Safe Foods For Your Sugar Glider
When trying to decide on a diet for your Sugar Glider, the information on the internet can be very confusing and conflicting. There are resources to help you make an informed and educated decision about feeding your gliders safely, while maintaining a healthy diet. There are things like calcium:phosphorous ratios and oxalate content to consider. It sounds scarier than it is. Many of the recommended diets have ratios pre-calculated for you to keep the guesswork out of it. Keep in mind that no diet is a good one, unless your sugar gliders are going to eat it.
There is no single "best" or agreed upon diet. Sugar Gliders simply have not been domesticated pets long enough for long term studies and research to be completed. Below are some resources to help you with your decision.
Explanations of ca:ph ratios and oxalates (also includes ratios for fruits and vegetables)
[http://files.meetup.com/768852/Ratios.pdf ]
Related Gliderpedia article regarding ratios
Fruits And Veggies
Sugarglider.com Nutrition resource center (includes search options, calculator, recipes and more)
[http://www.sugarglider.com/nutrition/ ]
Safe fruits and vegetables
[http://www.gliderkids.com/nutrientlist2011.pdf ]
[http://www.sweet-sugar-gliders.com/safe-fruits-and-vegetables.html ]
Vegetables
Alfalfa
Amaranth
Artichoke
Asparagus
Avocado
Bamboo Shoots
Beats
Beet Greens
Broccoli (Spears & Sprouts)
Brussels Sprouts
Burdock Roots
Cabbage (Green & Red)
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Chayote
Chicory Greens
Chinese Cabbage
Collard Greens
Coriander
Corn (yellow)
Cucumber(With or Without skin)
Dandelion Greens
Dock
Endive
Eggplant
French Beans
Ginger Root
Green Beans (Snap Beans)
Jew's Ear (Pepeao)
Jute (Potherb)
Leeks
Lettuce (Butter Head, Iceberg, Loose
Leaf, & Romaine)
Lupines
Kale
Kohlrabi
Mushrooms
Mustard Greens
Mustard Spinach
Napa Cabbage
Okra
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas (Green)
Peppers (Sweet)
Potato (White)
Pumpkin
Radish
Soy Bean (Green & Sprouts)
Spinach
Squash (Acorn, Butternut, Hubbard,
Spaghetti, Summer, Winter & Zucchini)
Sweet Potato
Swiss Chard
Tofu (Firm & Regular)
Tomato (Green & Red)
Turnip
Turnip Greens
Watercress
Yams
Fruits
Acerola
Apple (With or Without skin)
Apricots
Banana
Blackberries
Blueberries
Breadfruit
Cantaloupe
Carom bola
Carissa
Casaba Melon
Cheri mayo
Cherries (Sweet)
Crab Apples
Cranberries
Currant
Custard Apple
Dates
Elderberries
Figs
Grapes
Grapefruit
Ground Cherries
Honeydew Melon
Jack fruit
Java Plum
Jujube
Kiwi fruit
Kumquat
Lemon
Lemon Peel
Lime
Long ans
Loquats
Mammy Apple
Mango
Mulberries
Nectarine
Oleo berries
Orange Peel
Orange (Navel & Valencia)
Papaya
Passion Fruit (Purple)
Peach
Pear
Persimmon
Pineapple
Pi tangs
Plantain
Plum
Pomegranate
Prickly Pear
Prunes
Pummelo
Quince
Raisins
Raspberries
Rose Apple
Roselle
Sap odilia
Sapote
Sour sop
Strawberries
Sugar Apple
Tamarind
Tangerine
Watermelon
(from [http://kryskritters.com/Safe_Fruits_Veggies.html ])
Valuable diet discussions (from people like you!)
[http://www.sugarglider.com/glidergossip/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=24924&whichpage=1 ]
[http://www.sugarglider.com/glidergossip/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=26197 ]
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