*sigh* - more bad news...

We got home a short while ago, just about 8:00, and while we were tending to the glider cages, we discovered blood in the bottom of a drip pan in the Kentucky gliders' cage. We quickly went through the pouches to see if anyone was hurt, and everyone appeared to be fine - except our mommy glider - who is no longer pregnant. This is just horrible, because it looked as if she were carrying twins up until today.

These guys are little piggies, and they've been fed a strict BML diet, with plenty of it because these little fellows have had such a healthy appetite since I took them in (plus, they were fed mealies in the mornings, too); so, who knows why they terminated their young: there could be any number of reasons. Mommy glider sure had alot on her... she had twins, which were between six and seven weeks OOP, who were still nursing, plus, she was carrying new babies. Since I just took them in around Christmas, there sure was a lot going on for them. There were no "remains" - just a bloody spot in the drip pan, about the size of a dime...

I believe I have a home already lined up for the male joey and his sister (once he is neutered, which should be within the next two weeks, if funds allow), and then, I will be able to place the two pair.

If there is any interest in a bonded colony (males have been neutered), please send an e-mail to: cyndi@glider-island.com. An application will need to be completed, and vet references will be required and checked. An adoption fee(s) does apply.

Attached are two photos, one, of the mommy glider, who had been nursing twins, and it looks as if she were pregnant in this photo, which was taken January 12th, and she did get bigger:
















and this is one of the neutered adult males: