Newborn Pup
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Help! Just brought home SG and shes acting strange!
I just bought my first sugar glider. Its about a 40 minute drive to the petstore where I bought her and we came home with the windows down so she was cool... But she was put into her new cage and she started lying on her back! She was panting, then her breathing slowed. I squirted her a little with a bit of water, and she started drinking it but I have water in the cage. Can this be just shock? Now she's hanging on the side of the cage, but she's not really moving around. I know they're nocturnal, and maybe I'm just overly worried, but if anyone has any advice please share! Thanks!
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Paw-Talk Addict
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Sounds like she's really, really freaked out. You should probably just leave her alone and let her calm down.
Newborn Pup
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Thanks, I have been! 
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Rodentologist
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Definitely give her some time to calm down because she's had a very rough day.
They're social animals that do better in groups, so she's alone and frightened, and most likely came from a pet mill so may even be ill. Do you have a sugar glider vet lined up?
They're social animals that do better in groups, so she's alone and frightened, and most likely came from a pet mill so may even be ill. Do you have a sugar glider vet lined up?
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Aug 2010
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I've got a vet that I interned with who would look at her, but I'm not sure how much experience she has.. but the closest exotic hospital is 50 minutes away, and I don't want to take her there for a few days because I don't want her to stress anymore than need be.
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Is there a reason you got only one? Being alone must be really stressful for her 
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Yeah, I know they're social but shes the only sugar glider within a 100 mile radius. I'm getting another one asap, but the breeder that supplies the store isn't planning on another till Christmas. She'll get lots of human attention though, and I imagine thats alot better than the petstore.
Newborn Pup
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I'm really deep in the back woods of West Virginia.
Rodentologist
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Just keep in mind that if she IS sick, waiting a few days will probably mean that she then may be too ill to treat.
We are as gods to the beasts of the fields. We order the time o' their birth and the time o' their death. Between times, we ha' a duty. - Terry Pratchett.
"Men have forgotten this truth", said the fox, "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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do you have a snuggle sack for her to climb into, you may want to put her in it and leave her alone.
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Yep, I've got a side cage pouch, two hammocks, a pillow, and a sleeping bacg just lying on the bottom, which she loves. She's been eating good, played all night (I got up alot to watch her), and shes showing a little of the aggressiveness the store warned me of, but I'm guessing that means she feels better! And I've got an appointment for Monday. Thanks guys, its greatly appreciated! 
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I'm glad to hear she's doing better .
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Newborn Pup
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let her calm down she sounds very scared! kinda like my hamster when i go into the room good luck!
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I say she is diffidently scared.... and probably over heated.
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