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My new baby with a missing arm
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05/10/11 03:35 PM
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I have 2 sweet mommies raising 2 babies that are 3 weeks oop both babies are from "Sophie" but her sister "Alli" stepped into the roll as dad. My husband noticed that baby lilly was completely missing her whole arm which seems to be a birth defect. These are our first joeys and I am wondering what we can do to help her? We are keeping both babies to complete our little glider family of 4. I am also wondering if I need to separate the male baby glider at a certain age? I would love any input you have to share! Thank you!
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/10/11 05:20 PM
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Hi! First of all, congratulations on your new babies! You'd be surprised at how special needs gliders bounce back and are able to adapt. This is definitely not my area of expertise. I HIGHLY recommend getting in touch with Val (Jackie_Chans_Mom). She is a wealth of knowledge and experience with special needs gliders and I know will help you as much as she can! As for the male - you will want to get him neutered as soon as you're able as otherwise he will try to mate with the females.
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/10/11 06:42 PM
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Thank you so much! I am excited to be part of this site, it has so much information and support.
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/10/11 07:30 PM
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If she was born that way, she should do just fine! She won't know she's missing an arm. To her, that will be perfectly normal. You might hang some hammocks at different levels, in case she falls while learning how to adapt. You can have the male joey neutered around 12 weeks. Your vet will help you determine when he's ready. After neutering, he can stay in the family. Am I correct in assuming there is no dad in the picture? Here is a list of vets in your state, in case you need one. All About Pets Animal Hospital 4732 Highland Drive Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 801-272-5557 http://www.aapah.com/No email address Amor Animal Hospital & Pet Resort & Training Center 8576 Redwood Road West Jordan, Utah 84088 801-561-9595 No website or email address Bird & Exotic 1050 Fort Union Boulevard Midvale, Utah 84047 801-565-1263 No website or email address Brickyard Animal Hospital 1213 East 300 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 801-486-01223 www.brickyardanimal.comNo email address Clearfield Veterinary Clinic 428 North Main Clearfield, Utah 84015 801-776-4372 http://clearfieldveterinaryclinic.com/Creekside Animal Hospital (Bird and exotic Pet hospital) 12720 S. Pony Express Road (west frontage road on I-15) Draper, Utah 84020 801-565-1263 http://www.cahdraper.com/No email address Cottonwood Animal Hospital Pet ER 6360 Highland Drive Holladay, Utah 84121 801-278-0505 Emergency 24Hrs. 801-278-3367 http://www.cottonwoodanimalhospital.com/No email address Foothills Animal Clinic 2675 Parleys Way Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 801-485-4736 No website or email address Parish Creek vet Clinic Inc. 86 N. 70 W Centerville, Utah 84014 801-298-2014 http://parrishcreekvet.com/No email address Pet Stop Veterinary Clinic 44 North 800 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 801-531-0662 http://www.petstopvet.com/index.htmlNo email address Riverwoods Pet Hospital 3820 North University Avenue Provo, Utah 84604 801-224-2233 www.riverwoodspethospital.com No email address Wasatch Exotic Pet Care Inc. 1892 East Fort Union Boulevard Cottonwood Heights, Utah 84121 801-943-4736 http://www.wasatchexotic.com/No email address If your vet is not glider experienced, or needs help, these are experienced sugar glider vets, who will consult with your vet by phone. They will speak only to other vets. Dr.Tim Tristan OSO Creek Animal Hospital 361-994-1145 Dr. Bradley Walsh Village vet Animal Clinic/All Creatures Veterinary Hospital 918-258-0040 Dr. Andrew Grzanowski Canton Center Animal Hospital 734-459-1400 Dr. Kate Zimmerman TriCounty Animal Hospital (Has 24hr emergency contact info on her office answering machine) 423-391-0303 Dr. Paul Welch Forest Trails Animal Hospital 918-299-8448 Dr. Teresa Bradley Belton Animal Clinic 816-331-3120 Dr. Kristen West Mandel Veterinary Hospital 216-321-6040
Connie 812-890-9734, 24/7 Emergencies/Joey issues SmallWorldSuggies"The greater the challenge, the sweeter the reward" "Glide free Silly "Ozball" Ozzie. You left us 11/21/12..way too soon. You're forever loved, remembered, missed."
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/10/11 08:37 PM
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suggiemom1980
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Connie 812-890-9734, 24/7 Emergencies/Joey issues SmallWorldSuggies"The greater the challenge, the sweeter the reward" "Glide free Silly "Ozball" Ozzie. You left us 11/21/12..way too soon. You're forever loved, remembered, missed."
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/10/11 10:04 PM
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I agree with Connie - she shouldn't have any issues at all. Even amputee gliders adapt very well and most often don't require any special accomodations at all. You are welcome to call me any time.
~~ Val B ~~ 806-803-0318 Daily giving the abused, unloved, unwanted and neglected SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR SUGAR GROUP SURVEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/11/11 07:53 PM
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she will graduly find ways around and think its perfectly natural, im sure her brother and parents will help her out they are naturally pack animals, and family on top of that, so im sure they will bring her food correct me if im wrong
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/25/11 05:38 PM
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I am so grateful for all the reply's. My husband and I love these little guys. Our date night includes bringing them in out bed and cuddling with them while we watch movies. We have 5 human children (all girls- preteens and teens) and our gliders are what gives us the peace we love in a sometimes crazy household. We won't have empty nest syndrome when the kids move out Two of the girls share a room and sometimes wonder why our gliders get their own room. I joke and say because they think the kids stink.
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/25/11 05:51 PM
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Aww, your suggie baby reminded me of my dog Buddy. He was born with one straight back leg and gets around just as good as dogs with 4 good legs. I'm sure she'll do just fine . There was a beagle in my area that was born without its front legs and actually walked on its hind legs to get around! And I'm a dork and watch "weird, true and freaky," on Animal Planet.. I saw a bear that lost part of it's front leg and would walk on it's hind legs. Normally bears can only do this for short spurts.. this bear was walking around for 10-15 mins at a time. It was a momma bear too! But definitely do the hammocks and such in different places. Maybe some sort of padding for the bottom of the cage that could be washed.. fleece maybe?? My dog took a while to adjust to his leg so we had to accommodate him in ways that other dogs wouldn't need. But now his other legs are stronger and he even developed a joint in the leg that he didn't have before. Weird huh? He was proud of himself the first time he stood on his "peg" leg to pee on a mailbox LOL.
Erika (AKA ProudParent) & my kids: Suggie Rocky Killara Willoughby
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/06/12 11:39 PM
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reading this helped a lot for me too. I just had a Mosaic boy 2 weeks ago and he is missing an eye. I don't know what happened but he is so sweet and I hope he does fine as he grows. I hope your glider family does great, sounds like they have great human parents good luck
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/07/12 03:39 PM
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I'd love to see a picture too! Since you said arm and not leg, I'm assuming that means one of the front ones?! Good luck with her! I'm sure she'll do great!
Jason -------- Norton Trixie Leela Stella Penelope Ally
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05/07/12 04:02 PM
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Cosmo is missing left front leg and right rear leg. He does fine without them. He sometimes forgets he doesn't have front paw and drops mealies but quickly grabs with other paw. He came to us a very crabby, pouch pertective, shy little boy. He now let's me pet him in pouch, takes things very gently from my hand and will ride on my chest in his pouch all day. I can hammer, saw with skill saw, drill, bounce him around and when I look into check on him he is out cold. I have seen him upside down sond to sleep and pulled on his feet and he is dead to world, as long as he's on daddy chest. We have put pet netting on the floor of his cage and hung hammocks around for him. You want to protect her from falling to far and breaking leg. Cosmo really surprised us when we put him in higher cage. He climbed around and got up and down surprisingly well. His climbing was deliberite and slow. He would grab with one paw then not let go until his other one was in a good spot. So she will be fine.
Tolerant spouse Kryssidog Fuzzy butts: Cosmo, Papow, KaChew, Tucco, Bambino, Jasmine, Minny, Daisy, Izzy, and Duke Doggies: Jade and Amber
Kryssi I know I stole ya, you were special beyond words.
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05/09/12 08:32 AM
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How's this little one doing?!
Jason -------- Norton Trixie Leela Stella Penelope Ally
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/09/12 07:52 PM
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This thread was started over a year ago. Doesn't even look like the OP is still an active member..??? If you really want to see pictures of gliders missing arms/legs for some reason, then there is a photo library in the amputation section of TSS: http://thesweetspot.forumotion.net/t1757-photo-library-amputation-and-amputee-gliders
~~ Val B ~~ 806-803-0318 Daily giving the abused, unloved, unwanted and neglected SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR SUGAR GROUP SURVEYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: My new baby with a missing arm
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05/09/12 10:08 PM
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Didn't see it has been going so long! Would have loved to see its sweet face! Btw... Have done many surveys! I hope I can help
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05/31/12 12:13 PM
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There's got so much to consider here!
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06/04/12 08:49 PM
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I have a female with 3 legs as well due to an accident at 5 weeks oop. Within a week, she learned how to adapt and she's really fast around the cage and doesn't even know she's handicapped. Baby will do fine.
Danielle G. USDA Breeder www.Mylittlesugarglider.comSlave to Sugar Gliders since 1997 = Abercrombie = Verbena = Saukura = Merry Christmas = Willie Wonka = Magdalena
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05/13/13 12:28 AM
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This is such a very sweet story! Please keep us updated!
"Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~Anatole France~ Cheryl and babies; Zoey and Onyx & Kitties: Samson and Delilah
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