About 2 months ago I purchased a male and female unrelated pair of gliders, the male is about a year and a half old and the female was about 1 year old. When I got them after a week the female was realy tame and would come to me all the time for treats, playing on me. She was such a big character and will never be forgotten.
After 2-3 weeks I noticed the female acting abit strange, she would come on me and just sit on me for a while. She was still eating a climbing around the cage and seemed quite normal. The next day she came out abit during the day and would come on my hand and just fall asleep, she clearly needed the warmth. I decided if she was not looking great that night I would take her to a vet the next morning.
She was looking alot worse in the evening just sitting at the bottom of the cage and looking very drowsy, she came on my hand instantly. Just trying to nuzzle into my hand, it was a very sad time for me seeing how quickly she got ill after all the fun times we had in a short time. I tried feeding her fruit baby foods and she had small amounts, I tried keeping her warm and put her back in her little box with the male after hours of staying up with her, she had no energy what so ever.
The next morning I noticed the male was in a different box as I have 2 in there. I checked the other box and got her out, she was very weak and could barly open her eyes. i took her to the vet asap but by the time I got there she had pasted away
The vet did an autopsy after noticing a lump in her belly. I couldnt bare to watch so waited outside, after the vet said how she had an infection in her ovaries, he said how it had turned cancerous and that nothing could have been done. He said that even if she had come earlier it would have been hard to spot the infection because the ovaries are so small.
I just thought i should post this because it shows that these animals are so good at hiding an illness that when they are close to the end it is usualy too late. so whatever differences you notice in your glider, get them checked out as soon as possible...
anthony
p.s. i have recently got my male(jekyll) a new girlfriend called indica.
