QUOTE(yueyi5730 @ Dec 7 2010, 12:54 AM)
Erm wat about fruits and liquid food u give?having diahrea?u sure it's dehydration?if normally u give liquid food and fruits that has a lot of juice they dun drink much water..
overseas they use unflavoured pedialyte to cure dehyration...Malaysia has oral rehydration salt we normally called it ORS...can be bought in farmacy
i'm not sure it's the same or not coz i never seen pedialyte b4..in US pedialyte is use for babies and some sportsmen..pedialyte formula is high sodium and potassium low sucrose..a new improved formula used for dehydration from diahrea...I dunno if it can be used but the content dont sound harmful to me coz it's just replenishing the electrolytes and water in the body
hmm they dont seem to get diarrhea, but their body are shrink a little bit. btw i just stop mix the gatorade afraid if they will get long term effect and to make sure they consume enuff water im giving them jambu air. but in certain forum i google they recommend the flavoured gatorade so tats y im giving them.
Added on December 7, 2010, 3:30 pmQUOTE(emino @ Dec 7 2010, 05:57 AM)
Its normal for gliders not to consume lots of waters, since theres plenty enough for them in their fruits. Adding gatorade, which was formulated for sportsmen could be dangerous for their heart in the long run due to the isotonic content. And too much water is bad to sugar gliders too, as they could easily have diarrhea. As you mentioned, they will drink lots of water if you put gatorade.
As a general rule, NEVER give something that is especially made for human to a glider, without referring to a vet first.
owh i c tat, just giving them jambu air to make sure they consume some water. tnx for the advice
This post has been edited by dragorc: Dec 7 2010, 03:35 PM