Sweet Potato and Yams

Feel free to move this post, I am not sure if I found the right area to ask this question.

It has been stated on GC by quiet a few people that one must cook their sweet potatoes, yams and other veggies of that nature as they are toxic to gliders.

http://www.glidercentral.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/1013457/Re_sweet_potatoe_need_to_bake_#Post1013457

Now I have been feeding these things raw to my gliders with no problems, they LOVE THEM, and I prefer to NOT cook things as I feel nutritional value can be lost.

I would love to see some research or information regarding what fruits/veggies are only safe if fed fully cooked? And how much is allowed say per week of said food?

(GC went down while I was trying to find all the links of the cooking food threads - I only found one I will add more if I find them! Thanks)

I can't say I have ever heard this at all. I lightly roast my sweet potatoes but I have fed them raw too. I just find that they like the taste better when lightly roasted. (Same with butternut squash, they love it but only when lightly roasted.)

Weird...New one on me.

Ive been feeding raw sweet potato forever and have never had a problem

Chris R wrote:

Ive been feeding raw sweet potato forever and have never had a problem

Ditto

Alright thanks for the info, I figured as much.

I read an article tonight at sweet sugar gliders safe fruits and veggies
that says sweet potatos have oxolates-

Even spinach is a higher oxalate food (higher than sweet potatoes) and I occasionally feed that too, but I just make sure I don't feed too many of the high oxylates at once.

and the article said that certain veggies can break up the oxalates, i dont recall which ones,

Oxalates are not a terrible thing. No more so than any other vitamin, mineral, etc. You just have to use them in moderation.

I feed foods high in oxalates often - blueberries, sweet potato, spinach, etc, etc. Why? Because my gliders love them and they are also high in other beneficial minerals and vitamins.

Moderation, not stress. I think this is the best way to think about your glider's diet.