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[quote][i]Originally posted by glidermom82[/i]
[br]We have two re-homed gliders, about 2.5 years old, un-neutered male and a female.  Recently she bloated, she was fine in herself but noticeably more round and eating insane amounts of food, snatching food from the male but generally drinking fine and moving around as normal.  They have a tent we play with them in too and they climb and jump and exercise so she has a lot of space.

We took her to the vets and he said he could feel no blockage and that he suspected she was pregnant as they were mating just a couple of weeks before, he gave us pro biotics but said anti biotics would possibly be harmful to a new joey so wanted to see how we got on with those.

She had the pro biotics and the bloating went down slightly but not much, then last night she has had diarrhea and the bloating went down a lot, she had ten mins where she was very weak but as soon as she had some water and food she was fine and back to normal again but pretty much went round again.  We have contacted the vets again and waiting for them to call back, I have felt around for a joey and I cannot feel anything distinctive so I am not sure if she is pregnant.

She is completely fine in herself, she is eating and drinking and no difference in behaviour, gets exercise, isnt making any alarming sounds or moving different.  She is on a good diet with mixed fruit and veg, we removed seeds a month or so ago, meal worms and dry mix, she also has her added calcium and minerals / vitamins from a uk glider website.

Has anyone else had this issue? I know they hide illness very well and we have done so much research and always take them to the vets and feed them correctly, first time sugar momma and really want to work out what is causing this if its not a blockage, or could the vet be wrong?  If it is a blockage I have seen they tend to not eat so again it conflicts with what I have read. The male is completely fine by the way, never has any issues. Any help would be appreciated

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glidermom82 Posted - Apr 30 2025 : 11:53:56 PM

We have two re-homed gliders, about 2.5 years old, un-neutered male and a female. Recently she bloated, she was fine in herself but noticeably more round and eating insane amounts of food, snatching food from the male but generally drinking fine and moving around as normal. They have a tent we play with them in too and they climb and jump and exercise so she has a lot of space.

We took her to the vets and he said he could feel no blockage and that he suspected she was pregnant as they were mating just a couple of weeks before, he gave us pro biotics but said anti biotics would possibly be harmful to a new joey so wanted to see how we got on with those.

She had the pro biotics and the bloating went down slightly but not much, then last night she has had diarrhea and the bloating went down a lot, she had ten mins where she was very weak but as soon as she had some water and food she was fine and back to normal again but pretty much went round again. We have contacted the vets again and waiting for them to call back, I have felt around for a joey and I cannot feel anything distinctive so I am not sure if she is pregnant.

She is completely fine in herself, she is eating and drinking and no difference in behaviour, gets exercise, isnt making any alarming sounds or moving different. She is on a good diet with mixed fruit and veg, we removed seeds a month or so ago, meal worms and dry mix, she also has her added calcium and minerals / vitamins from a uk glider website.

Has anyone else had this issue? I know they hide illness very well and we have done so much research and always take them to the vets and feed them correctly, first time sugar momma and really want to work out what is causing this if its not a blockage, or could the vet be wrong? If it is a blockage I have seen they tend to not eat so again it conflicts with what I have read. The male is completely fine by the way, never has any issues. Any help would be appreciated

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