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frothy or curdled appearance.- With oral thrush it can result in the mouth becoming sore, ulcers, and/or white plaquesor crusting around the mouth and rust coloured crusty discharge.Diagnosis: - Diagnosis is made through Gram stains of the faeces or oral cavity with highnumbers of budding yeasts being used to confirm the diagnosis. The organisms are about half thesize of a red blood cell and stain blue-purple. It should be noted that Candida is normally presentin the gastrointestinal tract. Low numbers in faecal smears does not necessarily indicate aproblemTreatment: -Can be given Nilstat Oral Drops (Wyeth Ayerst for Woman’s Health) orMycostatin Oral Drops (Bristol-Myers squib Pharmaceuticals) at 0.1 – 0.5 ml/kgorally 3 times aday for over 3 – 5 days. Failure of a Candia associated diarrhoea to resolve nystatin provides analert to concurrent diseases such as salmonellosis.Prevention: - Frequently clean the glider so that excess milk formula or urine and faeces do notbuild up. It is also important to minimize stress, which reduces the animal’s ability to fightinfection. Refer to section 9.6 for signs of stress.Note: To prevent the spread of disease high levels of hygiene should be maintained by pickingup faeces and spent food. New arrivals should be placed in quarantined before entering thecollection. Gliders that are sick or suspected to be sick are to be removed and placed inquarantine.# Nutritional Osteodystrophy (hind limb paralysis)Cause: Appears to be due to a calcium deficient diet that often only contains fruit and meat.Nocturnal animals are known to rely on gut absorption of Vitamin D3, rather than skinabsorption of ultraviolet light to convert Vitamin D1 to D3. Diets should contain approximately1% calcium, 0.5% phosphorous and 1500 IU/Kg of Vitamin D3 on a dry weight basis.Signs: - Sudden onset of hind limb weakness or paralysis (Jackson.S.M.Ed.2003).- Fractured bones, Tremors, Lethargy (ISGA, 28/2/2004)Diagnosis: - Radiography of vertebral, pelvic, and long bones demonstrating osteoporosis.Spinal trauma is a differential diagnosis.Treatment: - Cases identified early may respond to a high calcium, additional vitamin D3 dietand strict cage rest.Prevention: - providing adequate calcium in the diet can prevent Hind limb paralysis. Insectsfed out should be supplemented with calcium. Dusting the insects with calcium is less reliablethan feeding (gut loading) high calcium diet 48 hours before they are fed out.# ObesityCause: - Excess food consumption and the wrong diet that is too high in fat.Signs: - weight gain and lethargy.Treatment: - Difficult because they live in family groups. Feed a diet lower in nutrient andencourage the glider to exercise.Prevention: - Feed a correct and balanced diet.-Daily observations of animals and their feeding behaviour.28
-Design enclosures to comply with EAPA standards and promote appropriateamount of exercise. Separation of obese animals from group is not a good option as itdifficult to reintroduce gliders because of aggression, and when the glider renters the groupthe problem will recur. (Pers com. Wendy Gleen).(Jackson.S.M, Ed. 2003; ISGA 2004; Lindenmayer.D, Ed. 2002)8.5 Quarantine RequirementsNewly received animals should be quarantined to prevent contact with existing animals untiltheir health has been evaluated.Veterinary staff should perform the following procedures if appropriate- Physical examination- Clinical and laboratory tests for disease- Treatment for internal and external parasites- Evaluation of age, sex, and teeth.- Marking for permanent identificationAnimals already in the exhibit may need to be isolated from time to time if they are known to be,or suspected of, carrying a disease. Separate quarantine facilities will be necessary for theseanimals. Quarantine should be at leased 30 days and this varies depending on the disease andseverity of it (Jackson.S.M, Ed. 2003).9 Behaviour9.1 ActivityThe squirrel glider is nocturnal and is generally active from dusk until dawn. During the daygliders reside in their dens. Sixty percent of the gliders nocturnal activities are taken up withfeeding/foraging. Squirrel gliders will forage in the middle and lower strata of the forest. Manyobservations occur between 25 – 35 meters above the ground (Blue Mountains WildernessService Pty Ltd). Squirrel gliders go into torpor when temperatures are low and in periods wherefood is scarce.29
Page 1 and 2: Husbandry ManualForSquirrel Glider.
Page 3 and 4: 7.1 TIMING OF CAPTURE AND HANDLING
Page 5 and 6: 1 IntroductionGeneral FeaturesGroup
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Page 12 and 13: Other Dietary ComponentsSquirrel gl
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Page 16 and 17: 4.8 Nest boxes and/or Bedding Mater
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Page 20 and 21: • Leadbeater’s mix150 millilitr
Page 22 and 23: 7 Handling and Transport7.1 Timing
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Page 26 and 27: • Pulse rate - normally 200 - 300
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