Sugar glider nutritional osteodystrophy
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*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Pet sugar gliders maintained on a mainly fruit diet containing few gut-loaded insects or other protein sources are very susceptible to nutritional osteodystrophy (nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism). *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* This condition results from an imbalance in dietary calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D and manifests clinically as posterior paresis progressing to hindlimb paralysis, muscle tremors, pathological bone fractures, and in some advanced cases seizures.