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Health Sugar Glider Diet & Nutrition 101, What do you feed your gliders and why

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eric138
post Mar 6 2009, 07:40 AM

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QUOTE(babydugong @ Mar 5 2009, 06:27 PM)
Sounds delicious. Can't wait for my gliders to try it.
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ya..sound delicious until i feel like trying it ler...
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post Mar 6 2009, 10:48 AM

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haha..nezu sunday coming or not ah..bring ur taro...and bibi and kiro.. i wan see bibi fly on fan...

haha..watever chicken pop ke, smoothies ke...watever that can eat i also wan...hahhaha...

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post Mar 6 2009, 11:23 AM

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haha..u mean taro eat alot or nezu eat a lot?
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post Jun 4 2009, 12:16 AM

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what u mean by feeding what in FIRST MONTH?

2month OOP glider u can feed solid fruits & vege and daily staple diet already.

I am feeding this to 4 of my gliders.

Daily:

1) HPW with Glider Booster

2) 2-3 Mealworms

3) Mixed Fruits and Vege

Alternate Days:

1) Small Carnivore Food ( when i don feed any insects on that day0

2) Pure Acacia Gum

3) Gliderade (twice a week)

4) Glider-Cal
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post Jun 4 2009, 01:01 AM

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Yup. You can keep inside ur bedroom. Most of the owner keep in the room.

You can pm me for other questions. Becoz it's bit off topic coz this is Glider Diet thread. biggrin.gif
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post Jun 6 2009, 10:36 AM

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You shouldnt mix feeding two diet, such as HPW and Slurp. If i am not mistaken, Slurp is modified from BML..

I think you should try mmore vege such as french bean, sweet potato, sweet pea and etc.. Try to explore which vege they are more keen..

Be creative, think of more variety of fruits...trust me, she will get bored one day...hahaha..

You can give HPW a try if you wan, since a lot people giving positive reviews after swapping from BML diet.

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post Jun 14 2009, 11:59 PM

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You nid to slwly intro new food to ur glider, not all glider can pick up new food instantly, most of them are picky eater.

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The color of HPW is something like tat..the one in saucer plate..color may be vary coz we are using different honey...

But it should be yellowish...
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post Jun 15 2009, 01:25 AM

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If you put it at night, then discard all leftover of fruits and HPW second day morning.

Urs is more to orange mayb it's becoz of the honey.. And, u using starter kit, so mayb u blend not even enuf...

Am i Off Topic?? Erm..other question than Diet we talk in pm or msn la.

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post Jun 15 2009, 10:36 AM

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He using instant, and Capilano Honey..

Btw, last time when i use Capilano, the honey color actually faded from tiem to time.. T-T


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post Jun 16 2009, 08:36 AM

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wat do u mean by mixed hpw?

Don give timun la...doesnt reallly contains much nutrition for gliders. For more choices on vege u can try carrot, french bean, sweet potato, sweet peas and etc..

Do not feed carrot and sweet potato everyday as they contains high oxalates.

Ur joey is really small now, is not fully weaned joey. So her stomach is still haven fully develop yet, the 1 1/2 teaspoon is for fully 2months OOP glider portion.

Usually i would suggest you to feed with Wombaroo Milk Replacer first.. I used it before, very good and it helps a lot for underaged glider.

For the spoon, i think u better use back the small spoon given, unless u got the proper measuring spoon.. If you r using inproper spoon to mix, the amount of portion u giving might be less/more and the nutrition absord is thrown out...
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post Jun 17 2009, 12:41 AM

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Wombaroo Possum Milk Replacer is quite good, esp for those joey who detached from the mother earlier... It helps a lot in joey development. You can consider bout it.

Is ok if she cant finish the hpw now, since the portion is for adult glider. Mayb u can give 1teaspoon first...then only slow add on to 1 1/2 when u realise she finish up the hpw from time to time..
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post Jun 17 2009, 08:33 AM

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Check on the website for the price. Not to say risk her life but better for her health.

Yeah 1 teaspoon... A fully developed glider's stomach size is about our thumb size... So u imagine urself how big is ur glider stomach now..
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post Jun 18 2009, 04:29 PM

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What diet are u feeding your glider first?

Some diet do not need to supplement extra calcium such as HPW. biggrin.gif
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post Jul 6 2009, 01:19 AM

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U hav to stop feeding HPW if you are feeding slurp.

When we say feed 'at the same time', it doesnt mean tat u feed on the 'same' day or 'same' time..

Even if you Mon wed fri feeding hpw, Tue thur sat feed slurp..this is consider mix feeding 2 diet too.

And the nutrition balance will be thrown out. Make ur choice and stick with one diet. This is the basic rule of Glider Diet.
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post Jul 6 2009, 01:49 AM

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Both diet ingredients are different~ One contains calcium supplement, one does not.. one contains high protein one does not..

That is why we r not allowed to mix feeding diet...

And, if u keep swapping the diet like tat, it's not good for ur glider's digestive systems. Both contains totally different ingredients.
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post Jul 6 2009, 11:57 PM

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Famy,

If u feed slurp and HPW at the same time, the calcium may be overdose.. And besides that, for slurp i think u nid to feed other protein source such as mealworms and eggs..

But HPW, not only provides the protein, it has calcium within the diet too.

Unless, the slurp is only fruits/vege blended smoothie..without any added supplements.. then u can use it together with HPW.
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post Jul 7 2009, 01:14 AM

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HPW diet contains honey , bee pollen as well...
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post Jul 8 2009, 09:13 PM

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We shouldn't feed our glider RAW honey.

MUST use processed honey for ur HPW. U use one 500g bottle of honey for one batch of HPW, which last about 4months for one glider.

You calculate, actually your glider doesnt really consume a lot honey perday.

It's not good to OVERFEED anything, no matter fruits or supplement. biggrin.gif
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post Jul 10 2009, 01:44 AM

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Gliders are picky eater, sometime even if we prepare and provide them well balanced fruits and vege, they will choose those they like and eat.. and this lead to nutrition lacking if happens for long period..

Glider Booster is a supplement that actually helps to replenish the nutrition that your glider lack or short of.. To ensure they get all the nutrition they need. biggrin.gif
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post Jul 24 2009, 01:26 AM

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Smoothie is a term that we used for 'blended fruits and vege' ..

Glider are picky eater, so sometime they don eat those fruits/vege that we give..So you can blend some fruits and vege together, with some yogurt/honey/juices... then keep inside freezer.. so it becomes fruit smoothie~

U can use ur own imagination and create ur own recipe.

But the 'smoothie' u see here are Uncle Taro Smoothie. it's a product created by Nezumitaro. The smoothie is glider staple diet- BML Diet.

Before that, glider owner feeding BML diet becoz petshack haven bring in HPW yet.

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