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Angela’s Sugar Glider Food Recipe

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I’ve decided to post my recipe for food for pet sugar gliders. I developed the recipe when I was suspect of the artificially colored options, and worried that the little guys were not getting what they needed, nutritionally, from the commercial varieties available.

I supplement this easy to make, at-home version of glider food with fresh (non-chlorinated, non-chemical) water, and a variety of fresh fruits (organic varieties), and some seeds and nuts. Apparently they are doing well with it… and they seem to really enjoy it (they wipe it out!)…


Angela’s Sugar Glider Food Recipe:

3 boiled eggs (cage-free, organic variety) with shells
1/4-1/2 cup Garbanzo Bean Flour (available at grocery stores in natural foods aisle)
Organic Yogurt (Baby Organic Pear Variety)
1/4 cup pecan meal
Dash of organic apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup organic honey
Three large stems of raw broccoli
Teaspoon Vionate For Pets brand Mineral Powder
Tablespoon Rep-cal Phosphorous-Free Fine Calcium Powder with Vitamin D Supplement (ultra-fine powder)

Put all ingredients in a blender (including the whole eggs with shell) and blend until smooth. Pour the mixture into ice cube trays and freeze. Pop them out into a plastic zip lock baggie and feed gliders a fresh “cube” every day. This proportion is about perfect for our three gliders (there’s usually just a little left over). I started out thawing it first, but one day when I was in a rush, I put it in the cage still frozen and they loved it. Now they get it straight from the freezer in a shallow glass bowl. (NOTE: It will not hold it’s shape once thawed, so you can’t present it without a bowl.)

Hope your furry little guys will enjoy!

Sex on TV Commercials: Ok, Maybe I’m just "out of touch"… but GEEZE!

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I spent the night away from home recently and actually watched “normal” television. (I must say, I couldn’t get back to a “no cable” household quickly enough to suit me.) However… while I was there, I noticed something that I found simply shocking… something that may have “snuck up” on those who watch TV all the time…

I’d noticed (and I think even blogged) about the fact that so many commercials lately seem to be for medications. A few months ago when I was watching TV elsewhere, I was just floored by the number of commercials that were advertising drugs…in a non-specific way. I mean, you see people in fields of flowers with butterflies and happy families and the announcer says something like “Ask your doctor if DRUG X might be right for you!” Now, it never says what the ailment is, never says much other than giving you the visual impression that life will be much sweeter if you are on this particular chemical. It sounds just like heaven… up until the last seconds when a fast-talking, lower voiced announcer whispers about all the reactions, adversities and horrors you may encounter if you take said miracle drug.

To me, that whole concept is mortifying. Simply horrid!

But this visit… it got worse. Continue reading →

Working Out with Your Treo?!?!

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Ok, it was difficult for me to determine the category for this post… I mean, is it BUSINESS to get in shape or is it fun?

I think I need a “none of the above” category — but others may consider it “fun” so I’ll stick with that topic header.

Now, if you have a Treo 650 or an iPod Video (what I got my hubby for Christmas) you can now view workout instructions on your tiny screen. Continue reading →

The Effects of Organic Food and Typical American (Junk) Food on Children

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Yesterday, we went to my sister-in-laws for the holiday meal. We took a broccoli and beef dish, zucchini with pepper jack cheese, a vegetable muffin with cashews and Wayne’s famous pasta salad (a regular recipe and an organic one he made for us).

Alex and I ate only the organic versions, as usual. Wayne (also as usual) sampled some of the typical fare. He usually eats organic with us, but occasionally eats regular food when he’s out. He doesn’t go nuts, though. Since we have started eating organic, he says he only really misses two things — bread and ham. I bake bread occasionally, but he’s SOL on the ham (simply out of luck, that is). So he ate ham at dinner.

He and Alex hated missing out on ice cream, so we got a machine and I make vanilla from organic cream and milk with organic vanilla and local honey.

We pack Alex’s lunch so she doesn’t eat the crap at school — have you SEEN the lunch menus lately?!?! And my seven-year-old reads the labels on her food herself and if she can’t pronounce it, or if she doesn’t know what it is, she doesn’t eat it. It’s pretty amazing.

Anyway, there’s the background and after Thanksgiving dinner, we went to visit my friend, Daphne. Continue reading →