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« on: July 06, 2011, 05:30:19 pm »

Hiya, i didn't have a clue where to put this because it's a bit of everything but here goes...
a (not so close!!) friend of mine bought some gliders a while ago after seeing mine.. i told her about this site and to properly read up about them bla bla... to cut it short she got some, i believe they're around 3 years old, 2 females and a male... she's now run into financial difficulties, knows i already have some so has asked me to have them.. at the moment they seem okay, she's had them on pretty much the same diet that is reccomended on here, but im worried that one of the females is pregnant, i can't be sure cause im not really sure what it looks like but she has a small lump at the bottom left side of her belly? i've read up on it on here & think i can deal with it, but i want to get the male neautured asap! is it best to do it while she's still pregnant or leave it until the baby is oop? i don't know what to do for the best because i know the male has a big part in caring for it too, also shall i just leave the 2 colonies completely seperate or try to introuce them (once her males neutured too). They're all still quite shy but don't seem too bad, crabbing a bit but will take food from me through the bars, i didn't wanna push them too much because ive only had them for 2 days..
can you reccomend anything else i can do? i've read through loads of these posts and they're really helpful but just wanted to double check with you guys! thanks.
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« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2011, 02:59:18 am »

Just feed her normally... Her and the colony will pretty much do everything.  Yes, get the male neutered while the joey's in pouch, because gliders can have up to three sets of joeys going at ones....  One set in the "inny outy" stage, one set in pouch, and another in a kind of suspended stage in utero waiting for the right to to move into the pouch.
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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2011, 11:50:30 am »

thankyou! I werent sure. I'll book him in as soon as i can.
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