I posted this
diet quite some time ago but with some of the posts I thought it might be time to post it agian. The High protein baby cereal is not as high here in Australian. Honey is not as sweet as US honey. The sultanas are just like raisens. The rest of the
diet is pretty straight forward. The local
vet suggested to us to add as many insects as we can to the
diet for added protein and calcium.
this
diet has been used at The Healesville Sanctuary (A Native Animal Zoo)since the early 1960's.
Helesville Sanctuary
dietWater
Daily
diet per animal:
1 Dog chow/Advance.
6g Fruit, chopped (1 tablespoon)
3ml Nectar mix.
1g fly pupae(1/4 teaspoon)
5g corn
2g Sprouted seed (mung beans, alfalfa etc.)
2 mealworms.
Supplement:
5 pollen grains-once per week(bee pollen grains available at Health food shops)
3 sultanas-3-4 times per week
2 sunflower seeds-once per week
1g Pet health food(small cube)-once per week.
I use an all natural no added preservatives chicken loaf for dogs and freeze it.
1 almond-once per week
Insects-3-4 times per week (moths crickets etc.)
Acacia, eucalypts. other blossoms as avavilable.
Nectar Mix:
2 litre formular:
700ml of Australian Honey,
1 litre Hot water,
3 eggs(hard boiled no shell)
Soluvet 20 ml(liquid vitamin for birds)
Calicivet 20ml.
250ml cold water
High Protein Baby cereal 70g
Blend together hard boiled egg, Soluvet, calcivet and cold water. Once blended add mix to honey and water, together with High protein Baby Cereal. They love the nectar mix.
You will notice their is no yoghurt or fruit juices in this
diet. Yoghurt is not recommended by our
vets as they believe it upsets the natural bacteria already in the gliders gut that help them break down their food.