Thursday, June 9, 2011

Bml Diet For Sugar Gliders : Recipes, Pros & Cons

Sugar gliders are pets which are native of New Guinea, Australia and the Solomon Islands forests. In a healthy captive environment sugar gliders can live for 10-15 years. The dietary requirement of gliders is very special. To keep them healthy, diet plays an important role. If they don’t get proper diet, then serious health conditions rise up. Many diets are available for sugar gliders but it is controversial which diet is best for them. Every diet has pros and cons. BML diet has worked well for sugar gliders up to now. Read on the article to know recipes as well as pros & cons of BML diet.




BML (Bourbon’s Modified Leadbeaters) diet is a modified version of the original Leadbeater's Diet. BML diet should not be fed along with other formulated diets like Brisky's Sugar Glider food. You can use BML sugar glider diet with fruits, vegetables and mealworms. Mealworms can be replaced with turkey, deer meat or chicken on some nights. Replaced meat must be cooked plain and unseasoned. Always give different fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables to sugar gliders. You must feed 1 Tbsp BML mix, 1 Tbsp vegetables and 1 Tbsp fruits to each glider every night.

Recipes of BML Diet for Sugar Gliders

BML Diet (Original) Recipe: 1

Ingredients:
  • ½ cup honey
  • ¼ cup apple juice
  • ¼ cup Wheat Germ
  • 1 egg (boiled or microwaved)
  • ½ cup dry baby cereal
  • Two 2½ oz. jars of Chicken baby food
  • 1 Tsp Rep-Cal Herpivite Vitamin Supplement (blue label)
  • 2 Tsp Rep-Cal Calcium Supplement Non-Phosphorous with Vitamin D3 in it (pink label)
  • One 4oz. bottle premixed Gerber juice with mixed fruit yogurt
Method of preparation:
First of all blend honey, apple juice and egg with the help of a blender. After you have blended well, add Gerber juice and Rep-Cal herpivite vitamin supplement. Again blend till it becomes smooth and then add Rep-Cal calcium supplement non-phosphorous with vitamin D3, wheat germ, dry baby cereal & chicken baby food. Again blend them till they become very smooth. Now transfer the BML diet mixture into ice cube trays or Tupperware bowl and freeze them.

BML Diet Recipe: 2

Ingredients:
  • 2 boiled eggs
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ cup of wheat germ
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • ½ cup of oats
  • ¼ cup cranberry juice
  • 2 tsp rep-cal
  • ½ cup of baby cereal (rice)
  • 1tsp herptivite or vionate
  • 2 small jars of sweet potato baby food
  • 2 small jars of chicken baby food
  • 3 to 4 Tbsp plain yogurt (low fat)
Method of preparation:
Blend honey, apple juice, cranberry juice and yogurt with blender. After that, add eggs, wheat germ, oats, rep-cal, baby cereal, herptivite, sweet potato baby food and chicken baby food in the blender as well as blend again till it becomes a smooth mixture. Finally pour the mixture in ice cube trays and freeze them.

BML Diet (Judie's) Recipe: 3

Ingredients:
  • ½ cup honey
  • ¼ cup Wheat Germ
  • 1 boiled egg
  • ½ cup dry baby cereal
  • Two 2½ oz. jars of Chicken baby food
  • ¼ cup mixed fruit blend of juice
  • ½ Tsp Rep-Cal Herpivite Vitamin Supplement (blue label)
  • One 4oz bottle premixed Gerber juice with mixed fruit yogurt
  • 2 Tsp Rep-Cal Calcium Supplement Non-Phosphorous with Vitamin D3 in it (pink label)
Method of preparation:
Blend honey, mix fruit juice and egg with the help of a blender. After it is well blended, add Gerber juice and Rep-Cal herpivite vitamin supplement. Blend another time till it becomes smooth and then add Rep-Cal calcium supplement non-phosphorous with vitamin D3, wheat germ, chicken baby food & dry baby cereal. After that, blend them till the mixture become very smooth. Now pour the BML diet mixture into ice cube trays and put them in the freezer.

Pros of BML Diet for Sugar Gliders

  • BML diet is inexpensive.
  • It is among the easier diets.
  • Ingredients used in the diet are picked up from the grocery store except vitamins.

Cons of BML Diet for Sugar Gliders

  • Limited fruits and vegetables are used in the diet. Fruits like watermelon, honeydew melon, berries, cantaloupe, grapes & apples while vegetables like peas, corn (in moderation), green beans & carrots are included in the diet.

1 comments:

the BML diet # 2 is not an approved version it sets the balance of the nutrients way out of whack and increases the protein levels drastically. I would very much appreciate it , if you remove that one from this list.

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