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Egg yolk?
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08/25/11 12:58 PM
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JazzNZoeysMom
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Whenever I hear of anyone giving gliders eggs, it's always scrambled or hard boiled. I'm wondering why we don't cook them overeasy so the yolk is runny & let them lap that up since they are sap suckers? Just wondering...
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Re: Egg yolk?
[Re: JazzNZoeysMom]
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08/25/11 01:27 PM
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With "over easy" eggs, the yolks still have the potential for carrying live salmonella bacteria. It isn't recommended for anyone or any species to eat raw/undercooked eggs.
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Re: Egg yolk?
[Re: JazzNZoeysMom]
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08/25/11 02:02 PM
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That's actually a good question and a good answer. Keep in mind the size of our sugar gliders. Even thought the amount of bacteria left in a yolk may not affect us as humans, it could harm them. I also keep that in mind, when feeding certain fruit and veggies that are know to contain the highest amounts of pesticides. They "statistically" don't harm us. But personally, I think they do long term. And for our tiny fuzzies, I think it probably affects them a lot faster since they're so small. So for the highest pesticide containing foods I try to buy organic when they're available if I can. Just my opinion.....
Last edited by yiyo; 08/25/11 02:03 PM.
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Re: Egg yolk?
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08/26/11 04:57 AM
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That's actually a good question and a good answer. Keep in mind the size of our sugar gliders. Even thought the amount of bacteria left in a yolk may not affect us as humans, it could harm them. I also keep that in mind, when feeding certain fruit and veggies that are know to contain the highest amounts of pesticides. They "statistically" don't harm us. But personally, I think they do long term. And for our tiny fuzzies, I think it probably affects them a lot faster since they're so small. So for the highest pesticide containing foods I try to buy organic when they're available if I can. Just my opinion..... Yep.
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Re: Egg yolk?
[Re: JazzNZoeysMom]
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08/26/11 09:48 AM
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I definitely understand the point about the hazardous bacteria and I would never give my babies raw egg, but when I read this post, a question popped into my head: don't they eat raw egg and other creatures in the wild? Wouldn't their bodies be more combative of harmful bacteria than ours? I know that this is the case with dogs, cats, and other animals, I do not see why it wouldn't be the same for sugar gliders. Obviously, it is a dumb risk to take, since it doesn't take much to cook an egg, but I was just wondering.
Jenny Mom to sugar gliders Flower , Meeko , Freedom Skipper and Ava as well as 2 dogs, Coco and Macey seven cats, Chica, Nala, Balls, Belly, Princesa, Kitten little, and OJ an Amazon parrot, Pancho and a cockatiel, Pio
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Re: Egg yolk?
[Re: JazzNZoeysMom]
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08/26/11 10:39 AM
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Most dogs, cats, and other domestic animals are not wild caught and they have an innate "immunity" to to these bacteria.
In fact, it is not actually an immunity per se, because it is not the white blood cells in these animals that fight off the bacterial infection. It is actually the acidity in their GI tract that does not allow the bacteria to thrive an infect the body. Most animals have this system that kills off most (not all) bacteria before it can even multiply through the body and become an infection.
And again, I was just wondering out loud to get people's opinion. That in no way means that I would ever try to give my babies raw anything!
Jenny Mom to sugar gliders Flower , Meeko , Freedom Skipper and Ava as well as 2 dogs, Coco and Macey seven cats, Chica, Nala, Balls, Belly, Princesa, Kitten little, and OJ an Amazon parrot, Pancho and a cockatiel, Pio
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Re: Egg yolk?
[Re: JazzNZoeysMom]
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08/26/11 11:31 AM
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It is actually the acidity in their GI tract that does not allow the bacteria to thrive an infect the body. Dogs CAN get salmonella. So can gliders. (so can humans). They can also get other food born illnesses including campylobacter and most seriously, e.coli. Each of these are destroyed by high temperatures. That is why it is important to fully cook meats/eggs.
620-704-9109 Judge not until you have walked in their shoes and lived their lives. What you see online is only part of the story.
I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
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