Bear with me, because this is going to be a long post:

I have had my gliders since June 2011. I had them on the standard Pocket Pets diet until I switched to a popular staple diet in July. I kept them on this diet until I noticed something strange..... I will post pictures so you can see what I have seen over the months.

We will begin with Ziggy.

This is Ziggy.


Ziggy in October


December


January


and today, Feb 18. after ONE month on a new diet




That was probably pretty subtle. So, lets move on to Gizmo

Gizmo



October


November


December


January



and today, Feb 18. after ONE month on a new diet




now lets move on to Cocoa.


October



November (I enhanced the color some)


December


January


and today, Feb. 18 after ONE month on a new diet

her back...



now, scroll back up and look at the pic of Cocoa's face, now look at her face today (keep in mind, it's only ONE month after a change of diet)




I think I'm going to have to give her a new name as she's not so "Cocoa" colored anymore


I post this thread because I am FLOORED!!!!! I thought I had them on a GREAT diet! I thought Cocoa just had some cinnamon in her that made her look so tan. But she was stained ALL OVER! Even Gizmo's flawless fur is almost back to a normal bright/clean gray and black. ... Ziggy, well, he must just have good genetics cause his didn't change too much.

Whats the new diet your using now?

What an amazing change in your gliders, Lisa!!! :) I love the pic with the bunny ears. But you didn't mention what new diet you're feeding. ;) I think it's LGRS, but I don't remember.

please share the new diet.

LGRS suggie soup is the new diet.

The change is absolutely amazing! You can definitely tell the color change over the months. Their coats look so healthy and beautiful!

That's awesome!! Congrats!! Yes I could definitely see the difference with the color changes. <3

the difference a good diet can have on their fur is amazing! you know luuluu maybe you should post these or link these in the look what can happen on a bad diet thread (or whatever its called lol)
and cute pictures.

I thought at first you must just be anal looking through Ziggy's pictures but Cocoa and Gizmo seem to confirm it. It appears they kept a solid color from July until October whether it be an orange color or grey and then suddenly their color in all 3 began to splotch in November. Almost instantly on a new diet they are changing into one solid color none of them have ever been before. It would be interesting to see how their fur looks after another few months of a new diet.

Definitely post in this thread.
http://www.sugarglider.com/glidergossip/topic.asp?whichpage=7&topic_id=29199&forum_id=6&cat_id=2

Looking good! Its so exciting to see improvement in such a short amount of time!

The diet they were on for about 6 months wasn't a 'bad' diet so-to-speak, but it wasn't benefiting and it definitely wasn't doing anything to HELP their fur! After trying many different things to fix the crackly fur, I decided to change diet and you all can see the difference between a GOOD diet and a GREAT diet.

My question is... Were you feeding PP all the way up to LGRS or is there one in between that? TELL US, stop making us wait in suspense!

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Originally posted by AbtZooGirl

My question is... Were you feeding PP all the way up to LGRS or is there one in between that? TELL US, stop making us wait in suspense!

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Oh, heavens no. They were on PP pellets, apples, etc for just a month or so. I found the original HPW, switched after a month- Then they were on HPW Complete for 6 months.

Wow that's a huge change...they look nice now though

**Bump**

HP Complete, wow. I wonder if anyone else has experienced something similar with their gliders fur or if gliders really do metabolize every diet differently.

I've had my babies on HPW w/ fruits and veggies since nov/dec ish. The baby has kept her beautiful color. The one I first got still has discoloration. I've noticed some improvement, but still brown!! She had a battle with some parasites that took us 3 vet visits in 3 weeks before we cleared her. Do you think that could also cause a delay or issues with the coloring?

Wow, looking real good. Hope we get good results like that soon.

Bump to see if anyone else has had this problem (orange color) on HPW Complete.

Not for you LuuLuu!! Just in general!

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Originally posted by khigh

Just in general!

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LMAO. Trouble maker!

my gliders area good color, and my newest girl was on a terrible diet, only baby food, and now she's a nice white cream color on her belly and an almot silver on her back (lighter than my other two. I would think wfb but she's not so idk?) and I have complete (I think. I ordered it from asvg before I was more informed, but i was told the powder is the same and hpw complete?)

my gliders look great and they're on complete.

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Originally posted by zerevega

my gliders area good color, and my newest girl was on a terrible diet, only baby food, and now she's a nice white cream color on her belly and an almot silver on her back (lighter than my other two. I would think wfb but she's not so idk?) and I have complete (I think. I ordered it from asvg before I was more informed, but i was told the powder is the same and hpw complete?)

my gliders look great and they're on complete.

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Yes Pocket Pets / ASGV Sells Glider Gravy which is repackaged HPW Complete.

Apparently this staining that is being associated with this diet starts at approximately 6 months into feeding the Complete, from what I have been hearing.

D: good to know, thank you

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Originally posted by viciousencounters

Apparently this staining that is being associated with this diet starts at approximately 6 months into feeding the Complete, from what I have been hearing.

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that's how long it took me to notice something funky going on with their fur. The original problem was that their fur was cracking... then I took pics in January was was like "waaaaa?!" when I noticed Gizmo's fur was so brown. Gizmo only has a little brown staining on the base of his tail and Cocoa's is still going away. Their fur is crackly right now and I am not sure why, but I'm continuing to work on figuring all this out.

I started seeing the cracking fur after only a month on HPW Complete!

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Originally posted by BookGoddes

I started seeing the cracking fur after only a month on HPW Complete!

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I guess because I look at them every day, it's harder for me to notice these things. Cocoa is looking better by the day. Hopefully this week I can get recent pics of them and continue this thread.

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Originally posted by khigh




Not for you LuuLuu!! Just in general!

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THANK YOU reminds me of eating a candy bar instead of preparing dinner LOL

is this the same as the HPW instant listed on exotic nutrition.com?

No, Complete is not the same as instant. Instant on exoticnutrition.com has HPW in it, complete does not

In my opinion, Istant is also more nutrtionally sound than complete. I found the ingredients somewhere but forgot to bookmark it...