thanks for the replies guys - increasingly thinking she is very definately and I have just been trying to ignore it for a whiile - she is eating more, moving slower!!! and been less handlable.. .and now i want to handle her less to try and make sure all is good - great advice however want a few specifics...
cage - marie you have seen it! if I have got joeys in pouch... as the base is wire into a tray shoudl I line wire with fleece to ensure baby cant fall through (or babies as bump on both side atlhough seem to now be differenct sizes)
I never put fleece on the bottom of mine, but if it makes you feel better then do it.
supplement wise doing about 1/8 tsp every other day so increased that too daily
do I do breakfast again now - if so how long for
should I get and start supplementing her onto milk
supps keep going with that right up until the joey is weaned. You don't need to supp her diet with milk powder of any kind. But, it would be handy to have a small tub of lactol in should the joeys need hand rearing or supplement feeding.
doubled her protein (ie about 10-12 cat biscuits at least and few in morning too) - is that enough - do I just let her gorge til she stops... never tried that as not convinced she would know when to stop
That is more than enough Helen. You just need to make sure she doesn't get a bit porky! Maybe drop her down again and slowly increase the amount as the joey grows. Just use your own judgement, there are no specific amounts as each glider is different.
also he is more tetchy at the moement - keeps on nagging her - is that normal - should I be worried, what should I watch for
Nagging her for what? To do the ironing
. Lol! He could just be going through a grumpy phase as they do. I've never noticed a male getting extra tetchy with a female because she has joey/s in pouch.
because of hand excema been handling less - they dont like smell of creams... should I keep handling to minimum to prevent rejections... or should I increase it again as want to be able to handle joeys if/when
I wouldn't handle them while using the creams, do they contain steroids? Handling the parents now isn't going to make much difference to the tameness of the joeys.
I know shouldnt move them so not taking them to vets for check and guess means good job couldnt get to glider meet!
however rox if you could get over end of week - texted you! that would be awesome to set my mind at rest and eyeball and child proof etc the cage!
there would be some muffins in it for you and tea of some basic description!
and yep love dogs!
Just make sure you have the coffee drip set up ready for her Helen
just worrried - would love it all to be ok but taken so long to get them healthy worried this will be start of newe problems
Everything should be fine.
btw shoudl I try to weigh her.... not done for several months as was happy they had just reached normal and were stable!!!
if yes how much should she have gone up by!
No, don't worry about weighing her.
