1) Bourbon's Leadbeater recipe advocates the inclusion of egg shell. On this forum, a dicussion about eggshell led to the conclusion that it wouldn't be assimilated by sugargliders anyway. That no matter how small it is ground, it won't end up supplying calcium to the creature.
Anyone has found one theory or the other well documented, a source that would justify giving or not giving egg shell backed with some solid arguments?

2) If too much phosphorous interferes with the metabolism of calcium; if, as I have read, it prevents the integration of calcium - the calcium ending up being evacuated in the droppings instead of getting assimilated by the glider: Do we need to seriously monitor the phosphorous intake in each item of our gliders' diet? Does Rep-cal fix the calcium/phosphorous imbalance if a glider has too much phosphorous in his diet or does it get evacuated? If we do have to monitor the cal/phos ratio of each item in our glider's diet, is there a good, exhaustive, reliable list that we can use as a quick reference when in doubt? I have cut down the
corn (2cal/80phos) but gliders still love peas (18/77), eggs (25/86), chicken (17/221), carrots (15/24) (numbers (in mg) come from Caroline's book and are just there to show proportions, as quantities sampled vary from item to item)... Most foods we give gliders are far from the 2:1 ratio recommended. So is it sufficient to give Rep-Cal as a supplement or do we need to do much more homework?

Thanks.

Follow Ups:

• Good questions.. Bourbon 18:09:07 06/26/2000 (0)