Supplements and Vitamins for Sugar Gliders
Either you prepare your own sugar glider food, like the BML or SGS 2, or if you purchase ready-made; you need to add both supplements and vitamins to provide your sugar glider with a complete diet. When a sugar glider lives in the wild they naturally consume a variety of fruits, nectar and bugs according to supply and season that they need. When a sugar glider lives in captivity it is the owner’s responsibility to ensure that their sugar gliders still gets everything they need.
There are many great vitamins and supplements on the market, they are not espenside, very easy find in a petstor or order online and convenient to use. Below you will find 5 different ones that are commonly used. The first 2 are a powder that is sprinkled over the food and both are included in the BML, the SGS 2 and some other homemade diets. The latter ones are small bit sized treats:
Rep-Cal Herptivite Multivitamin with Beta Carotene, 3.3 oz.
- Vitamin A requirement in Herptivite is from beta carotene, so there is no threat of vitamin A toxicity
- Sea vegetation base provides a rich, natural source of essential trace elements and minerals
- All Natural – Nothing Artificial
- Recommended by Veterinarians and Zoos around the world for over 30 years!
- Made in the USA!
Calcium with Vitamins from Rep Cal
- Rep-Cal Ultrafine Powder Is An Excellent Source Of Calcium For All Reptiles And Amphibians
- Scientifically Formulated From 100-Percent Natural Oyster Shell Phosphorous-Free Calcium Carbonate With Vitamin D3 To Aid In Absorption Of Calcium
- Mix with vegetables, fruits and pastes approximately 1/2 tablespoon Rep-Cal with 1/2 tablespoon herptivite per lbs of food
- Shake Slowly Until They Are Completely Covered; No Other Supplementation Is Required
Nectar Pods (Variety 4 Pack) – Calcium-Fortified Jelly Fruit Treat – Sugar Gliders, Marmosets, Squirrels, Parrots, Cockatiels, Parakeets, Birds, Hamsters, Day Geckos, Kinkajous & Other Small Pets
- HEALTHY Fruit-based jelly treat, with exotic fruit flavors & added calcium
- CONVENIENT 8 individual fruit-flavored pods per pack
- NATURAL Made with apple juice, glycine (amino acid) and added calcium
- EASY An ideal treat for birds, fruit-eating mammals like sugar gliders and marmosets, and day geckos.
Gummivore-Fare Combo (Original + Fruit) – Healthy All Natural Native Food Treat Sugar Gliders, Marmosets, Tamarins, and Other Gum-Feeding Mammals – 8 oz. Jar – Acacia Gum-Based Supplement
- 2 PACK – 1 jar of Original Gummivore-fare & 1 jar of Mixed Fruit Gummivore-fare (8 oz. each)
- EASY – Easy-to-feed, supplemental food source that is preservative free!
- HEALTHY – Made with pure acacia gum with fresh, large mealworms and fresh fruit
- PERFECT – For Sugar Gliders and Marmosets
Instant-HPW 2 lb (Makes 6 lb) – All Natural Vitamin Enriched Sugar Glider Food – Healthy & Nutritious – High Protein Wombaroo – Staple Diet
- NUTRITIOUS – Vitamin-enriched sugar glider diet, delicious vanilla flavoring
- CONVENIENT – Mixes with water…quick and easy to make fresh diet
- NATURAL – Natural ingredients include honey, eggs, bee pollen and Exotic Nutrition’s ZooPro high protein supplement
- EASY – No washing, chopping or cutting fresh ingredients – simply mix with water