I am soo sorry you and your SON had to go through this!
Lots of hugs your way!
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Are you sure that was the only joey? They are really notorious for hiding a second joey.
Several reasons why a mom will eat her young:
Something could have been wrong with the joey and only the mom would know.
Her
diet not having enough protein for her to produce enough milk for her joey.
Stress can really cause a lot of problems for her.
Probably more reasons I can't think of right now, just love her and try not to be angry with her. Gliders can sense any stress or other emotions from their humans and she needs you to love her right now. Some gliders, especially gliders that are rescues, stress over the smallest things and do not adapt as well as we may think they do, then others will do just fine.
Hopefully, if you allow her to have more joeys, she will do better since she has already had healthy babies successfully.