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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
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08/11/14 07:49 AM
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Peggy Hernandez Brewer: There are MANY of us that feed chicken legs with the bones... Gliders do not chew a bone like dogs do. They get all the marrow from inside. It is ok to feed them cooked chicken legs, just be sure to pull most of the meat off it as you dont want to over feed the meat. 9y) Peggy Hernandez Brewer: I'll stick to feeding cooked chicken bones and turkey necks. Peggy Hernandez Brewer: I also do wings I know Peggy has been around gliders for quite a while and I think she moderates here as well. I will ask her if she will chime in. Tsuggielove I agree with you, I am new to the community but personally I have seen so many hurt animals from it that I wouldn't risk it.
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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
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08/11/14 08:03 AM
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It is true, gliders teeth ARE fixed and do not continue to grow. They do not attempt to chew on a bone like a dog or a cat, and they do indeed get all the marrow out from inside any bone that is given to them. Neither are a danger to gliders, pellets or chicken bones. Both can help teeth, albeit it is not a tooth brush, but it still does assist in the plaque/tartar build up. This is one of those areas where what may be good for one may not be the choice of another, and that is fine, but it does not mean one is right and one is wrong. Just different.
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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
[Re: kelsbar]
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08/11/14 03:06 PM
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I would never give raw either. They have such delicate digestive systems. Feeding something wrong could kill them. They could actually get sick,anyway. This is why we have a safe & an unsafe list for feeding our babies,on whatever we want to try to feed them.
Larry & Josefine Vodenik 2014 4 St Perry,Iowa50220 515/321-6081cell# j.vodenik@hotmail.com
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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
[Re: kelsbar]
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08/13/14 04:17 PM
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Thanks for that, JillMarie. I had so many people say that cooked bones were fine but no one explained in detail why. That makes sense. I agree that any kind of raw diet would have to be done extremely carefully. Maybe some day in the future, but for now, while it is untested and we do not have a nutritionist to create such a diet IMO it is not worth it.
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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
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12/09/14 01:44 PM
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If you are going for more of a natural diet, which I am, how would a sugar glider cook anything in the wild? Everything would be eaten raw. Which would be fine in the wild, for it is there sugar gliders are 100% removed from our modern processing facilities. Isn't that the real danger when considering raw or not raw meats, bones, eggs, etc.? How is a sugar glider going to cook an egg in the wild and it is definitely going to eat the yoke. What exactly is it that we need to consider when thinking about a natural diet for a sugar glider in the wild vs. their dietary needs in captivity?
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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
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12/09/14 05:33 PM
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for it is there sugar gliders are 100% removed from our modern processing facilities. This is not necessarily so as I have seen a couple different people from Australia talk about how sugar gliders will also rummage through their trash. It is not the ingredients one uses for a meal, it is the nutrients.
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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
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08/01/15 03:14 AM
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They shouldn't consume high levels, but they do consume some. My gliders eat pinkies and small mice and I'm in the boat that I would never give any of my animals (cat, dog, 2 turtles, 2 gliders, and 2 rabbits) cooked bones. However they regularly get raw bones, mice, or fish. Depending on the pet.
Loki Billy Skittle Wheezer
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Re: Cooked bones & using hard foods to clean teeth
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08/01/15 01:07 PM
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It is true, gliders teeth ARE fixed and do not continue to grow. They do not attempt to chew on a bone like a dog or a cat, and they do indeed get all the marrow out from inside any bone that is given to them. Neither are a danger to gliders, pellets or chicken bones. Both can help teeth, albeit it is not a tooth brush, but it still does assist in the plaque/tartar build up. This is one of those areas where what may be good for one may not be the choice of another, and that is fine, but it does not mean one is right and one is wrong. Just different.
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