 | Posted by: | Gliderlover, Angie_nightgirl@hotmail.com | | Subject: | rabbits and gliders | | When: | 2:04 AM, 10 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.65.233.144 |
I just read this and thought it might be important to share in case anyone here owns a rabbit. I doubt anyone would house them in the same room, but just in case:
Pasteurell multocida has caused death in sugar glider; the source of infection may have been rabbits housed in the same area. The disease was characterized by generalized organ and subcutaneous abscessation and sudden death.
Angie
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| Posted by: | PreddyFairy | | Subject: | none | | When: | 5:03 AM, 10 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 152.163.207.178 |
Angie,
I own a rabbit and i am concered. Can gliders get this if i touch my rabbit, then touch my gliders? Theyre housed in different rooms and do not even see each other I do not allow them near because my gliders like little furry rodents 
Do you have any more information??
Thanks,
Cindy
Formerly CindyNZia
| Posted by: | Jane | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:55 AM, 10 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 63.84.193.2 |
I think the general rule is never touch one species then touch another. Wash your hands inbetween. This bacteria which doesnt cause rabbits to be ill can kill other animals. I heard of this when told it can kill chinchillas.
| Posted by: | star, teverett | | Subject: | What about other animals | | When: | 11:36 AM, 13 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 216.214.175.108 |
I don't personally own other animals but i am around other people,s puppies and kitties and other critters. Are any other animals found to be dangerous to gliders?
| Posted by: | Mary/Beck, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | Cat litter | | When: | 2:54 PM, 13 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 12.77.81.29 |
Cat poop has soemthing toxic in it for gliders...so deffinitly wasg your hands good after handling cats..and changing any litter boxes.
| Posted by: | Gliderlover, Angie_nightgirl@hotmail.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 3:30 PM, 13 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.65.233.144 |
Sorry I couldn't reply before, for some reason it would say that an error occured. If you have a rabbit, it should be housed in a different room from sugar gliders. If you hold or pet your rabbit, make sure to wash your hands. And if there is a lot of rabbit hair on your clothes, to be safe, change your clothes. The same applies for cats, toxoplasmosis is the bane of a marsupials existence and if you wash your cats litter where you wash your gliders food dishes, then that is a way toxoplasmosis could be spread. Just remember to play it safe with other pets and you shouldn't have any problems.
Angie 
| Posted by: | Jim M, dr.goodnight@att.net | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:15 PM, 13 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 12.75.178.178 |
Everyone is making valid points. As far as rabbits and Pasteurella (sp.) are concerned, they are transmissible by nasal discharge, possibly aerosol drolplets (if the glider is close by), and if the owner gets the bacterium on their hands from handling the rabbit. WASH YOUR HANDS!!!! Cats, that is something different. Toxoplamosis in their feces (but is only shown to be in cats that are allowed to roam outside, otherwise if yours cats are indoors, they will not have it) is a parasite that can not allowed be transmitted by the owners hands , BUT can be aerosolized when you dump or scoop your kitty litter. You would be suprised how many humans have antibodies to toxoplasmosis. Overall, this shows that everyone needs to be educated about the ill effects, whether chemical, genetic, microbiological, etc..., around then AND their gliders. If their are questions about microbes, check out the CDC website -> www.cdc.gov. Finally, if you did not understand a word of this, then this is what I meant. Keep your gliders away from the rabbits (or hamsters, gerbils -> They can get distemper, i.e. wet tail, highly contagious/communicable) and keep them in a separate room from the cat litter. Good luck my friends!!!
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