Savoy Truffle...

I don't really feel like blogging today, but I'm going to. Things are still really sensitive when it comes to Sally. I almost made it through an entire day yesterday without crying, but I knew it was inevitable. It's still so hard to believe she's gone. Her sister, Emilie, is taking it really hard. I know you all probably think I'm crazy, but it's true. She's just lying around and looks lost. Melissa and Chelsea are both consoling her, or so it seems. They lay their heads on her and just stay close.

It's extremely hard on me to be without Sally, but imagine those 3. They've spent their entire lives with her, every day since birth basically. I can't imagine what they feel and it breaks my heart that I can't ease their pain and suffering.

Speaking of suffering, poor Pip is having tooth issues again. He's lost a significant amount of weight and can't eat well at all. His teeth are extremely sensitive to cold foods -- we've all been there before. We put him in a cage by himself for a couple days to see just how much he's eating. The first day of giving him his regular food was a big eye opener -- he didn't eat much at all! The next day I cut his food up extremely small in hopes of him being able to eat it easier. After doing that and cleaning his teeth every other day, he finally started to eat a LOT! Like almost everything.

He still needed to be checked by the vet to make sure everything was okay. Since he's been drooling a lot lately and Sadie's fur has been greasy, we decided to just get fecals while we were there as well. Luckily everything is doing well. She acknowledged that he was having some teeth issues and said that there's a good chance there's irritation that may be causing an underlying infection, so she put him on antibiotics and sent us on our way.

If this doesn't help, we'll take him back for an ex-ray and maybe a blood smear.

Love & Peace

-Megan

Some pictures of the drive home. These are of Saint Francois river on C highway:

Just a sample of how cold it's been.

I like this one.

Now for the DELICIOUS cake that LaVaghn made. It's an Almond Joy cake and yes, it's just as delicious as it looks:

Here's our fancy Almond Joy cake.

I think it turned out quite pretty.

I like this picture. I think it turned out quite nice. Cake photography has never been my thing, though.

Sugar glider tooth problems...

I've kept myself fairly busy today, I started with cleaning up around the house, then I made my way to the glider room where I decided to trim nails, change pouches, and weigh everyone. I even managed to set aside enough time to take some pictures of the joeys. I know, I deserve an award.

The main reason I decided to trim nails is because of Pip, who has been a tad under the weather lately. He's been having teeth problems for a couple months now, but it seems to have gotten worse -- much worse. He seemed frail to me, so I decided to weigh him. I was right, he's lost 13 grams! And all of this due to tartar build up... it's so depressing.

I talked to Val (renowned glider-illness expert) and explained the situation to her. Luckily -- but not -- she's experienced something similar with a glider of hers, Cheddar. She recommended I talk to the vet about a clorhexadine rinse and the use of Gum-Soft Picks. As soon as I got done talking to her, I went and bought two 80 packs of the picks. They work great to clean the tartar out from between his front teeth. Of course, he's not happy about it, but it does help him eat better.

And since he is having so much problem eating anything solid, we deiced to switch him an Sadie from HPW (which is liquid) to Reep's. Now I'm sure most of you don't remember, but we fed Reep's for a short period of time back in the winter of 2010. One batch just does not make enough for the number of gliders we have, so we stuck with HPW. The only reason we're feeding him this now is because it's a hearty diet. It has baby food, baby cereal, and a couple other things. We're hoping that it will help him put on some more weight. Only time will tell.

Well, since I'm done with my chores for the day, I believe I'm going to have a little "me" time and go play The Last of Us...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here's Petra:

Avery:

Harper:

And lastly, our POP! Television Funk Supernatural, Sam and Dean: