What's for dinner tonight?

Tonight My Gliders Are Having...
Broiled, Shredded Chicken
Mango & Watermelon
String Beans & Shredded Carrots!

Tomorrow they get HPW Plus and their fruit/veggie mix, have to make another batch! =P

The zucchini didn't seem to go over too well in 3 of the 4 cages. We'll see if there's any leftover zucchini again after tonight. Can't wait till this mix of green bell pepper, cucumber, sweet potato, carrot, and zucchini is gone (will most likely be tomorrow or Monday night) so I can go shopping again for some other fresh veggies and make another mix!

What diet are your babies on Brenda?

We just switched from HPW to HPW Complete 3 weeks ago. When we were on HPW, I added green juice and now that we are on Complete, I still add the green juice. My babies LOVE it!

What fruit/veggie mixtures do you use if you don't mind my asking? I use the recommended ones on Peggy's website but they aren't eating a lot of it. =/ I'm on HPW Plus.

My boyfriend made me Ostrich steaks tonight (usually can find it on Amazon- got ours at the local Indian/Ethiopian market), so guess what they tried?

Yep, Ostrich meat- they loved it! It's a dark meat, not what you would expect
Starfruit (starting to become a favorite here)
Bok Choy
Ayurvedic Cooling Mix
Raw Goat's Milk
Bananas
Mandarin Oranges

all wrapped in Kelp leaves like little Wontons


As soon as I get my camera fixed, I'll start taking pictures of prep and presentation. It's really fun writing up meal plans at the beginning of the week, researching the ratios, and finding out a way to present for maximum foraging. They don't ever get their food in a bowl- these babies work for their meals!

Awesome! I have never given a rats rear about ratios as long as I feed a variety and all has been good so far. I have 13 very healthy gliders and have had gliders for 4 1/2 years. Lol!

Fruits and veggies I feed? Let me see if I can give you a list of those that I have fed and would feed in a heart beat, but I will be adding to it as I am finally branching out...lol!

Fruits:
Apples
Bananas
Mango
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Honeydew
Watermelon
Pineapple
Strawberries
Raspberries
Blackberries
Red seedless grapes
Green grapes
Pears
Nectarines
Peaches
Avocado
Papaya
Possibly more I can't think of at the moment...

Veggies:
Carrots
Peas
Green Beans
Corn
Spinach
Collared Greens
Celery
Broccoli
sugar snap peas
Cauliflower
Possibly more I can't think of at the moment...

fruits or veggies or other?
Sweet Potato
Cucumber
Tomato
Green bell pepper

Tonight we had:

Staple mix

Fruit smoothie of strawberry, banana, peach, pineapple, blueberry and creamed papaya.
Dried coconut flakes

Grape tomato, yellow bell pepper, corn, carrots, lettuce, sugar snap peas, butternut squash, cucumber and collard greens

dried rose buds

Tonight My Gliders Will Be Having

Their Staple Mix (HPW Plus)

Sugar Snap Peas, Green Beans, Carrots, Corn, Green Peppers, Cucumber, Bok Choy, Gala Apple, Cantaloupe, and...

Fruit smoothie with raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and blackberries. :-)

Plus... it's mealie night here!!! =)

Last night was "Mama's tired because she just roller skated for an hour and a half" night, so the gliders had:

Scrambled Eggs
Frozen Mixed Veggies (Corn, Peas, Carrots, Grean Beans)
Frozen Blueberries

Tonight was:

HPW Complete w/Green Juice
Corn, Peas, Carrots, Green Beans, Sweet Potato, Cucumber, Green Bell Pepper, Zucchini (end of the fresh mix and some frozen)
Cantaloupe & Kiwi (coworker brought me some kiwi yesterday...love my coworkers! They help my gliders try new things!)

Tomorrow, I have to hit the grocery store for some more fresh veggies and fruits! I'm actually pretty excited. :) Which, if you know how much I absolutely LOATHE grocery shopping, should impress you...lol.

Last Night My Gliders Had...
-HPW Plus W/ Green Juice
-Fruit/Veggie Mixed Shishkabobs (a really fun idea to get your Gliders to eat more of their fruits/veggies... THEY LOVE IT! I use wooden chopstick like sticks to "shishkabob" the fruits and vegetables... last night it was peas, green beans, cantaloupe, raspberries, blackberries, and mango as a special treat!
-Freeze Dried Mealworms

Tonight My Gliders Will Have...
-HPW Plus W/ Green Juice
-Mixed Fruit Smoothie: Mango, Banana, Strawberry, Peach, and Blueberries.
-Veggies: Carrots, Cucumber, Zuchini
-Live Mealworms (:

I did it! I bought little tomatoes and some mushrooms! Yuck! So proud of myself, though.

The current fresh veggie mix is now: little golden tomatoes, mushrooms, sugar snap peas, and red bell pepper. After picking out the red bell pepper, I just couldn't bring myself to buy red tomatoes...needed different colors - it makes me happy.

Aside from the new veggie mix, they had cantaloupe (mom & Dad went out of town and Mom told me to take the rest of the cantaloupe in their fridge before it goes bad, so I figured I'd let them eat that first.) and HPW Complete with Green Juice.

I also bought some fresh fruit, including something called pluots or something. We'll try those out soon. Pretty sure buying fresh is saving me money and so far, the gliders seem to be enjoying it!

buying fresh often will save you money.

You are starting to sound like my mom- she thinks that dinner should be very colorful for the gliders each night. LOL.

Tonight I served:

Staple mix

Sweet potato, corn, grape tomato, green beans, jicama, cucumber, sugar snap peas, carrots, bell pepper

alfalfa sprouts

blackberry, apricot, strawberry, watermelon, canetloupe, honeydew melon, apple

A cracked pecan for foraging.

I was thinking of your mom when I did it...lol! I totally understand where she's coming from. I was tempted to buy jicama today, but wasn't too sure about it. There were several things I was thinking of getting, but I think I need to do this in baby steps. So, really, anything but garlic and onions are okay, right? Just want to know before my next shopping trip so I know I'm safe with whatever I choose to try out.

tonight my babies had an appetizer of steamed bok choy, red bell pepper and carrots( i made extra because that was my side dish for the steak i ate tonight)

then for their dinner they got, Prickly pear(a fav in this house), cantalope, green seedless grapes, mushrooms, avacodo, and their usual frozen veggie mix plus the HPW. they will have leftovers today because i got a little knife happy.

Tonight was:

Glider Sushi!

Kelp wrapped around blended ginger root, violets, acacia gum, raw locally sourced fish, chopped carrots, and soaked in raw goat's milk. They won't eat their food now without the goat's milk!

The new girl got the same thing. I was thinking about putting her on an "approved" diet as I did not want to skew my diet results with my current bunch, but after consulting the vets, we decided to just jump right in. The ginger root is being added to all food this week as it helps calm the stomach and helps during a diet transition.

Tonight is:

HPW Complete w/Green Juice
Carrots, Green Bell Peppers, Tomatoes, Sugar Snap Peas & Mushrooms
Mango & Cherries

Gotta go shopping again soon!

Gliders at Kingdom Kritters are having the favorites of some gliders that are leaving tomorrow. Tonight they will get:

Avacado dip (avacado, chicken breast, Mega Green juice, dried alfalfa, flax seed oil, pumpkin, collard greens, calcium glubion and guava juice all blended together, then chopped grape tomato and bell pepper folded in)

mixed berry yogurt for those that can have it

bell pepper, grape tomato (see above), bok choy, jicama, celery, corn, carrots, broccoli, cucumber, mushroom, sweet potato and green beans

pear, white peach, blueberry, plum, apple and canteloupe

A few flakes of dried coconut each

Looks like I need to head to the grocery store so they can have their favorite meal when they get here too!

Tonight we are doing:

My lazy meal/Emergency Prep
Sojo's Mix- Lamb for everyone but Bella

She's getting Addiction brand Brushtail Possum raw mix

Bell Peppers
Apple
Ayurvedic Spice mix for calming
Ginger Root
Raw Goat's Milk

They are getting the calming mix the next two weeks instead of cooling because I had a new glider come last week and have 4 more coming this weekend! I'm not having an Emergency which is what this rotation of the diet is called, but I like to make sure they are still used to it if there ever is an emergency.

Per a request, I am posting some photos of different meals that I have served. You are welcome to post some photos of your overall meals as well.

I need to get "dividable" plates for my Gliders with the different little compartments! Val, what is the "purplish" liquid on that one side of the green plate and in one of the mickey mouse ears? =P

Anyway! Tonight My Gliders Are Having:
-Shredded Tilapia (I know that fish is not a staple and should NEVER be fed as one. The only fish I use with my Gliders are Tilapia, Cod or Mahi-Mahi. These are the only ones I feel comfortable feeding. They usually get fish every other Monday, but we made it tonight, so they'll have it tonight instead! :P)
-Diced Cantaloupe, Seedless Grapes & Apple with Low-Fat Yogurt.
-Zuchini, Spaghetti Squash & Asparagus

Tonight we are serving:

Staple mix (VGV)

Carrot, broccoli, sweet peas, bok choy, green bell pepper, green beans, corn, jicama, nopales and cucumber

watermelon, blackberry, strawberry, peach & plum

steamed rice

Just got back from the grocery store and YAY...Black Mission Figs are in season! My gliders LOOOVE figs!

Val, what do you use as a staple if you don't mind my asking?

Tonight is:

HPW Complete w/green juice
Cantaloupe
Carrots, Cucumber, Green Pepper, Sweet Potato, Cherry Tomatoes

I need to branch out more soon...should write up a list of the fruits and veggies I read on here and pick new ones from that list each week instead of the same ol' same ol' - even if some of them are new "same ol'".