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PostSubject: VGV - Val's Green Variety Diet - Instructions only   VGV - Val's Green Variety Diet - Instructions only Icon_minitimeMon May 20, 2013 8:26 pm

I'm posting this in response to all the people that just want a simple recipe/diet plan directions.  Here ya go.  :)

For more information on the theories behind this diet and the reason for some of the choices in this diet, visit this thread:thesweetspot.forumotion.net/post?p=249&mode=editpost

To be honest with you, I make every batch differently.   You should strive to make all of your batches different as well, in order to provide the variety this diet calls for.  One batch makes roughly 70 servings (give or take).


KEY INGREDIENTS

(these are the ingredients present in every batch):

1 1/2 cup Knudsen MEGA GREEN juice http://www.rwknudsenfamily.com/products/simply_nutritious/mega_green
     (this juice includes spirulina, and other beneficial green foods)   (IF you wish, you may substitute any other green juice.  )

1/4 cup organic apple sauce
1/4 cup collard greens
1/2 cup alfalfa sprouts or 1 tablespoon dried alfalfa leaf
3/4 cup any other juice (I use a variety of organic fruit juices, but most of the time Just Pomegranate by Knudson)
1/2 Tablespoon bee pollen
1  hard boiled egg - no shell
1 Tablespoon flax seed oil
1/2 teaspoon milk thistle (this was at the advice of Dr. Walsh as well - given that I have several gliders with some liver issues.  You may omit the milk thistle if you like.)


ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS


IN ADDITION TO THESE INGREDIENTS, add 3 of the following to each batch.  Again, I make each batch differently, so I vary what I put into each batch.  None of these ingredients should be used in EVERY batch made. This should not be stressful.  Varying your glider's diet should be a fun and enriching experience.  

1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/8 teaspoon liquid vitamin E
1/2 cup kale
1 crushed/pulverized SamE tablet
1 additional teaspoon of barley grass powder
1/2 cup fruit puree or a different flavor fruit juice
1/4 cup chopped okra
1 Tablespoon ground chia seed OR chia oil
2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 Tablespoon wheat germ
1/8 teaspoon Primal Defense - powdered form
1 Tablespoon raw or manuka honey
1 Tablespoon Wombaroo High Protein Supplement powder
1 teaspoon Calcium Carbonate powder
1/2 Tablespoon acacia powder
1 Tablespoon yucca powder


Throw it in a blender and mix it all thoroughly, Then freeze.

* I purchase every one of these things at my local health food store. - one stop shopping.


For nursing moms, add one extra egg or use High protein wombaroo powder as suggested in the additional ingredients.


Because the ingredients in this diet vary, I do not have a Ca:P ratio for the mix. One must make sure to balance the fruits and veggies and to choose them wisely.


Because of the amount of fruit juice/applesauce, I decrease the amount of fruit given each night.


SERVING INSTRUCTIONS:


Serve EACH GLIDER
1 1/2 teaspoons of this mix (1/2 Tablespoon, or 1 Tablespoon for each pair)
1/2 Tablespoon (1 1/2 teaspoons) of fresh fruit
1 1/2 Tablespoons of veggies (basically, I just fill the TBSP to overflowing and give them that).

Offer a wide variety of fruits and veggies EACH night -
I chop into a very large bowl at least 6 different veggies and 3 different fruits each night and mix them up (fruit in one bowl, veggies in another). Most days, they get 8-10 different veggies. I cut them into tiny pieces that Jackie Chan and Riddick can hold with one hand, and since doing that have found that they get a wide variety in one tablespoon if the pieces are small. I sometimes offer organic juice (or homemade juice) instead of fruit or part of their veggies (my gliders love carrot juice).  I use a wide variety of foods.  We only avoid those that are unsafe.  All others are fair game.

Then, every 4th day
or so, I don't give the mix and give scrambled eggs, shrimp, or chicken instead.  This is just for variety and is not necessary.  You can feed the mix every night if you wish.  

2-3X per week I give a hard pellet food (dog kibble, cat food, or happy glider pellets) IN ADDITION TO this diet. They get 2-3 pieces per glider placed in the cage.
For treats, I give dried papaya, yogies, pine nuts, mealies, wax worms, walnut pieces, pecan pieces or pecans in the shell, almond pieces, honey nut cheerios, baby puff treats, yogurt dipped nuts, and unsalted sunflower seeds in the shell. I greet each and every glider every morning and offer one or more of the above. I do not give meal worms every day - I rotate them with the above things. Gliders also get treats during nail clipping, during tent time, when I take them out for bonding, if they go out with me and meet other people, after/during each vet visit and pretty much any time they give me the cute little pleading eyes. I am not a treat miser - I am generous with my treats and with my love.

This diet is not just about the food they eat, but about the experience of eating. I routinely hide foods all over the cage and/or change the location that they eat in the cage. I offer different textures, different size bites, different colors and a variety of different tastes in one meal. I believe that gliders enjoy being able to take their food to a different place in the cage and eat it, while others enjoy sitting at the dish and eating, so I do not recommend feeding this diet as a pureed diet. Eating should be an experience that stimulates their taste buds as well as their intellect (by encouraging foraging and hunting for food) and their emotions - making it an enjoyable and unique experience each night.


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And, just a reminder, I can get the following dry ingredients and ship them to you if you can't find them in your area (for very reasonable costs)

Dried alfalfa leaf
Yucca root powder
Milk thistle seed
Chia seed
Bee pollen
Primal Defense probiotic powder
liquid vitamin E
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PostSubject: Re: VGV - Val's Green Variety Diet - Instructions only   VGV - Val's Green Variety Diet - Instructions only Icon_minitimeMon Oct 17, 2016 5:05 am

Im getting a breeding pair in November. They'll be banies. So i am wondering at what point do I add the extra egg? Wait til they are 6 months? Start when they're young? Any suggestions ?
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PostSubject: Re: VGV - Val's Green Variety Diet - Instructions only   VGV - Val's Green Variety Diet - Instructions only Icon_minitimeWed Apr 11, 2018 3:14 pm

I've been feeding vgv for years. All my gliders love it. My chunks have lost weight tho some are still chunky. Everybody lost a few grams. My past example is I adopted a glider that weighed 157 grams day I receive him. He went down to 110 grams but he no longer loses any weight and hemaintained that. I think he looks great however the previous owner has messaged me commenting that her gliders have lost at least five to in this case 50 grams. She days he could be sick? Because of the amount of gliders that I have I do weight the monthly and he has weighed the same thing since August of last year.

One of the other gliders that she has received for me has weighed 90 grams since her weight stabilized. Approximately 3 weeks ago she gets sick with an infection and had to have her eye removed. She has bounced between 85 to 95 grams the entire time. Mostly depending on the time of day that she's been wait at the Vets as well as by me. When she was first brought into the Vet the vet thought her weight was great, still does. But the previous owner insisted she should weigh a hundred and twenty and that she could possibly be sick because of the weight loss.

Just FYI I have message Val personally about this but I'm not sure if she'll be able to have time to respond with everything going on. So without rushing over 40 gliders to the vet because they have lost weight and yes I do fecals etc. Has anybody else had this happened with vgv? Do I need to change diets? Previously they were on the original high protein Wombaroo diet. And they are also Brutus before coming to my house mates have been neutered now
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