So I took pictures of my darling Totes and put them up on Instagram, like a proud mommy does (granted she isn't a human child but shhhh she thinks she is). I go on to see who all has liked my photo because maybe I'll make friends with other glider parents and we can trade tips and just all love on each other's little gliders. But no.
I was horrified by one account. And I'm not posting names or anything. But the person adopted a fat glider. On impulse and said it was cute and yeah it was. But I thought she would have adopted it to slim it down. But sadly no.... This poor baby hardly moved in the little video. And the fur was dull and not the best looking. It was so heart breaking.
I read the comments under the picture and several people commented how cute fat gliders are and how they all have fat gliders. And even one girl said she feeds hers three times a day to keep it fat. It made me pretty upset. And another girl wanted feeding tips for her baby and asked the girl who had the fat glider.
So since I'm me I posted some diet information for the girl who didn't know what to feed gliders. It's just so upsetting seeing fat gliders. It's upsetting seeing fat animals really. I have three cats. Two are fat and one is perfect weight. The heaviest got fat from medical food for his kidney. And holy crap he gained weight. He had been on it for 8 or 10 years. We now have him on regular cat food and he lost a good 5-10 pounds. So instead of weighing 30 pounds he weighs about 21 ish pounds, and he moves around more! He is healthy now! He is happy! The other fat cat lost some weight and went from 20 pounds to 15 pounds! And he too is more active and happier!
I have had lots of fat animals bc of health issues (mainly kidney problems that happend since they were born) so the food the vets out them on made them really fat. And they were sluggish and just not happy at all.
How can a fat sugar glider be happy? It just makes me really upset to see how people don't care about an animals health.
I needed to get this off my chest. And I hope that I can keep my sugar glider as healthy as I can.
Also a question: what is considered a healthy weight for a sugar glider?