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HELP WITH NEW JOEY!!!

PostPosted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 11:11 pm
by tonknhoney
hello, I am new here. Not sure if I am DOING THIS RIGHT BUT.....I AM LOOKING FOR SOME HELP CONCERNING MY PREGNANT GLIDER (TONKA).I HAVE ONLY HAD HER FOR ABOUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS. WHEN i GOT HER SHE WAS ALREADY PREGNANT. SHE BONDED JUST FINE WITH THE FEMALE GLIDER (HONEYBOOBOO) THAT I HAVE HAD FOR 1.5 YEARS. I DIDNT REALIZE TONKA WAS PREGNANT UNTIL I SAW A TAIL STICKING OUT OF HER POUCH. TONKA IS A TAME GLIDER THAT ALLOWS ME TO HANDLE AND FEED HER BY HAND. HONEYBOOBOO HOWEVER IS NOT TAME AND I CAN NOT PICK HER UP WITHOUT HER BITING ME.

MY CONCERN IS WITH TONKA AND HER JOEY. I HAVE RECENTLY TAKEN HONEYBOOBOO OUT OF THEIR CAGE AND PUT HER INTO HER OWN CAGE TO AVOID JOEY STEALING. BUT I AM CONCERNED FOR TONKA BC SHE IS ONLY ABOUT 11-12 MONTHS OLD, FIRST TIME MOTHER WITH NO FATHER TO HELP HER RAISE THE JOEY. TOMORROW I WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A JOEY RESCUE KIT, JUST IN CASE.

ON 4/23/2014 I CHECKED ON TONKA AND SHE CAME OUT OF HER CAGE AND CUDDLED IN MY SHIRT, TO MY AMAZEMENT SHE ROLLED ONTO HER BACK AND OUT COMES THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE JOEY. SHE LOOKED AT ME AND WATCHED TO SEE IF I WAS GOING TO TOUCH THEY JOEY (WHICH I DIDNT) SHE QUICKLY GOT THE JOEY BACK INTO HER POUCH AND I PLACED HER BACK INTO HER CAGE.

TONKA AND HONEYBOOBOO HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR EACH OTHER, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN EYESIGHT OF ONE ANOTHER. I DONT WANT TO STRESS EITHER ONE OUT SEEING AS THEY ARE EACH OTHERS CAGE MATES.
IS IT BEST THAT I KEEP THEM SEPARATED EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO FATHER ?
ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC SIGNS I SHOULD WATCH FOR FROM TONKA?
IF HONEYBOOBOO HASNT ALREADY TRIED TO BABY STEAL FROM TONKA, SEEING THAT THE JOEY IS ABOUT 8-9 WEEKS IP, IS THERE A CHANCE SHE STILL MIGHT?

SORRY THIS IS SOOOO LONG !!
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

Re: HELP WITH NEW JOEY!!!

PostPosted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:57 pm
by Cora
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