Exotic Pet Info and Support

NotAnAverageGuy · 12-06-2009, 02:13 AM

Ok this thread we can use for exotic pets for informations sharing, rescue reports, etc.

I say exotic pets as in sugar gliders, etc but ferrets and snakes and fish and such animals that are non cat/dog are welcome here.

violaine · 12-06-2009, 12:19 PM

hallo NotAnAverageGuy-

thank you for starting this thread for those of us loving and living with exotic pets.

thought i would post some surgical info here, please.

guinea pigs are prone to lipomas/fatty tumours. usually, these are benign, can grow quite quickly, and their size can be impressive. moo.moo was the first to grow one, and it was on his side right on the border of fur marking from brown to black [made it difficult to visually detect]. it's very important to handle guinea pigs- inspect their bodies during nail trimming, for example.

here is how Moo.Moo was treated, sugically and medically:

isoflurane gas, lumpectomy-grade 1, buprenorphine injection, buprenophine sublingual dose [6], and baytril injection 22.7 MG/ML. the total cost for his procedure including one week of take home meds/total cost: 168$

stardust had a lipoma on his little elbow, which was easier to remove although it seemed much larger.

info for stardust:

intubation, electrocardiogram, lumpectomy-grade 1, torbutrol 1 mg tablets
[2], and torp inj/total cost: 97$.

star had very little medication therapy, and the hardest part was suture removal! moo's came out effortlessly, however. star had to be taken in to the vet hospital for the few remaining sutures i could not get free [too worried about reopening the incision site].

hope this info may be of help to anyone with a sweet little guinea pig. i sure love them to pieces.

take care, and thank you for this topic!

belle

NotAnAverageGuy · 12-06-2009, 04:56 PM

Your quite welcome Belle!!!!

For sugar gliders:

http://www.hopeforgliders.org/ - thats the Texas rescue I support, Angie has alot on her hands and kudos to her for doing this.

http://www.sugarglider.com/

More general info on them, so ironically called gliderpedia

http://www.sugar-gliders.com/

my favorite site to buy products from

Please neuter your males, if you do not plan to breed and become a breeder. Some states gliders are illegal and some you have to have USDA documents in order to own them, please do not make the mistakes others have made and put these animals in future harm. Exotic pets like these DEPEND on us more than some dogs and cats and other animals do, without OUR help and our love, these guys can not survive in the USA.

violaine · 12-08-2009, 01:43 PM

i like eavesdropping on pig talks at night. they have a lot to discuss about new designs [cardboard box chewing].

they snore.

Andrew, Jr. · 12-08-2009, 01:51 PM

I love to read about animals. I find them so comforting. Where do you find sugar gliders? I have never heard of these animals before. Never. This is the first time. How big do they get? And what do they look like?

Belle,
I always think about your babies, Star Dust and Moo-Moo. I laughed when you told me they snored. That was a hoot. Now that is just more to love about them! Give them tons of oxox for me!

Love,
Andrew

NotAnAverageGuy · 12-08-2009, 09:31 PM

Read the links I provided above they have info on them

NotAnAverageGuy · 12-08-2009, 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by violaine

i like eavesdropping on pig talks at night. they have a lot to discuss about new designs [cardboard box chewing].

they snore.

I listen to the suggies every night since they are nocturnal, they bark, chirp, chatter and crab at each other, I have become so atuned to them I often block them out.

NotAnAverageGuy · 12-09-2009, 05:59 PM

I swear shopping for the glider is fun in a way, I buy their food when I buy mine and they eat cheaper and HEALTHIER than I do.

Speaking of I have to hunt down some watermelon when I go out in a bit to get me some groceries, the suggs LOVE watermelon.

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NotAnAverageGuy Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Trans Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 1,723 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 109 Thanked 282 Times in 178 Posts Rep Power: 0	Your quite welcome Belle!!!! For sugar gliders: http://www.hopeforgliders.org/ - thats the Texas rescue I support, Angie has alot on her hands and kudos to her for doing this. http://www.sugarglider.com/ More general info on them, so ironically called gliderpedia http://www.sugar-gliders.com/ my favorite site to buy products from Please neuter your males, if you do not plan to breed and become a breeder. Some states gliders are illegal and some you have to have USDA documents in order to own them, please do not make the mistakes others have made and put these animals in future harm. Exotic pets like these DEPEND on us more than some dogs and cats and other animals do, without OUR help and our love, these guys can not survive in the USA.

12-08-2009, 01:43 PM	#4
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,294 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	i like eavesdropping on pig talks at night. they have a lot to discuss about new designs [cardboard box chewing]. they snore.

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12-09-2009, 05:59 PM	#8
NotAnAverageGuy Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Trans Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 1,723 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 109 Thanked 282 Times in 178 Posts Rep Power: 0	I swear shopping for the glider is fun in a way, I buy their food when I buy mine and they eat cheaper and HEALTHIER than I do. Speaking of I have to hunt down some watermelon when I go out in a bit to get me some groceries, the suggs LOVE watermelon.