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Stort Sugar glider problem!

Hej har fått ett stort problem här hemma,  Jag har två honor som har fått ungar samtidigt för 2 veckor sedan, den ena av dessa honor har nyligen varit i bråk med en av dom andra suggisarna här hemma och fått ett stort sår på ryggen,  Var hos veterinär idag och han skrev ut pencillin/antibiotika till henne och sa samtidigt att vi skulle fösöka ha henne separerad ifrån dom andra i 2 veckor, även hennes ungar eftersom dom är på och slickar på såret på ryggen och då gör det värre. Det jag undrar är om man låter den skadades ungar vara med den andra honan som fick sina ungar samtidigt i 2 veckor under behandlingstiden, skulle den andra honan då ta hand om den skadades ungar?   Vet att vissa djur ibland tar hand om andras ungar av omtanke.

Även andra förslag på hur jag ska gå tillväga tar jag gärna även emotBehöver svar snabbt,

Ypsilon1
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I am going to answer in English, just to save time and to be more clear. It will all depend on the relationship that exists between the 2 girls. Did they take care of each other's babies before? Were they both living together with their babies in the same enclosure, so that you know they weren't going for each other's babies. Is there any visible competition over the male?

In the wild a sugar glider group is run by an alfa couple, meaning that the rest most often won't have babies on their own, but will take care of the babies in the group. It is common that the alfa female kills the babies of a competitor and then the entire group (mother included) eats them. Thus there is a risk that the other female will eat the babies.

In my group I have experienced both, the alfa female going after the babies of the other one, but also the subordinate female taking care of the alfa's babies, even nursing them. A reliable source with instructions on how to nurse a joey can be found here or here

I think you can check how things are going under supervision, if she's attacking the babies. If so, it might be the case that you have to nurse them for a couple of days, until the mother is recovering a bit.

Send me your address in a PM and tomorrow morning I can send you (express) milk powder (it's a milk replacer made especially for sugar gliders) with instructions. From Stockholm to Norrköping it should arrive the same day if i post it in the morning as express. You can get a nursing kit from any farmacy, just check the section where they hold animal items. Even after a couple of days when the babies will return to her mother, you can help her with the extra milk.

I wish her a fast recovery!

PS: personally I wouldn't dare to put the babies together with the other female. But you know them better and you know the dynamics in your own group, but even if the other female will accept the babies, you will still need milk supplement, since there will be no nipples available for the other two babies