Message:
Subject: Leadbeaters
Posted by Bourbon on January 18, 1999 at 15:38:24:
In Reply to: Cynthia posted by Susan on January 18, 1999 at 13:34:57:
Susan, As cynthia has said, many times the odor is related to the diet.. so lets look at the leadbeaters you are using.. You say you are not adding any extra suppliments.. as in Glideraid, vitamins etc.. so if that is the case, and you have my recipe and measuring exactly as is in the recipe.. then we have a couple of other things we need to look at. I use the leadbeaters.. My cage don't smell and neither do my Gliders.. as a general rule.. however; we have noticed that when they get too many fruits, it casues the urine to smell heavier, But you said that it isn't their cage that smells.. So now we need to look at (1.)their pouch or their nestbox. If it has feces and is urine soaked, when they sleep in it their fur will absorb that smell.. pull it out and smell it by it self.. (2.) Mine when sometimes they are real scared or stressed they will give off that "diarrea smell" and sometimes their stools will be extremely runny, Again if they have felt this way especially in their sleeping area, then the possibility does exist that their fur has absorbed those odors as well.. Based on the info that Cynthia was given, that is the conclusion she came up with, not that she is wrong, as she said many times the heavy smells are due to diets and over supplimentation of vitamins. If you haven't used measuring spoons and measuring cups with the leadbeaters, it is veryt easy to add a pinch or two too much in the leadbeaters,, and BTW in the leadbeaters, RepCal is the suppliments..be sure when you make that the RepCal is measured exactly.