Sugar Glider SGS 2 Diet (contains less sugar & fat)
This diet was developed by Marie Bannister and incorporates some of the items a wild glider would consume. The same basic health principles apply for gliders as they would for us humans: low fat, low sugar, and plenty of variety. Following these directions will yield approximately 30 servings with 1 tablespoon as the standard serving size.
Ingredients
- 1lb / 450g Mixture of Fruits and Veggies (¾ to 2/3 of the mixture should be Veggies)
- 2 Teaspoons Wombaroo High Protein Supplement
- 1 Tablespoon Natural Probiotic Yogurt – Flavored or not, low fat and no Aspartame
- 1 Boiled Peeled Egg
- 1/4 Teaspoon of Acacia Gum (May cause loose stool in the beginning)
- 1 Teaspoon of Bee Pollen
- 1 Tablespoon of Linseed (soak in 3-4 spoons of boiled water)
- 1 Tablespoon of Oatmeal or Wheatgerm (amount can be doubled in Winter)
Directions
- Soak 1 tablespoon of linseed/flaxseed in 3-4 tablespoons of boiled water for 10-15 minutes
- Start blending all the fruits/veggies for about 1 minute
- Add the vitamin supplement, probiotic yogurt, egg, acacia gum, bee pollen, oatmeal, linseed and water. Blend again for about another minute.
- Separate into 1 tablespoon servings on silicon ice cube trays and store in your freezer
- Take out the amount you need for one meal depending on how many sugar gliders you have and defrost in a serving dish in your fridge the night before feeding. Store in the fridge over night and then take it out of the fridge a couple of hours (depending on your location) before feeding so the food will be room temerature when they eat.
Fruit & Veggie List
Use at least 80% of the items in the GREEN section, use more from green 1 than green 2.
Use 20% at most of the AMBER section.
Use very little or NONE if toxic, of the RED section!
Green Fruits & Veggies – At least 80%
The GREEN items with a ratio of 1:1 and above. Use mostly these items:
Papaya, Rosemary, Bok Choi, Squash (Spaghetti), Raspberries, Blackberries, Celery, Squash (Butternut), Apple (with Skin), Pear, Iams, Persimmon (Sharon Fruit).
GREEN with a ratio of between 0.97 – 0.7:1
Guava, Green Beans, Carrots, Squash (Acorn), Blackcurrant, Mango, Sugar Snap / Snow Peas, Dates, Cherries (Sweet), Apricots, Sweet Potato, Kiwi, Strawberry, Cucumber, Broccoli.
Amber Fruits & Veggies – At most 20%
AMBER – use only 20% in weight of these
Dandelion Greens, Spinach, Watercress, Kale, Collard Greens, Grapefruit (Pink, Red, & White), Pineapple, Tangerine/Mandarin, Lime, Orange (Navel), Raspberries, Lemon, Fig (fresh), Kumquat, Cantaloupe Melon, Honeydew Melon, Blueberry, Star Fruit (Carambola), Cauliflower, Pumpkin.
Red Fruits & Veggies – Very little
RED – Use very sparingly or not at all if toxic
Chinese (Asian) Pear, Peach, Plum, Pomegranate, Nectarine, Banana, Tomato, Physalis (Cape Gooseberry), Passion Fruit, Sweetcorn.
Avoid: Rhubarb, Avocado (Extremely high in fat), Grapes (Have caused illnesses and death in other species)
Final Words:
Keep in mind, when starting on the Sugar Glider SGS 2 Diet it will take your sugar glider about 1 week to adjust to it, depending on what they are used to eating. As this diet is more healthy and hence less sweet it might be less appealing to their tastebuds. Each sugar glider has a different taste and what works great for one might not work at all for another and that is OK. Try out different combinations that work for you, your sugar glider and the season and monitor you sugar glider closely as the health benefits with this diet are vast, especially over time and try to wait patiently for about a month and you will see the results. But if this diet doesn’t grown on your glider over time you need to consider moving on to something else.
We have added a step-by-step video that shows exactly how to prepare the food. If needed, you can skip to the timestamp 6:50 for the demonstration.
