Whilst this is not the thread to start this sort of thing, there does need to be some comments made.
1. In August 1998, when asked in a thread about how long had other posters had owned gliders, Bourbon replied that she had owned gliders about a year and that Babye (her first) was approx 1 1/2 years OOP in August 1998. This would make Babye born very early in 1997 and that Bourbon had gotten her approx 6 months OOP.
2. In the same thread in August 1998, BetsyCC (a friend of Bourbon's) said she had gliders for 1 1/2 years and that her friend Bourbon had joked to her about Betsy's high priced hamsters. This confirms the time frames and that there was no error on Bourbon's part when she posted.
What does this all mean? Bourbon's first glider was Babye and that she passed just reaching ten years of age not 13.
As for diets, this is what Bourbon (in her own words) was feeding her gliders in June 1998.
quote:
Well it sounds like you are on your way... the best thing any of us can tell you is try anything and everything that is healthy, No additives, No presevatives, No salt, No Fat, No refined sugar, No cheese.People ask me what my gliders eat, I tell them everything that we should but most of us don't. take a walk through the produce section of your local food store, pick a pinch of everything and bag it up (except fruits and those choose 1 of everything) you will find some things there that will suit his fancy, you will also notice as with babies sometimes they don't want something other times they will. Don't rule out anything. My Baybe loves canalope, our Smokey Loves grapes. Both love live insects, and mealworms. but be sure to keep those to a minimum due to the fact they are high in protien and very fattening. They love corn and peas fresh or frozen (not thawed), raisins, carrots, apples, star fruit, kiwi, fresh green beans, tomatos, watermellon, scrambled egg, overcooked rice, banana pudding (fat free) and only a litle bit. try to offer a pinky nail size of each thing as a variety and let him choose. remember he may not want it one day and then turn around and eat it up the next..
As for the first modified leadbeaters, Ruth Rogers appears to have been the one to start them adding wheatgerm and apple juice (instead of water).Not sure of the date she started (still looking into that)but people were posting her diet (Bourbon included) in July of 1998. With a short time, other people had posted versions with very slight additions including Betsycc and Bourbon.
Just a little background history which was researched when told by Bourbon to research things myself if I wanted any diet history. I have found this and a whole lot more but again this isn't the thread to go any further on this.
Home
Glider Gossip
Gliderpedia
Journals
Resources
