Bit of a long story but here goes. I had a suggie on rescue who I called Edie, she's a little sweetie, she came to me because she had previously suffered very bad HLP and she's a very submissive girl so was bullied by her cage matea nd wasn't allowed to eat.
I kept her on her own for a while to gain weight and become an all round healthy and larger animal before I introduced her to another suggie - I didn't want to put her in with one of my larger gliders. She's fit and healthy now so I introduced her to a cage mate who overnight savaged her, obviously I seperated her immediately and treated the wound. But before I introduced her and one of the reasons I decided to do it at that point was because she had lost the hair off the end of her tail.
So, back to square one, Edie was on her own! The wound healed, and I decided to put her in with my trusty hand reareds, Dinx had been on her own for over 3 years but had accepted Lily and Molly immediately. They had all immediately accepted a new cage mate too, that very same night they were all sleeping together so I thought there wouldn't be any problem, and there wasn't really.
After putting them together Edie slept in a seperate pouch for a couple of nights, but since then they've all snuggled up together happily. There's never any conflict over food, no problems at all, except Edie's tail has got alot worse. It was just missing the hairs on the end one night, and the next night half her tail was missing fur (not completely bald).
Lily was an overgroomer when she was a baby, I was quite worried about her at one point, but now she has a beautiful coat, no over grooming at all. Do you think she's turning her attention on Edie now? Is Edie not settling as well with the others as I thought she was? What the heck is going on?
my poor little Edie.
