This is A post to help spread how IMPORTANT a good diet actually is. I didnt think there was a post like it so i think its important we have one.

So, To start off. This Post, is for people to post Pictures of Gliders that they rescued or aquired that had been on Bad diets, and after that, You can Post an "After" Picture of the glider showing how much a difference it is when a glider is on a good diet.
Any Ideas, and/or suggestions for the post please let me know.

Thanks again for doing this post for me since i wasnt really sure how to go about, or word it..

Here you go...

Before (on a pellet diet) and after (no pellets). Unfortunately, it was too late by the time I got him and he only lived 5 months with me. Per the necropsy, the damage to his liver was irreversible. All I did was prolong his life by a few months.

This was the day I got him:






This was about 2 months later:

He Looked SO much better after you got him Kylah. He was lucky you got him. a few months isnt much but its more than he had.

He looked really good after being with you. He probably would've died earlier had he stayed with the owner he was rescued from. It is a crying shame when people abuse animald of any kind...and yes, over feeding and feeding a bad diet is abuse.

Kylah, will you post which diet you feed here so new people will know? He looked really good in that after shot!

At the time, I was feeding 25/25/50 but I feed LGRS Suggie Soup now.

Pellets:




HPW:

This is Trinity shortly after I got her about two months ago. Not sure what she was fed. She had lots of cracking in fur and flat tail, bad BO.


This is Trinity now.

Fat Sugar Gliders

Oh my, he's a biggin...Kazko is his bones even bigger then normal? He looks long and wider then a normal glider size.

See, that's the unfortunate thing Terry.. seeing a glider that huge makes me want to over-feed and give a bad diet so I can have a big fat squishy glider. (Yes I know it's not a regular suggie)

I love how it got replies. :)

That's not a normal sugar glider. It's a different type...

gliderus maximus!

His face reminds me of Gopher on Winnie the Pooh.

ok so I'll bite....what is that since it's not a regular glider?

...stop holding him so tight mysterious hand! he looks uncomfortable. :(

I dont have any pictures, but when I got my gliders their fur was looked wet and matted together, and their bellies were yellow. Now they have white bellies (minus the males scent gland) and clean soft fur :)

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Originally posted by bholland7



This is Trinity shortly after I got her about two months ago. Not sure what she was fed. She had lots of cracking in fur and flat tail, bad BO.


This is Trinity now.

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She looked horrible before, Brenda! Oh my!

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Originally posted by Meloria

His face reminds me of Gopher on Winnie the Pooh.

ok so I'll bite....what is that since it's not a regular glider?

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I'm pretty sure it's a squirrel glider.

All four of my first group looked like that. After I got them home and compared them to gliders on here I was really mad. But it all turned out good they are all gaining weight and all are fluffy butts. I can even feel more body heat coming off them now. When they first came home and would jump on my back I could not tell where they were. Now when they jump on me I know they are there.

That's not a sugar glider??

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Originally posted by kyro298

That's not a sugar glider??

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But it looks like a gaint one?

http://www.exoticpetvet.com/breeds/sugarglider.htm ???

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Originally posted by kyro298

That's not a sugar glider??

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I thought it was one too.

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Originally posted by kyro298

http://www.exoticpetvet.com/breeds/sugarglider.htm ???

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It is now my life goal to make Bella that big.

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Originally posted by suppressedtearz

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Originally posted by kyro298

http://www.exoticpetvet.com/breeds/sugarglider.htm ???

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It is now my life goal to make Bella that big.

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Wow! Thats one big flying rat you got there Kazko. You referred to ours as rats last week so I'm returning thr favor. He looks happy and healthy though. Now, I want one.

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Originally posted by Omis n Kais g-ma

Wow! Thats one big flying rat you got there Kazko. You referred to ours as rats last week so I'm returning thr favor. He looks happy and healthy though. Now, I want one.

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Does Anyone have anymore Photos?

Great thread idea and I love the before and after pictures! It's like a glider make over!

Here is a picture of Chester when I first got him in May. The people before me only had him a short time, but they were feeding him pellets, fruit fluff and cheetohs.



Here is a picture of Chester I just took an hour ago. He's been on the HPW diet since I got him.