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A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia #17161
02/03/04 01:21 AM
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Ok ya'll, I have been sending emails for a couple months now to different australian zoos and exotic vets to find out different diets that they feed down there. Just to compare, because obviously we do not have some of the same things here as they do. Anyway, without much luck I finally heard back from one who sent me a copy of the diet that they feed at the Healesville Sanctuary. I was rather surprised to see the menu and thought I would share with you all and get your feedback. I am NOT promoting this diet plan in anyway, just wanting to share. First I will post the first email I received from him. The article he is discussing it the one that can be found here, http://www.petswithhands.com/Diet.htm


From: ZVD&L
>To: 'Peggy Brewer'
>Subject: RE: Sugar glider questions Please help
>Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 14:13:01 +1100
>
>Hello Peggy,
>
>I have done a bit of a scan through the article that you have sent and also

>spoken to our keepers up at another of our sites called 'Healesville
>Sanctuary' (it is actually mentioned in the article). This is our
Australian
>native animal site and they have had Sugar Gliders for many years. They
also
>have wild ones living naturally in the grounds.
>
>I have asked a keeper at Healesville to photocopy the pages from their diet

>book so they can send them to me and I shall place them into a file and
>email them to you.
>
>In the mean time, from what the keeper told me, there is no vitamin D
>supplement in the mix. There are a few ingredients that are obtained from
>our local vegetation, which may be hard to substitute at first glance,
>however I think that from reading through the article, and assessing what I

>send to you, you should be able to come up with a good diet.
>
>When I receive the information from the keeper at Healesville I shall pass
>it on to you.
>
>Regards, Scott


Several weeks went by and I sent another email asking him for the diet plan. this is the email he sent back.


Hello Peggy,

Thankyou for the reminder. The diet sheet is sitting on my desk.

There are a few terms in the diet that may be specific to the Australian
context so I have asked the vets to fax me a copy of the breakdown of
contents which I shall pass on to you when it arrives ie nectar mix.

In the mean time here is the diet. There may be enough information here.

For more information contact SMTP:HSKeepers@zoo.org.au and this will
connect you to the Healesville Sanctuary Keepers.

Good Luck

Scott

Now for the diet plan he sent to me...


Healesville Sanctuary

diet Sheet

Species: Sugar Glider: Petaurus breviceps

Natural diet: Insects, pollen, nectar, sap, lerps

AD LIB: Water


Daily diet (per animal): 1 Dog chow/Eukanuba. (This is made by Iams (iams) which is a US company so you should be able to get a US equivalent. It is a veterinary grade dog chow

6g Fruit, chopped (1tablespoon / 15ml)

5ml Nectar Mix*

1g Fly Pupae (1/4 tea spoon 1-2ml)

5g Corn ( thin sliced into Ľ slices)

2g Sprouted Seed *

2 Mealworms

Supplement: 5 Pollen Grains - once per week

3 Sultanas - 3-4 times per week

2 Sunflower seeds – once per week

1g Pet Health food (small cube) – once per week (Eco pets dog food loaf – organic quality)

1 Almond – once per week

Insects 3-4 times per week (eg moths not meal worms)

Acacia, Eucalypt, Callistemon, Melaleuca and other like blossoms as available


I emailed him again with a few other questions and comments and will let you all know when and if I receive a response.


Peggy
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Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17162
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Cool, nice to see how their native lands handle them. Can't wait for the next installment. It'd be cool to get some of those plants they feed to keep around the house, i'll see if i can locate some seeds on the net! I appreciate your efforts at gettin this info <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumb.gif" alt="" />

Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17163
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The nectar mix.... is it modified leadbeaters? I think I have seen this diet before.

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peggy, i was in the process of emailing the healesville sactuary as well., randy gave me the idea to email a dr. jackson there and find out more about their diets, seems you got a quicker response., well done! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumb.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumb.gif" alt="" />

Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17165
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Hi
Healesville has not housed sugar gliders for many years - info is from a good friend Rosie Booth & is several yrs old


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Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: Devil_Bunny_Girl] #17166
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Than why is he still corresponding with me and gave me an email addy straight to the Healesville Sanctuary? If it was no longer housing sugar gliders, it would make no sense to be asked so many questions about things. They even sent me over a thing for sprouting and growing your own seeds that they supply the gliders with....
hmmmm interesting!!


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Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17167
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Hi Peggy
I don't know whom you are speaking with in Oz, They have given out info for many years, I would ask them if they are housing any sugar gliders at this time,sugar gliders are not exotics to them lol).
My info is a couple of years old & from a friend & highly respected & published veterinarian who had been at the Healesville Sanctuary for many years - Rosemary Booth - She is now in Queensland.
Rosie & myself tackeled a touchy issue (Sugar gliders teeth) on Glider Central a few years back.
Healesville Sanctuary has been the leader in the care of several endangered Oz species thru the years - especially the endangered Leadbeaters possum.

Good luck with your Aussy flora, I have been growing Oz flora for my gliders for several years


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Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: Devil_Bunny_Girl] #17168
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Pockets, the person I have been in contact is:

Scott Pullyblank
Education Office
Discover & Learning
Melbourne Zoo
P.O.Box 74
Parkville 3052
(03)9285-9355
fax 92859340
[]spullyblank@zoo.org.au[/]

Just in case you would like to ask any questions. He is very helpful but sometimes takes a while to respond. He has been dealing straight with the Sanctuary Dieticians.


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Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17169
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pockets,
where did you hear that healsville does no longer have gliders??

Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17170
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I have also received that information from Healesville. In fact, their website says that they no longer have gliders. The diet has been around for a long time, by Dr. Rosemary Booth, as Pockets said.

For those who don't know Pockets: she knows more about gliders in Oz than most of us put together. Hearing about her vast library of sugar glider material and contacts always leaves me in some envy. And besides, she's just a delightful person. Good to see you posting again, Pockets!



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i still didnt hear from pockets about where she heard that healsville no longer has gliders.

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She stated the source of her info in her previous post......it came from Rosemary Booth D.V.M.

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right! i some how missed that! thanks!

Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17174
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actually pockets you are misinformed, healesville does have gliders, be,low is a email to me from them.,

Greeting Hilal,
Yes, we do have sugar gliders. They live in our nocturnal house.
Cheers
Marissa Ilsley

-----Original Message-----
From: Hilal Suhaib [mailto:djhilal@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 17 February 2004 5:10 PM
To: hs@zoo.org.au
Subject: info

dear sir/madame,
hi im writing to you from chicago,USA. i have a question.
does the
Healesville Sanctuary currently have sugar gliders?

looking forward to a reply from you.,


hilal

Re: A Diet sent from Healesville Sanctuary Australia [Re: ] #17175
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I stand corrected & am very happy to hear that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/littleglider.gif" alt="" />'s are residing at Healesville once again, as I stated my info was from a very trusted & reliable source but was a bit old.

My info as of Feb 2004 is the following -

Healesville has -
Petaurus breviceps breviceps - 1 male & 2 females

Healesville also aides in injured native wildlife so we would also have to figure that into the picture, as any given day injured <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/littleglider.gif" alt="" />'s may be lucky enough to find themselves brought in for treatment.


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