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Female Glider Moving Really Really Slow??
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05/10/06 09:20 PM
05/10/06 09:20 PM
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My female glider is moving around the cage really really slow and she eats fine and sleeps and everything seems normal, could this mean she is pregnant? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/littleglider.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Female Glider Moving Really Really Slow??
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05/10/06 09:23 PM
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I'm not sure, but I've never read that they slow down when preggers (at least not until the joeys are so big IP that they can barely move)... are her movements jerky/not smooth? what diet it she on, how old is she?
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Re: Female Glider Moving Really Really Slow??
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05/10/06 11:02 PM
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When a glider shows a change in behavior such as slowing down, it could indicate that she is ill. When a glider does get sick, they try to hide it so they are not vunerable to preditors. If she were my glider, I would be taking her to the vet to be checked out. Have them do a fecal and urinalysis to check for bacteria or parasites. I have never had any of my females slow down from pregnacy except during the last week or so before the joeys came out of pouch and only because she had just gotten so huge it was hard for her to get around. If in any doubt at all, take her to the vet.
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Re: Female Glider Moving Really Really Slow??
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05/13/06 12:05 AM
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She moves around the cage fine it is just when I get there pouch out at nite she moves really slow to the edge maybe she is not fully use to me yet since The pair of them are 5 yrs old and I have only had them for a week. She will crab at me when I try to go near her the only thing she lets me do is talk to her the male has taken onto me just fine he crawls all over me but she doesnt care to do things like that.
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Re: Female Glider Moving Really Really Slow??
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05/15/06 11:19 AM
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It does sound like she is just being timid but do watch for signs of illness just in case. Also my jimmy does this slow walk/creep thing when I wake him up. If i reach into the pouch and pull him out (gently of course) he will creep to a food dish he likes to hang out in and just watch me do whatever I needed to do for a while. After about 10 min of so he calms down/wakes up and will come try to escape the cage but running up my arm and onto my back, he is so silly! Allison
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Re: Female Glider Moving Really Really Slow??
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05/15/06 11:33 AM
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I was having the same concerns about my Jeepers last night, but it turned out she just needed to wake up a bit. She is usually that way (taking a while to wake up) but I've been more paranoid than usual because she and Peepers are just recovering from an illness. I'm just looking for something to worry about, I guess.
She creeps out of the pouch and goes down to sit on the bottom of the cage for a while, does her business, sits for a while, slowly begins to groom herself, then wakes up enough to go see what's for dinner.
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