LGRS Suggie Soup

LGRS Suggie Soup Recipe (2.12:1 Ca:Ph Ratio)

Introduction

The LGRS Suggie Soup is an economical, lower-fat, lower cholesterol, higher calcium, higher protein recipe than similar recipes that use expensive, imported ingredients. This is the standard recipe for all rescues and animals being rehabilitated at Lucky Glider Rescue & Sanctuary. You can dilute the finished product with water and syringe feed it to gliders who are suffering from metabolic bone disease or hind leg paralysis. It is important to first take malnourished gliders to the vet as they are often candidates for a subcutaneous calcium injection and other treatments.

Batches and Freezing

One "batch" of this recipe will produce about 7 cups. With a two tablespoon serving per glider per day, a batch would last a pair gliders two months, depending on waste. You need to keep the bulk of your batch frozen and only transfer amounts needed for a few days at a time into the refrigerator. Please note that as a rescue we err on the side of over-feeding especially when nursing malnourished rescues back to health You may be able to cut back the portions to a tablespoon and a half if the glider is generally healthy. You can water the formula down if they are getting fat. A full grown adult male should be about 150 grams. Gliders that get out of their cage every night and exercise for a few hours usually don't get fat.

DISCLAIMER:

— Show this recipe to your veterinarian.
— Let your veterinarian decide if its contents are good for your pet.
— LGRS Suggie Soup is only one part of an overall diet plan.


Ingredients

1 cup of canned Mango juice or liquefied fresh Mango
1 cup of canned Papaya juice or liquefied fresh Papaya
2 cups of Calcium & Vitamin D fortified Orange Juice
2 cups of Filtered Honey (see footnote 1)
1/4 cup of Plain, Low-Fat Yogurt (kind with 12g protein per half pint)
1 small scrambled egg
1 Tablespoon of Trader Darwin's Vanilla Flavored Soy (see footnote 2)
1 Tablespoon of powdered, Dehydrated Fly Pupae (see footnote 3)
2 Tablespoons of powdered Bee Pollen (see footnote 4)

Preparation

1. Cook and scramble egg, set aside to cool

2. With a blender, powder the bee pollen and dehydrated fly pupae together so it is one fine powder and set aside

3. Warm honey using a hot water bath method or microwave.

4. Mix warmed honey and juices in blender

5. Add protein powder and yogurt to the juice and honey mixture. Blend till smooth [depending on the size of your blender. You may need to blend the rest in stages]

6. Add egg and pollen/pupae mix into the liquid ingredients. Blend until smooth.

7. Pour into small freezer-safe containers for freezing use containers that you can put in the fridge with enough to last two or three days. If you have two gliders who will only eat two tablespoons per serving, those containers can be pretty small. You can freeze the soup in ice cube trays and pop the frozen cubes into freezer bags.

RECIPE FOOTNOTES

1. Do not use raw, comb, or unfiltered honey. Look for the world “filtered” or “pasteurized” on the label.

2. A nutritional analysis of Trader Darwin’s Vanilla Flavored Soy is on this web page: ]http://www.sugarglider.com/nutrition/food.asp?ndbid=999989
If you cannot get this item in your area, other vitamin fortified soy isolate products will work, but compare them and try to come close to this nutritional profile. A suitable substitute for Trader Darwins is Arnold’s Choice Possum Milk Replacer. You can find Arnold’s choice here:
http://www.sugar-gliders.com/possum-milk-replacer.htm. A third choice is Designer Whey: http://www.designerwhey.com

3. Make sure they are DEHYDRATED. Get the Pupae *not* the Larvae. Dehydrated fly pupae is available from Oregon Feeder Insects Inc. 866.641.8938 www.OregonFeederInsects.com
If you cannot get this you can substitute dried crickets.

4. Bee pollen is available on line at
www.BulkFoods.com
You can also buy it at local “Whole Foods Market” or GNC nutrition stores.

A Word on Fruit and Veggie and Meat Compotes

You should also offer a compote of properly balanced Fruits, Veggies and Meat on the side of the soup. Offer two tablespoons per glider. Watch out for high Ph contents of meats. Must offset so overall Ca:Ph ratio is 2:1



Nutritional Analysis:

http://www.sugarglider.com/nutrition/viewrecipe.asp?item=36

All information taken from:

http://www.sugarglider.com/glidergossip/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=25960

Diet in pdf format:

http://files.meetup.com/768852/LGRS%20Suggie%20Soup.pdf

I'm so confused. Can someone tell me specifically what to order in regards to the fly pupae and bee pollen. I see that recipe calls for powders.. does this mean I am buying granules and crushing into powder myself? And what size dehydrated fly pupae should I order? Thank you for your help.

Ok now I feel dumb lol I see in the recipe where it says powder them together in a blender. Still not sure what size pupae though. lol

OH MY GOODNESS....... disregard these posts, I was having a brain freeze, I think when it asked for size it was just quanity!

How do you store the fly pupae?

I get my pupae at Oregon Feeder Insects and it's already dehydrated and ground. I keep it in the pantry.

Thank you kyro. That's where I ordered it. Does it have a "shelf life" or expiration?

I honestly don't know. I've had this package for months. I suppose I should find that out!