First, the colony I am speaking of had two males and two females. I hope
               this story helps you. A while back, I had one of my male sugar gliders
               begin acting ill (wasn't moving around like he usually did), I went on
               vacation giving the pet sitter strict instructions to watch him and if
               anything else arose to take him to a vet, well the pet sitter came in one
               day to feed them and the male was dead on the floor of his cage with his
               eyes eaten out. This was traumatic to me, I have owned sugar gliders for
               four years and they have always been healthy and happy. So, Then a few
               weeks later, I found another male of the same colony, in very poor
               condition he had been absolutely fine the night before and it was just by
               chance that I had looked in on him at about 3 in the afternoon. He was
               barely moving and he had diarrhea and a distended abdomen. I called the
               only vet within 100 miles that treats these creatures and He was in
               surgery and unavailable, I begged the receptionist to just allow me to
               bring him in and let the Vet see him after the surgery but they told me he
               couldn't. So, I was stuck, I didn't want to take him on a 2 hour car ride in
               his condition. I held him, tried to administer fluids, and keep him warm. I
               held him for 8 hours straight and watched him slowly dying. If I had know
               that he was going to indeed die, I would have put him out of his misery,
               but I had no idea what was wrong with him. After 8 hours, he died. It was
               horrible, he convulsed the last 1/2 hour. Well, about 2 weeks later a
               female from the same colony began showing the same symptoms, just
               as the previous male, her health declined within hours. Plus, she began
               eating her own tail. I found her in this condition at midnight and again I
               couldn't take her to the vet for the nearest 24 hour vet service is 100
               miles away, I cared for her during the night and first thing the next morning
               we took her to the vet. He did not know the origin of the illness but he
               gave us Baytril syrup (which is an antibiotic) we gave her .15 cc by mouth
               two times a day. Plus we administered shots of Lactated ringers solution
               just under the skin to keep her hydrated. I took mixed baby cereal and
               watered it down until it was a liquid and added sugar glider vitamins and a
               calcium supplement, I had to manually force fed her with a syringe cause
               she didn't want to eat. I also gave her water and I took meal worms and
               took out all the gooshey insides and had her eat a few a day. I put her in a
               hospital tank and kept it warm. The first few days were hard, we didn't
               know if she was going to make it. But thank goodness she pulled through,
               this occurred 4 weeks ago and she is as healthy as can be ornery and
               adorable. She stopped eating her tail and she seems to be doing very
               well. Unfortunately we did not have my two that died autopsied so I do not
               know what this illness was. I hope that this helps someone. Always
               consult a vet, but if he is stumped you can always suggest what I did and
               see what he thinks. Thanks so much and I hope this helps you! Take
               care all