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The original Leadbeaters Nectar mix used by the
[http://www.sugarglider.com/archives/ruth/syd_diet.html Taronga Zoo was too
large a quantity and also Zoo] had ingredients not available to Americans at the
time so it was appropriately modified and posted scaled by RUTH Ruth and shared
on her website before 1996 as the
[http://www.sugarglider.com/archives/ruth/diet.html#leadbeaters "Modified
Leadbeaters Mix".
  
   Mix"] along with her own overall diet feeding plan.
  
  
== SEE ALOS: Ruth's Modified Leadbeaters Mix ==
[http://www.sugarglider.com/archives/ruth/diet.html#leadbeaters Ruth's posted
diet]Note: Since high-protein baby cereal is no longer available in the US, I
was adding a second boiled egg and later switched to tofu to raise the level of
protein and calcium. But some recent articles about tofu change my interest in
it so I gave up on that idea. A jar of chicken baby food is a good alternative
if your gliders will eat it, but I have ended up back where I began with adding
a second egg and increasing the calcium to balance the additional phosphorus it
introduces.
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 Apple Juice         1/2 cup
 Honey         1/2 cup
 Boiled egg         2 (I leave the shell on)
 Gerber Baby cereal (dry flakes)         1/2 cup
 Wheat Germ         1/4 cup
 Rep-Cal (Calcium supplement with no phosphorus)         1 1/4 tsp
 Herptivite Vitamin Supplement         1 tsp
 
Dump everything in a blender and puree until lump free. I pour it into an
airtight plastic container and freeze it, so it won't spoil before it's all
used. It freezes to about the consistency of ice cream, so it's easy to scoop
out a serving of it each night.
  
One recipe of Leadbeater's Mix will make roughly 50 glider servings, depending
on how generously you scoop it.
  
  
  
  
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== SEE ALSO: ==
[http://www.sugarglider.com/archives/ruth/diet.html Ruth's original diet plan]
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