Presenting problem: Paresis, Paralysis, and Tremors in Sugar Gliders

The sugar glider is a small, nocturnal marsupial native to New Guinea and Australia. Sugar gliders are omnivores that eat arthropods and plant products, such as eucalyptus phloem sap, manna, honeydew, nectar, and pollen in the wild. Although there is little medical information available on sugar gliders in captivity, nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism or metabolic bone disease is recognized as a common problem in this species . . .


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Pollock CG. Presenting problem: Paresis, paralysis, and tremors in sugar gliders. August 15, 2012. LafeberVet Web site. Available at https://lafeber.com/vet/presenting-problem-paresis-paralysis-and-tremors-in-sugar-gliders/