |
John,
No, there has never been a documented case of gliders having rabies. I wouldn't say that they could not get it, but I would make sure that if you have other pets that go outside, either for short term or long term, to get them vaccinated! As you well may know, it is either transmitted through a bite, via the saliva, or it can transmitted through the air, via aerosolized droplets from rabid bats in cave settings. However, the latter is so minimal that health officials never mention it. Your gliders will be OK! ;)
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