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Subject: Possibly sick glider...Need some advice...
Posted by Sean on July 18, 2000 at 02:28:27 from 208.244.175.72

I'm taking her to the vet in about 7 hours (when they open),
but I was hoping someone might have some additional advice.
I guess I oughtta give some background first.
She's about 6 months old, purchased through Petland (I know...now...),
was being fed a dry diet w/ some live food. When I got her
Friday, I gave her the same dry food she'd been on (to
transition), plus fresh fruit, a few nuts, and mealworms.
I just started feeding her Leadbeater's.
I've had her out about 4 hours an evening (ok, night =)...)
except Friday, I didn't handle her much that evening. She
was active at the pet store, actually the most active and
alert of the bunch (why I picked her), and was very active
the past couple of nights during playtime. This evening,
I returned home and found her sleeping (11pm), cranky, subdued,
and unwilling to eat. However, she does chew on plastic.
Her stool is harder than I would expect, her nose is pretty
wet, and her ears aren't exactly what I'd call perky.
Sooo...I guess this got kind of long...but anyhow...
I've got a grounded glider, I'm taking her to the vet in
the morning, but I thought I'd ask the voices of experience
as well =).
Is there any good way to find the source of this problem (I'm
assuming for now I've got one)? It
seems like it could be a million different things, but has
anyone else experienced this, and how did you alleviate the
problem?
...personally, I only see one avenue of relief, whatever the
cost, since I'm already pretty attached to her =).
Any comments, help, or even griping about my choice of pet
stores ;) would be great.

Thanks,
Sean



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