Welcome home, Beaky and Peepers!

I just took in two rescues yesterday, two girls, Beaky and Peepers. The girls are estimated (by the lady I got them from) to be about seven years old. The lady who had them is a foster home for a ferret rescue organization in Columbus, Ohio: Heart of Ohio Ferret Association and Rescue. She joined our Ohio Sugar Gliders group, and made her post asking if there were a glider rescue facility in Ohio. The only one that I knew of was Dottie Schira's Out of Love Sugar Glider Rescue up around the Cleveland area, but that was a good three to four hours drive to place a rescue, and I wasn't sure if they would be able to make connections. Since I live only an hour away from Columbus, I contacted this lady, and I picked the girls up late yesterday afternoon.

The girls are reserved, but friendly. No offers to bite. Right now, I have them in a separate room so they can adjust to a new home. I totally cleaned and disinfected their toys, water bottles, and cage, and I will be making them some new pouches.



What we know: The gliders have been in three homes prior to "the ferret lady's home." So, I am now the fifth home. Since they are older, I am just trying to keep them as stable, happy, and healthy as I can.

We don't know which one is which, and they don't appear to know their names (but only a few of mine do).

One of them appears to have some hair loss around the eyes, and the other, has a "bad eye" and I am not sure why that is. Her right eye has a white spot in it, so I don't know if that is a cataract or the result of some old injury. Both are quite agile, but one is heavier than the other. I don't know if they are mother/daughter, sisters, or two un-relateds.

I am going to call Peepers the one who has the bad eye, and Beaky is the little one. I'll post up pictures when I can.

By the time we got home last night, all I could do was offer them some BML and veggies. They were fed one Mazuri biscuit soaked in apple juice every day, dried fruits, and peas before I got them. The first thing I will do is improve their diet. I trimmed a few of their nails last night, and let them settle in.