neither one of my babies will move... the girl has been sitting on her food bowl for hours and not moved at all she has he hands in the air and it's like she is frozen! The boy is latched on to the bars and he won't move either I pulled him away and put him on the ground and he just toppled over. (He's alive he's breathing) I just don't know whats wrong should I bring them to the vet? Are they stressed? I haven't seen him drink any water and I have to hand feed him the food is he okay?? Please help!

That is not normal. Please get them to the vet as soon as you can - if you need help locating a 24-hour vet in your area, please let us know where you are and we will do our best to locate one for you.

Im in Texas the greens point area and I can't find any! I called my friend who I adopted them from and she said they seemed fine when she gave them to me and she has no idea, I need help!

We can't really 'help' I'm sorry! Only a vet with access to medication, fluids, necessary equipment and know-how can really 'help'! I hope you can get to an emergency clinic NOW!? Please!

Please head here as soon as possible:

http://animalemergencyhospital.com/

1111 West Loop South Suite 200
Houston, TX 77027
Tel: 713-693-1100

Take this list of consulting vets with you:
http://www.sugargliderhelp.com/links/pages/Sugar_Glider_Vet_Database/Vets_who_offer_Phone_Consults_to_vets/index.html

yea, emergency clinic, it could possibly be calcium defficiancy, but no matter what it is only a vet can help

Please keep us updated.

~Erica~

I got them to the vet and they are in the room right now getting looked at @petluv thank you so much that is where I took them. They didn't move much on the car ride my boyfriend tried to move them but they just fell over thank you everyone. I am waiting right now

That's great Angel! Please keep us posted and encourage the vet to use the consult numbers if they need to! Hope they can figure out the cause and get your babies on the mend asap!

Im glad you got them to the vet.
Please keep us updated on what the vet says.

~Erica~

Any news?

Thank you so much everyone for you concern and for helping me. I picked them up this morning and it turned out they were dehydrated. I have 2 bowls of water and the water bottles that hand off the cage. I had seen them drink it and i don't knoe how it happened they had PLENTY available to them. I brought them home this morning and the vet gave me surrenges (sp?) with a mix to make sure they are rehydrated. Thank you everyone so much.

Good to hear that they have been tended to. Good work getting on this.

best,
-M

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<br />Thank you so much everyone for you concern and for helping me. I picked them up this morning and it turned out they were dehydrated. I have 2 bowls of water and the water bottles that hand off the cage. I had seen them drink it and i don't knoe how it happened they had PLENTY available to them. I brought them home this morning and the vet gave me surrenges (sp?) with a mix to make sure they are rehydrated. Thank you everyone so much.
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Most cases of dehydration are not due to the lack of available water - there is usually an underlying cause such as a parasite or bacterial infection, etc. Did they perform a fecal or urinalysis? Are you feeding fresh fruits/veggies every night(they get a lot of water especially from fruits like melons) as well as most suggie diets(BML, HPW, etc.) tend to have a lot of moisture in them as well.

I'm glad you were able to get them in right away, but please continue to keep an eye on them as you taper off the extra fluids because there could be an underlying cause.

Wow, scary. Glad they are feeling better now. Just keep an eye on them anyway. Don't ever let your guard down.

Yikes! Glad they're okay now. Let us know if you need any more help!

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<br />Thank you so much everyone for you concern and for helping me. I picked them up this morning and it turned out they were dehydrated. I have 2 bowls of water and the water bottles that hand off the cage. I had seen them drink it and i don't knoe how it happened they had PLENTY available to them. I brought them home this morning and the vet gave me surrenges (sp?) with a mix to make sure they are rehydrated. Thank you everyone so much.
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Most cases of dehydration are not due to the lack of available water - there is usually an underlying cause such as a parasite or bacterial infection, etc. Did they perform a fecal or urinalysis? Are you feeding fresh fruits/veggies every night(they get a lot of water especially from fruits like melons) as well as most suggie diets(BML, HPW, etc.) tend to have a lot of moisture in them as well.

I'm glad you were able to get them in right away, but please continue to keep an eye on them as you taper off the extra fluids because there could be an underlying cause.
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Agreed...dehydration is a symptom of something else going on. They may seem fine at the moment because they've been given fluids but it's likely this will return. Please have fecals done, at the very least.

what kind of cage are they in? the pvc cages that are coated with the harmful
chemicals are still being sold.

you need to get fecals done to make sure their is no underlying problem.

good luck with your babies.

regards,
nancy in detroit

Nancy, I don't think they are still selling the toxic cages. And not all the PVC cages are toxic. <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by nanny</i>
<br />what kind of cage are they in? the pvc cages that are coated with the harmful
chemicals are still being sold.

you need to get fecals done to make sure their is no underlying problem.

good luck with your babies.

regards,
nancy in detroit
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