Posted By: Monkeysmom85
Help! Possible Teeth issues?? - 05/21/20 06:10 AM
Hello
I’m a new suggie mom. I just rescued 2 sugar gliders from not so great conditions about 3 weeks ago.
The first two things I did were:
- Put them on a better diet (their old diet was just some EN pellets and EN instant HPW). They’re now on the Critter Love Diet (OHPW).
- Take them to the vet for an overall check up and labs.
The vet said everything looked good aside from them being malnourished. The vet said there were no parasites from the fecal test. I also asked for them to check their teeth because I worried about how long the bottom teeth looked. But she said it’s normal and both gliders teeth looked good.
But I recently had someone who rescues gliders tell me it looks like at least one of them has tooth pain based off a video I shared online of them eating mealworms.
I’ll attach a link to the video here
Suggie eating
They said that the vet is wrong so I’m thinking maybe I should get a second opinion? The vet was an exotics specialist who deals with sugar gliders and I specifically picked them because of their good reputation online.
I still might go somewhere else though. I’d hate to think one or both of them are in pain. I have no idea what normal sugar glider eating looks like. To me they seem okay? They eat pretty good and love their new diet.
Can anyone here take a peek at the video and give me your thoughts? She’s eating a mealworm in the video. Do they normally chew like that and spit the food back out?
Thanks in advance!
I’m a new suggie mom. I just rescued 2 sugar gliders from not so great conditions about 3 weeks ago.
The first two things I did were:
- Put them on a better diet (their old diet was just some EN pellets and EN instant HPW). They’re now on the Critter Love Diet (OHPW).
- Take them to the vet for an overall check up and labs.
The vet said everything looked good aside from them being malnourished. The vet said there were no parasites from the fecal test. I also asked for them to check their teeth because I worried about how long the bottom teeth looked. But she said it’s normal and both gliders teeth looked good.
But I recently had someone who rescues gliders tell me it looks like at least one of them has tooth pain based off a video I shared online of them eating mealworms.
I’ll attach a link to the video here
Suggie eating
They said that the vet is wrong so I’m thinking maybe I should get a second opinion? The vet was an exotics specialist who deals with sugar gliders and I specifically picked them because of their good reputation online.
I still might go somewhere else though. I’d hate to think one or both of them are in pain. I have no idea what normal sugar glider eating looks like. To me they seem okay? They eat pretty good and love their new diet.
Can anyone here take a peek at the video and give me your thoughts? She’s eating a mealworm in the video. Do they normally chew like that and spit the food back out?
Thanks in advance!