Posted By: Marz
Australian glider diet - 02/27/09 07:46 PM
Originally Posted By: Gossamer
Marz,
Would you post a typical daily diet that you use? I'm just curious about what an australian diet is like (for your gliders of course, LOL)
Would you post a typical daily diet that you use? I'm just curious about what an australian diet is like (for your gliders of course, LOL)
I am hoping this answers the PMs I have received too as I about about to hit full quota on my PMs and don't have a chance to clean them out yet!
My glider diet is based on the Healesville diet but have expanded the vegetable proponent of it, make my own meatloaf instead of purchasing a commercial one and currently researching and developing the addition of native rainforest & bush plant food products into their diet. Sourcing the products was interesting enough and it adds a whole new dimension to the cost of their feeding. They enjoy what I have offered so far but this is in experimental stages only, so is going to take a lot more to develop before I can comment any further on it.
I also have ringtail possums and am out nightly gathering browse in the form of branches/leaves/blossoms of many native trees. The gliders love the variety of these too though they don't munch through them like the possums do.
My gliders LOVE insects of many types and they catch their own mostly.
There are a few products that are fed regularly in glider diets in the US that I have never fed my gliders..things like yoghurt, chicken baby food, apple sauce or juices, yoghurt drops, gliderade (or any other ade), ensure ,orange juice or any other fruit juices.
My gliders have never ever had cooked vegetables or fruit/veg smoothies or relishes. I often wonder if people take into the account with the latter the added honeys and sweeteners to make these relishes/smoothies more palatable. Honey, I believe is a great addition to the glider diet but in sensible moderation...it always comes back to moderation and variety.