Posted By: 603gliderfolks
Diet questions from a newbie - 12/06/19 02:21 PM
Hello all,
We have a lovely female named Bonnie (Her mate passed away last weekend and we are actively searching for a companion for her.) I had posted the story of what happened in the health and hygiene forum, and had listed their (her) diet (I have clarified with the brand names of the products, but without the "stylized" naming conventions):
Diet
We have have been feeding them the following daily:
1-1/2 tablespoons "Glider chow" pellets. Up until last night, we had been serving the pellets and gravy in the same dish (Gravy in a liquid form) per the directions, but we noticed that they would leave quite a few of the pellets (which were now quite soggy) behind. Now that it is only Bonnie (For right now anyway), I started hand feeding her the pellets one at a time to gauge interest. She took each one from me and crunched away happily. I saw her eat some pellets out of the separate dish when presented with the option of pellet or gravy. We gave her the gravy mix in a separate dish, and she drank/ate that as well.
2-3 tablespoons of the "gravy" (made from spring water and the pre-mixed "Glider gravy" powder, which is, to my understanding, re-branded Critterlove?)
Fresh fruit/etc which varies by the day, but consists of: Apple (Skin on), papaya, hard boiled egg (with and without yolk), mango, chick peas, cooked corn, dried coconut, blueberries, pear, and dried apricots. The "glidamins" vitamin powder is applied every other day to the fruit in accordance with the directions.*EDIT* We have cut back on this as a post in the previous thread said that this was unnecessary as all the vitamins needed are in the gravy mix.
A limited amount of treats, but when we gave them anything it was a regular Cheerio (One each and no more than one or two a week), or the the dried fruit snack mix/granola snack mix sold by PP.
We make every attempt to be mindful to not load her up on treats and make sure that they would have their pellets/gravy along with the fresh fruit/sprinkle-on vitamin powder.
In the wake of poor Clyde passing, we are actively re-evaluating everything we do to care for Bonnie, and want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to keep her healthy. I know that there are many (and sometimes conflicting) reports on the best way to feed these little fuzzballs, but I want to reach out to the group for advice.
Thanks to all for the warm welcome during this trying time for us (and little Bonnie!)
We have a lovely female named Bonnie (Her mate passed away last weekend and we are actively searching for a companion for her.) I had posted the story of what happened in the health and hygiene forum, and had listed their (her) diet (I have clarified with the brand names of the products, but without the "stylized" naming conventions):
Diet
We have have been feeding them the following daily:
1-1/2 tablespoons "Glider chow" pellets. Up until last night, we had been serving the pellets and gravy in the same dish (Gravy in a liquid form) per the directions, but we noticed that they would leave quite a few of the pellets (which were now quite soggy) behind. Now that it is only Bonnie (For right now anyway), I started hand feeding her the pellets one at a time to gauge interest. She took each one from me and crunched away happily. I saw her eat some pellets out of the separate dish when presented with the option of pellet or gravy. We gave her the gravy mix in a separate dish, and she drank/ate that as well.
2-3 tablespoons of the "gravy" (made from spring water and the pre-mixed "Glider gravy" powder, which is, to my understanding, re-branded Critterlove?)
Fresh fruit/etc which varies by the day, but consists of: Apple (Skin on), papaya, hard boiled egg (with and without yolk), mango, chick peas, cooked corn, dried coconut, blueberries, pear, and dried apricots. The "glidamins" vitamin powder is applied every other day to the fruit in accordance with the directions.*EDIT* We have cut back on this as a post in the previous thread said that this was unnecessary as all the vitamins needed are in the gravy mix.
A limited amount of treats, but when we gave them anything it was a regular Cheerio (One each and no more than one or two a week), or the the dried fruit snack mix/granola snack mix sold by PP.
We make every attempt to be mindful to not load her up on treats and make sure that they would have their pellets/gravy along with the fresh fruit/sprinkle-on vitamin powder.
In the wake of poor Clyde passing, we are actively re-evaluating everything we do to care for Bonnie, and want to make sure that we are doing everything we can to keep her healthy. I know that there are many (and sometimes conflicting) reports on the best way to feed these little fuzzballs, but I want to reach out to the group for advice.
Thanks to all for the warm welcome during this trying time for us (and little Bonnie!)