My gliders diet
People always ask me what to feed gliders, there is more than one way to feed gliders and them stay healthy and happy but below I will put what I feed. Note: I freeze all my mixtures, the veggie relish and fruit cocktail I freeze in ice cube trays (measured amounts per each cube slot) then after frozen I pour the trays into (separate) ziplock bags and store in freezer. The HPW Plus I freeze in a ziplock container and scoop it out (it freezes like ice-cream so this is easy). Note: I recommend not to change a diet as written by the creator as doing such may mess with ratios ect.
With my new fruit and veggie recipes (which should last a month for ten gliders) it cost me 47.32 to get the ingredients. I estimate the cost of the HPW plus this month to be around 25 (high estimate and including honey/eggs/pollen, I buy large amounts and make double batches so I have to guess on this one) Making the total 72.32 add in treats a month high estimate of 25 makes it 97.32 for ten gliders. I'm not saying it will always cost 10 per a glider a month, it depends on diet feed and cost at your store but I have heard people say it costs 100 dollars a month and that seems way too much to me since they eat about 5.25 cups each a month (28daysx3tbs=84 tbs/16=5.25 cups). If it did cost 100 dollars per glider that would be about 19 dollars per cup of food.
Meaning it costs me about $9.73 a month to feed a glider.
HPW Plus
¼ cup HPW Plus Powder
1 1/2 cup Honey
2 cup Warm Water
1 T Bee Pollen
3 Scrambled Eggs
1 cup Superfood Green Juice
-Blend and freeze
1 T per glider
Fruit Cocktail (336 tablespoons) (1.8:1)
3 cup Kiwi 0.67:1 (3 per cup)
3 cup Strawberries 0.7:1 (a little over one container)
3 cup Banana 0.3:1 (three huge bananas)
3 cup Mango 1:1 (one per cup)
3 cup Blueberries 0.4:1 (frozen read bag)
6 cup Papaya 4.8:1 (2 huge ones or 4 small)
-Cut into about pea sized pieces and freeze
½ T per glider
5 T per 10 gliders=2.5 icecube slots
Veggie Mix (384 tablespoons) (1.83:1)
1 ½ cup Collard greens 14.5:1 (less than on bunch)
3 cup Kale 2.7:1 (almost one bunch)
3 cup Bok choy 2.8:1 (medium bunch)
3 cup Broccoli 0.7:1 (2 large)
3 cup Corn 0.02:1 (frozen)
4 ½ cup Baby carrots 0.6:1 (pre bagged)
6 cup Peas 0.27:1 (frozen)
-Cut into about pea sized pieces and freeze, I blend the pre measured leafed veggie and mix
1 ½ T per glider
15 T per 10 gliders=7.5 icecubes slots
I like to give my gliders treats like mealworms in the morning- when I wake up that way it doesn't spoil there dinner. Mine also love scrambled eggs, so when we have breakfast together they get a little bit.