Reproductive

Figure 4. Elizabethan collar to assist in preventing trauma to the operation site. This is rarely needed with appropriate analgesia. Sugar gliders can often reach most body parts even with an Elizabethan collar fitted.

Neutering sugar gliders

It has been documented that a sugar glider should be fasted for approximately 4 hours before anaesthesia for castration (Pye and Carpenter, 1999). However, in the authors' experience, because of the...

Figure 1. Many determined female birds may sit for prolonged periods of time on clutches of infertile eggs. Brooding behaviours are stimulated primarily by prolactin

Avian reproductive disorders

Reproductive disease is common in birds. Medical management, such as the use of GnRH agonists can be useful in the treatment of some disorders. However, a considerable amount of further research is...