 | Posted by: | Gliderlover, Angie_nightgirl@hotmail.com | | Subject: | Freeze vegetables? | | When: | 12:05 AM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.65.233.144 |
I have decided to try freezing cut-up pieces of vegetables for my gliders because it is getting to the time of year when vege's are harder to get and definitely more expensive. I want to give them a good and tasty variety of vegetables (they all love their vege's, even the babies). I have been giving them carrot, green peas, green beans, snow peas in the pod, some broccoli, spinach and cuccumber. Does anyone know of any other vegetables that I can try? I want to have a few different bags of mixed frozen vege's for my gliders (so they wont get bored). Also does anyone know the vetgetables that have the most nutritional value? I have looked at the Iguana Den vegetable chart and it really doesn't tell much (except for Ph:Ca ratio). Also what vegetable need to be cooked (ex. broccoli, squash)? Thank you 
Angie 
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| Posted by: | Gliderlover, Angie_nightgirl@hotmail.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 2:27 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.65.233.144 |
Does anyone here freeze there vegetables? 
| Posted by: | dagny | | Subject: | none | | When: | 2:31 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.18.196.238 |
i have a large tupperware in my freezer with frozen vegs and fruits for my animals...just de frost em before you give them to your gliders..(i run a little warm water over them..then drain and serve) they seem to like it just as much,,mine do anyway
| Posted by: | dagny | | Subject: | none | | When: | 2:32 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.18.196.238 |
fyi
i also freeze their meat, cause i am a vegatarian and i dont like to cook it all the time
| Posted by: | beth | | Subject: | none | | When: | 4:42 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 209.192.109.79 |
I froze a LOT of veggies for buttons, without seeing if he would eat them after they were frozen, and he will NOT touch them, so that was a waste, but I guess i should have checked first....so you should probably try it with just a few to see if your gliders will eat it.
| Posted by: | Diane, Gizmoblue8@aol.com | | Subject: | Frozen | | When: | 9:31 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.193.163 |
Will it hurt the gliders if you don't thaw out the veggies first before you feed them 
| Posted by: | dagny | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:34 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.18.196.238 |
i dont think it would hurt them..but if they are REALLY frozen someone mentioned earlier that it is possible for their tounge to get stuck on it if they like it..I just pour hot h2o over them in their dish then dump the water out..the middles are usually still frozen but they thaw by the time the gliders eat em..it really doesnt take long to do this...they may be more apetizing this way too
| Posted by: | Shannon, Dayla21@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 10:09 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.26.226.205 |
I feed mine frozen mixed veggies all the time....I put a little gliderade on the veggies, and add a little warm water, stir it up....mine love it.
| Posted by: | Gliderlover, Angie_nightgirl@hotmail.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:33 PM, 20 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.65.233.144 |
Thank you everyone for your information! Does anyone know if butternut squash or broccoli should be steamed before fed to gliders? Has anyone tried giving their gliders jicama (mexican turnip that is sweet and crunchy) or alfalfa sprouts? I'm a little worried about continuing to feed green peas because there Ca:Ph ratio is 34:156, this seems really bad to me. Do sugar snap peas and snow peas have a better Ca:Ph ratio? Thanks!
Angie
| Posted by: | PreddyFairy | | Subject: | none | | When: | 9:22 AM, 21 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.163.121.104 |
the little round green peas?? whoa my gliders eat those often.
| Posted by: | Barb, barbloo@yahoo.comS | | Subject: | none | | When: | 10:35 AM, 22 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 63.178.113.125 |
My gliders love sweet corn. In the summertime I put a whole ear in each cage. They love corn on the cob as much as I do, but I prefer mine cooked. In the winter when fresh fruit is sometimes a bit expensive, I do buy frozen peas and corn. Yes, jicama is great! My guys love it as well as Chinese water chesnuts - FRESH only. It is not wise to feed gliders canned food: There's no nutrition in it and they won't eat it. My guys LOVE raw sweet potatoes/yams, but they won't touch it cooked. Oh, they also love chesnuts. (One time I had some that sat around and got hard, but the gliders loved them anyway. Serve chesnuts RAW.) When I buy treats such as raw peanuts, sunflower seeds in the shell, pine nuts, I get them in very small quantities from grocery stores where you can buy in bulk. I use the very small bags designed for spices. This will keep treats from getting stale or buggy. . . . Among the favorite fruits of my gliders (apples, grapes, melons), blueberries and figs as well as papayas rank highly. I have BB and figs in my yard sometimes, and tho I love both - the babies come first : They have gotten all the blueberries and figs. Oh, I raise mealworms because my gliders love them and I have quite a few of them. I recycle the corn cobs, melon rind, chewed up monkey biscuit, etc. to the mealworm bin, and the mealies love. They will clean up the corn cobs and even bore into the core of it. Mealworm waste feeds the compost bin outside. (I also put the stuff cleaned up from glider cages in the compost - but if you have cats or dogs, DO NOT put their messes in your composter, if you have one. Because your glider needs adequate calcium in its diet, try a little yogurt.....Mine (wild caughts included) love yogurt. When I just had two, I'd give them the last teaspoon from the cup. Now the whole cup is needed to feed my guys! For the record, I don't feed my gliders pinkie mice because they're too expensive to buy, and I won't raise mice because they STINK. Lastly, I'm afraid that feeding pinkies might encourage the gliders to eat their own babies. (I don't know that my last comment applies, but I always figure it's better to be safe than sorry!) Good glider tidings to you!
| Posted by: | Mary/Beck, intr01dc@frank.mtsu.edu | | Subject: | none | | When: | 7:49 PM, 22 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 12.77.82.211 |
Peas and corn are very high in phosphorus...but bourbons leadbeaters is very high in calcium. You can safely feed the with that diet. You need to look at the ratio of the entire diet...not just one item.
| Posted by: | Gliderlover, Angie_nightgirl@hotmail.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 8:43 PM, 22 Nov 2000 | | IP: | 24.65.233.144 |
Barb,
Thank you for your help. I have been looking for a long time for someone who feeds their gliders jicama, I really like the stuff and I think my gliders would too. I know what you mean about canned foods, the nutrition is just leached from the fruits and vegetables, I have heard the same about some baby foods. I'm glad that you dont feed your gliders pinky mice, I find it to be very unneccesary. If they are live then it is cruel. Gliders dont eat like reptiles do and the thought of a baby mouse being ripped to shreds by a hungry glider makes my stommach turn. Not to mention the bloody mess that would be left over. I think I will just stick with crickets and mealworms.
Angie
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