Cold, limp glider?

[Marie]

John, if you want a Glider clamped on to your nipple that's your business!    Personally, I will stick with the warming pouch.  In order to rehydrate them and get food in to them you need to bring them round, the longer it takes the harder it is going to be to get them to take anything.  Once they have warmed up they can be persuaded to take fluids.  The suggie's blood sugars drop so low they need a kick start and it's important to get them warm ASAP.  As I said, the heating pouch allows you to warm the glider and keep them warm while you are getting fluids and food in to them and I have had 100% success rate using this method. 

I have had a glider that was that deep in to torpor it took 2 hours to bring her back to the stage where she could eat, seriously, I thought she was dead and I was about to wrap her up and put her in the freezer when I saw slight movement of the ear.  Had she have been 'down' any longer - or had I not have warmed her enough ASAP to start the rehydration process I would not have had a glider!

[Emma9383]

The warming pouch Marie, is that something different again  sorry, just want to be clear. I bought the heat pad thing (you'll find that's it's technical term, lol ) and I've got bonding pouches and cage pouches, so is the warming pouch another thing I should invest in just in case?

[Marie]

Also, would just like to add ... the pouch allows you to carry on preparing g/ade, honey etc without worrying about the glider falling out ot your top because they can't cling on at that point.  Also if you have a glider that is not well bonded you're not risking being 'attacked' once they come round, and if you've ever felt how cold a glider is whilst in this state you wouldn't want that next to your skin for too long, it is so cold it's scary!

[hday]

yep it is not nice as when they come round they arent always in best mood!
both phil and lil had hypos on me in the early days when they were still trying to build up body weight... thanks to maries advice (and thinking medical from a human point of view they are still here!)
phil was a warming and glideraid trick.
Lil I thought I had lost as her eyes were glazed, mouth open, tongue out... couldnt even swallow
eventually managed to do a drop of honey on her tongue and stroke her throat until she swallowed, she then proper clamped down...  and then I was gradually every 10min or so able to dribble so glider aid in...
didnt think she would make it as she was so flat I thought the drips of fluid may have ended up on her lungs as her swallowing was barely there...

but again 2 hours later (seems to be a theme here for the long anxious waiting!) she started to perk up, had some yogurt and then was off on food...
its the only other time she has stayed on me for any length of time  been nice enough to stay on me without getting cross or biting.
She was quite cuddly for a few days after!