Been so busy lately, I’m afraid I have neglected my blog. I apologies to all my readers for not updating lately. I’m now going through my Industrial Training, so it is getting hectic since I’m training at a busy location, but then all will be well after December.
Anyway, some updates I’d like to share. There are some good news and bad news….
Good news would be that Keera’s Joeys are now 23 days OOP. They are super adorable, Chester is the lil boy and Jenny is the li girl. I actually named her Cherry but her new owners would like to name her Jenny. Good that Keera is such a doting mom and she still sings to them every night.
Another 2 joeys OOP in September. DustStorm (male) and RainDrop (female) OOP on the 28 of September. Quix is very protective as she was a wild glider that I adopted, so she doesn’t let me peek at her kids but she has never chased my hand out of the cage so that is pretty ok. Lobo, the dad doesn’t bother about me but he is being a good dad as well. Sigh, that is why I love gliders, they got good instincts and parent-like skills when they are bringing up their offsprings.
My sad news would be my girl Naya. She recently became ill. She was lethargic, didn’t want to sleep in her pouch nor eat. That happened last weekend. She gave me a scare. For 3 days I syringe fed her glucose, isotonic drink mixed with some Wombaroo High Protein powder but she just didn’t want to eat. She kept taking in fluids, which kept her alive but not appetite for food. Then I had a gut feeling that it could be something wrong with her joeys too because there was this sticky residue lining the opening of her pouch. She had joeys in pouch for like close to 3 weeks already. When I placed my finger on her pouch, the 2 joeys in pouch didn’t move. Clearly something was wrong. So I decided to take a risk, and take out the joeys. For some reason, the joeys died, and I suspected that could have caused her to lose appetite. But the strangest thing was why didn’t she take out the joeys and clean her pouch? What made her sick was that the joeys kinda rotted inside her pouch. The dead joeys were covered in a sticky clear slime and had that rotting flesh smell. I quickly cleaned up Naya’s pouch with warm water and some cotton buds. And I prayed that she would regain back her health.
Today, Naya is back to her old self. She is eating well, regaining back her weight and is active as before. I’m lucky that I found out what was wrong with her. I didn’t mind losing the joeys, she is more important to me. Breeding has its ups and downs. So being a breeder, there will be times where such things may happen. So it is important to read up on glider care, always get updated with the latest news and it’s good to know a little first aid.
I’ll try to update as often as I can. For now, this little post will have to do.
Glad to hear that Naya is much better. Good thing you were sharp.
Thanks for the update!