Nala passed over the Rainbow Bridge last month. I found her hanging on just outside the cage Saturday night, she must have been hiding in a pouch when I took it out for cleaning (she usually sleeps in the cube and the pouch was so light I didn't think to look in it). She was looking weak; I thought dehydrated so I immediately got the water bottle and brought it to her mouth. She drank a LOT then crawled away in the cage.
Unfortunately, my exotic
vet is closed on Sunday and none of the emergency
vets in town are prepared for sugar gliders. I should have thought to make some liquid formula for her but at the time I thought she just needed water and rest. I had meetings at the office Monday morning but managed to get an appointment at my
vet at lunch time so picked up both gliders (wanted Reuel to keep her company) and headed over to the
vet with the gliders in a pouch in a small travel cage. About halfway to the
vet, Reuel came exploding out of the pouch and was bouncing all over the travel cage like a rubber ball. I knew that was a bad sign but got to
vet and had a tech looking at her but at that point she was gone and cold.
What with the government shut down, I didn't have anything on my plate for the afternoon so I drove Reuel back home to put him back away in the flight cage then drove Nala up to Fort Collins for a necropsy.
Unfortunately, the necropsy was inconclusive. Beyond her being thin, the summary of findings was
1. Esophagus: Moderate to marked multifocal chronic lymphoplasmacytic esophagitis.
2. Small and large intestine: Mild to moderate chronic eosinophilic and lymphoplasmacytic enterocolitis.
3. Lung: Focal bronchioloalveolar adenoma.
4. Kidney: Minimal to mild lymphoplasmacytic interstitial nephritis
I can provide the final report to whoever is collecting them. In the meantime, Reuel seems to be healthy and he's still playing on the wheel nightly.
Anson 
T'Pol, Elizabeth & Curzon 
TY, TJ, Light Fury, Madison & T'Pring 
