Akasha140 I'm not sure if I didn't see your post before or just forgot to come back to this thread lol. I agree!!! That is some of the best advice. No ones word is law and should never be taken as such. The point of research is to find credible sources, fact check, ask others opinions and experiences, and thennnnnn after you take all that into account, make your own decisions based on all that you have learned.
Far to often people want the instant answer, far to often people give instant answers with no explanation of why its done or not done that way. What are the consequences of your decision, who is going to pay the price of your decision, you or the gliders?
I have learned one very important thing from mentoring and advising people. The responsibility of making decisions HAS to be the owners. I can provide information, pros and cons, theories, ideas etc. But I can not be responsible for making decisions about someone else's gliders. I can arm and prepare them with information but I can not TELL them what to do. I am asked "what should I do" a lot. My response, I can't tell you what to do, I can tell you what I would do and why, but the decision has to be yours and I will support any decision you make.
I try to be diet neutral but personal opinions do eventually come into play. That doesn't mean I try to force my opinions on anyone or tell them what to feed. Most often when I'm mentoring someone I don't tell them what I feed, because I don't want what I feed to sway their decision on what they decide to feed.
There are two things I am firm on though,
1. Don't alter, substitute ingredients, or adjust amounts, or add new things to the recipe. Make the diet as instructed by the recipe and the creator of the diet, I don't care which diet it is.
2. Wheels, buy known glider safe wheels from known glider wheel vendors. Many people think they want to try to make their own to save a few bucks. When in reality it's not going to save you money at all, it will likely cost you more.
The supplies needed to make one wheel is probably more expensive than just buying a safe wheel. The vendors who make wheels have spent years perfecting their designs to make them as safe as possible. The average person will not successfully make a safe wheel at home I don't care what diy directions your following. I have seen the affects of home made wheels and I CAN tell you 1 they are not cheaper to make, and 2 the vet bills from unsafe wheel injuries are far more expensive than you realize. If you can't afford to buy a safe wheel then you also can't afford the vet bill from an unsafe wheel.
Yes please do research, please fact check, please make sure the information you read is current and accurate. Don't blindly follow the masses, if something doesn't sound right, it probably isn't. If something everyone else is doing doesn't work for you then figure out what does work for you, we all do things differently. Educate yourself, so you can make educating decisions for your gliders, because they will be the ones to pay the price.