What Is Wrong With My Sugar Glider?

Does your sugar glider show symptoms of lameness, paralysis and difficulty moving?

Is there a problem with your sugar glider's stool?

Does he have diarrhea?

Are there any visible injuries on your sugar glider?

Does your sugar glider show any of these signs: loss of appetite, excessive eating, excessive sleeping, or frantically circling the cage?

If your sugar glider does not have a calcium-rich diet, they will show symptoms of lameness, paralysis, and difficulty moving. If you think your sugar glider is not receiving enough calcium, you should consider adding calcium supplements to prevent these symptoms.

If your sugar glider has diarrhea he may be stressed or is simply eating too much citrus fruits. Diarrhea can also be a symptom of an illness in which case he should show other signs that he is not well. Diarrhea in itself can be dangerous because sugar gliders can quickly become fatally dehydrated if not treated.

If your sugar glider's diet does not contain enough portion of plant foods, like whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes, fruits, and vegetables you may see a hard, distended stomach, difficulty defecating, and hard dry stools. Give your sugar glider a more balanced diet.

Common sugar glider injuries include torn claws, open wounds, and broken bones. Take your pet to the exotics veterinarian and he will give you a treatment plan.

Sugar gliders can get stressed from a poor diet, an illness, a dirty cage, a cage that is too small or overcrowded, overhandling, loneliness, boredom, excessive heat or cold, and plenty of other possible reasons. Signs that your glider is stressed include loss of appetite, excessive eating, excessive sleeping, and frantically circling the cage. Take your sugar glider to the exotics veterinarian for a checkup.

Sugar gliders can get parasites just like a cat or dog, such as ticks, fleas, mites, lice, roundworm, hookworm, tapeworm, etc. If you suspect your sugar glider has a parasite, ask your exotics veterinarian for treatment options.