READ MORE: Avian pox can leave eagles suffering in silenceĭespite how exotic sugar gliders are, this is not the first Moore has had at the refuge, and there are various sugar glider owners across the Island. “So few vets care for these guys, so the vet cost is very expensive.” “We totally understand,” said Moore of the sugar glider arriving at the rescue. This will help with finding the animal a new home, said Moore. Though this sugar glider coming to Moore without any information, she still hopes that the animal’s owner will contact her, even anonymously, to describe how the animal was injured, her age, what its temperament is normally like and other information. Though the sugar glider will still be able to glide through the air, she will have to adapt to balancing while perched or climbing around branches. “She’ll just be a little bit of a stumpy.” “They are not like reptiles where their tail will grow back,” said Moore. Unfortunately, it’s a permanent injury, she said.
FLYING SUGAR GLIDER SKIN
“Rabbits get it where if a predator grabs them, the whole skin and flesh (can come off).” “Tail de-gloving,” Moore called it, where the skin and flesh has, in this case, come off the sugar glider’s tail. The sugar glider, small enough to fit in one hand, also had an injury. “We just found her in a box on the doorstep with no note.”
“A couple of days ago, she was either dropped off during the night or early morning,” said Moore, the owner/operator of Flying Fur Animal Rescue and Refuge in Parksville. It’s called a sugar glider - a tiny marsupial that looks similar to a flying squirrel, but is in fact related to kangaroos and koalas, also coming from Australia. It’s not the first time Leah Moore has had an animal dropped at her door.īut the latest pet to arrive is one of the rarer ones she’s ever come across.