{"topic_id":"exotic_sugar_glider_self_mutilation","category":"exotic-pet-health","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_sugar_glider_self_mutilation\ncategory: exotic-pet-health\ntitle: \"Sugar glider self-mutilation: tail-base/limb trauma in intact males lacking access to females\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Sugar glider self-mutilation: tail-base/limb trauma in intact males lacking access to females\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 90\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand extracted text)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Sugar glider self-mutilation: tail-base/limb trauma in intact males lacking access to females\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/sugar-gliders\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  doc_type: \"veterinary reference (professional version)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Sugar glider self-mutilation: tail-base/limb trauma in intact males lacking access to females\n\nVerbatim first-hand facts extracted from the Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand saved source `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt`). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified.\n\n## Verbatim clinical facts (C1 substrings of source_file)\n> Sexually mature male sugar gliders that lack access to females might self-mutilate the tail base, limbs, scrotum, penis, or perineum and can develop paraphimosis, in which the penis remains extruded from the cloaca and becomes traumatized and devitalized, necessitating amputation.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt` (first-hand Merck Veterinary Manual text).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `Sexually mature male sugar gliders that lack access to females might self-mutilate the tail base, limbs, scrotum, penis, or perineum and can develop paraphimosis, in which the penis remains extruded from the cloaca and becomes traumatized and devitalized, necessitating amputation.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-health — Sugar glider self-mutilation: tail-base/limb trauma in intact males lacking access to females (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-health","title":"Sugar glider self-mutilation: tail-base/limb trauma in intact males lacking access to females","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/sugar-gliders","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand extracted text)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (first-hand extracted text)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_sugarglider_disease.txt","tokens_estimated":90,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}