Is there any way to feed a natural diet to gliders? What do they eat in the wild? Can you obtain this and feed as a daily diet? I like my animals being on as natural a diet as possible, and I keep seeing posts that say feeding certain fruits and veggies are bad, honey is bad. I currently feed BML, 1 tablespoon fruits, 1 tablespoon veggies, and 10-15 mealworms (every other night). BML calls for a lot of honey and goodness knows my little girl loves it, but I want her to be eating what is good for her, not just what she likes.
A natural diet isn't really possible in captivity unless you have access to acacia trees, aphids, manna, honeydew (which isnt honey) - we do the best we can with our limited choices.
Diet is a very personal thing really, I won't feed bml as I don't think it's a particularly good diet but that's my opinion, there are many others that do think it's the best. I think that's one of the main differences between US and UK owners!
I feed a "my" brand of BML. I've read a lot of places that BML may have to much of the calcium dust in it. So I've upped a few of the other ingredients, added a few of my own, and taken down the calcium. Just figure out what you would like to do and stick with it.
Proud mom of 8 babies: 6 dogs (Layla, Chloe, Hollie, and Chevy, Cash, and Sienna) and 2 adorable Gliders (Jester, Honey Dew)
i just feed them a range of fresh fruits and fruit smoothie ice cubes and some vegetables, and either cooked chicked or low fat natural yogurt for their calcium.
they get a small ammount of mealworms, crickets, moths, and treats such as honey made from acacia, and a couple of nuts/seeds, which i just give them on alternative days.
to help stimulate the sugies wild behaviours i rub the honey on the bark of my house plants (safe plants) and i release the moths and crickets and let them catch them
i always make sure they have double calcium to phosphorus and dont make any diet mixes.. i think special mix like ledbeaters or whatever leave too much exposure to go wrong with quantities etc..