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[quote][i]Originally posted by gliderloverforever[/i]
[br]I have one glider that has struggled off and on with terrible constipation for almost two years now. I've taken her to vets. They've done scans to check for blockages (nope), they've done fecals (all clean), I changed diets, etc. Sometimes it will get better and she'll be fine and then without any warning or any change in environment or diet, she'll just go right back to struggling to poop. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!!!! I'm so sick and tired of vets having no answers. I hate seeing her in pain and struggling so badly. *cries* I don't know what to do. I give her citrus or pumpkin puree and that helps for a little while, but it's only temporary and I don't know what is at the root of this problem.
She is also very underweight. She's 65 grams. Never gains, never loses, just stays there. She eats very well and is very active and in other ways she is very healthy. I just don't know what's going on inside of her...
Any help would be [u][b]very much appriciated[/b][/u]...[cry][cry][cry][cry][cry]
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gliderloverforever Posted - Feb 08 2022 : 09:36:16 PM I have one glider that has struggled off and on with terrible constipation for almost two years now. I've taken her to vets. They've done scans to check for blockages (nope), they've done fecals (all clean), I changed diets, etc. Sometimes it will get better and she'll be fine and then without any warning or any change in environment or diet, she'll just go right back to struggling to poop. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!!!! I'm so sick and tired of vets having no answers. I hate seeing her in pain and struggling so badly. cries I don't know what to do. I give her citrus or pumpkin puree and that helps for a little while, but it's only temporary and I don't know what is at the root of this problem. She is also very underweight. She's 65 grams. Never gains, never loses, just stays there. She eats very well and is very active and in other ways she is very healthy. I just don't know what's going on inside of her... Any help would be very much appriciated...
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gliderloverforever Posted - Mar 16 2022 : 01:10:21 PM Turns out that Dreamer had a severe colon impaction. She had to have surgery to remove the poop and is recovering now. The vet was saying that it is possible she has megacolon. Anyone know anything about that condition in sugar gliders? I'll take all the help I can get, I feel so over my head right now.
gliderloverforever Posted - Feb 12 2022 : 11:33:21 AM That is really cool!
GandKaidos Posted - Feb 12 2022 : 11:22:28 AM Keep us updated if you find anything out! our family is also a family of falconers, and there's enough scientific need for writing things down and taking notes of weight and behaviour and even the weather that I've translated it into just about everything I have to keep alive... plants, suggies... everything!
gliderloverforever Posted - Feb 10 2022 : 09:37:09 PM Shall do. Yes, she is on OHPW and I rotate salads every little bit.
GandKaidos Posted - Feb 10 2022 : 11:25:38 AM Get a notebook. write down the dates, the foods you fed each day, and the changes you see. my glider gets a little TOO runny when she gets cucumber multiple days in a row. so she gets cucumber once then not for a few days. I assume you're keeping their food rotation...on a rotation? with variation and such? otherwise her body could just be processing then get too much of one thing. Just like humans can have happen to them.

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