I had not heard to this before so wanted to see if anyone else had.
I met with a couple earlier today who had just taken their glider to see the vet. They had two gliders in one of the cages supplied by PPP. They discovered their little guy had woven his arm through the bars. These cages have the horizonal and vertical bars which prevented the little guy from getting his arm disentangled.
They had to literally cut the cage wire which showed signs of where the glider had chewed on the wire trying to get free. Luckily, they caught this quickly and were able to cut out the section of wire before he could self-mutilate. The xrays showed no break, but the vet advised keeping him in a small cage to allow the tendons time to heal. They were also given an anti-inflammatory, probably metacam.
I have cages with this same wire pattern (but powder-coated) that I use for re-homes, but now I'm somewhat concerned.
Anyone else heard of this happening?