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Subject: Re: Weak Baby
Posted by Cynthia on December 16, 1998 at 01:05:22:
In Reply to: Weak Baby posted by Abraham on December 15, 1998 at 15:19:57:
: My friend purchased a VERY small male from a pet store about 2 weeks ago. He seems too small and he hasn't put on much if any weight (weight .70 oz.) The pet storeowner said that he had been there 3 weeks before she got him. His eyes seem weak and he sleeps alot but when he is awake he is very fast. He has been eating nuts and grapes and I was wondering if maybe we should substitute some sort of milk or something. At the pet store he was feed the same thing and kept warm with a reptile light. The light concerned me now he is kept warm from my friend and reptile rock under a fluffy pouch. Help us put some weight on this baby!
Ledbeaters would work well, and you can give him gliderade, 1/2 oz three times a week. I would also recommend using the fines (dust that settles from the pellets) of the accu-feed for sugar gliders mixed in some apple sauce. BPP also makes a sweet corn powder to be sprinkled on their food to encourage them to eat and it is called an appetite stimulant. You might try that. I used it on my two teeny tiny runts that I really didn't hold out much hope for and they are doing great now. Best of Luck!!