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When deciding to provide vitamin supplements for your sugar glider, there could 
easily be the possibility of 
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001594.htm hypervitaminosis] 
which is a cause of many things including liver failure.  
  
  
[http://books.google.com/books?id=9P0COKdYFcMC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA298#v=onepage&q=&f=false Page 298] of The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods By Lynda Staker is an interesting read discussing how supplementing Vitamin D is bad for Macropods and probably all nocturnal marsupials in general.  Too much vitamin D in marsupials will suck the calcium out of the bones causing the same result that supplementing is intended to prevent.
  
[http://www.mazuri.com/PDF/5Z88.pdf Wallaby/Roo kibble] has an extremely low 
vitamin D content because of this research.  They also boost VitE and Selenium 
to help prevent [http://www.sheepandgoat.com/articles/WMD.html white muscle 
disease] which could present somewhat similar to hind leg paralysis.
  
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[http://www.glidercentral.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/905297/BML_and_liver_failure#Post905297 BML and Liver Failure]
  
[http://www.glidercentral.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/739776/Diets_and_liver_issues#Post739776 Liver Issues]

 



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