Peggy (srlb) is (in my mind) the expert on this diet. smile Many people feed their crew HPW with no problem and love it; it's just way too much for my pea brain to handle, so my crew get BML. tounge
Thanks Katty for the kind words, but believe you, me, an expert Im not...but I do consider myself educated in this diet since I have used it for several years.
Honestly, I think I say this at least once every three months....but I think people make more of it than what it actually is...
I have fed the SAME things for years now...I have blood work and xrays done on my gliders, different ones each time, every six months to a year and each time it comes back with EXCELLENT reports.
The ONLY issue I ever had was recently I lost my very first glider to a Urinary Bladder infection that was undiagnosed. When doing the necropsy on her there was NOTHING to be found. ALL her internal organs looked perfectly healthy and normal. All her life she had known nothing other then the HPW diet.
I, for one have never focused on the Ca:P ratios and never worried about the oxolates because the foods I feed are not high in them.
Once again, what I feed and have feed EVERY SINGLE night without ANY issues is the following:
HPW
(Mixed veggies which consist of:)
Corn, Green Beans, Peas, Carrots
(Mixed Fruits which consist of:)
Cantelope & Honey Dew Melon
They barely EVER eat any of their fruit, even though I do offer it several times a week.
Im not saying to not be knowledgeable on the food intake of your gliders folks, but I am saying I think we make it harder on ourselves than we have to. If you are consistent with your health checks every 6 months and you are having the test run to keep a good eye on things, your gliders should be fine.
I dont know about you guys, but I can honestly say, my gliders eat much better than I do, but I dont sit and calculate numbers at night and would be lying if I said I did.