Join Us On Facebook
|
|
|
Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
#148448
09/20/06 11:44 AM
09/20/06 11:44 AM
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
I've been lurking around here for about a week or so doing my research for my two glider boys that I'm picking up tomorrow (finally, yay!). They are both 10 months old. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/littleglider.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/littleglider.gif" alt="" /> I originally thought of using the BML diet, but have recently switched (in my planning) to the Darcy's diet. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> I'm going to make a batch up tonight and wondered: 1 "Iced-ensure-mix" cube = how many tablespoons? 2? How long will the frozen mix keep? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
Last edited by McRae; 09/20/06 11:46 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148449
09/20/06 11:59 AM
09/20/06 11:59 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 306 Gainesville, FL
Blue02celi
Glider Explorer
|
Glider Explorer
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 306
Gainesville, FL
|
Are you asking how much is each cube in a tray? They're different sizes but I think they are usually 2 tbsp
Luis
^ - ^ > '.'< ( v v ) /
This is a sugar glider. Copy into your signature to help him on his way to world domination.
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148450
09/20/06 01:19 PM
09/20/06 01:19 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 608 Cincinnati, Ohio
North_Nocturne
Glider Lover
|
Glider Lover
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 608
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
I've been feeding Darcy's diet for a while and I've never heard of freezing it. I'm not really sure why you would need to since it doesn't contain anything that spoils. I buy packs of Ensure and keep them in the pantry. I just pull one out, add the calcium, shake it up, pour some in their bowl, and then put the bottle in the fridge and use it nightly until gone.
Elizabeth gliders. Nocturne & Lark
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148451
09/20/06 09:27 PM
09/20/06 09:27 PM
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Hm. Okay. I guess it must have been mental seeping over from where I'd heard of freezing BML. Guess y'all answered my question anyway. Thanks! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thanx.gif" alt="" />
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148452
09/21/06 08:31 AM
09/21/06 08:31 AM
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
question- how long does the ensure last in the fridge? 2 of our gliders are getting small doses of ensure as a supplement per the vet for health issues.. I've been tossing each bottle after a week... but that is using less then half the bottle...
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148453
09/21/06 11:44 AM
09/21/06 11:44 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 608 Cincinnati, Ohio
North_Nocturne
Glider Lover
|
Glider Lover
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 608
Cincinnati, Ohio
|
Khyricat- I called the customer service number on the Ensure bottle and totally confused the poor girl who answered the phone. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> I asked how many days the Ensure is good for in the fridge after it's been opened. She said it's only good for two days in the fridge after you open it and drink out of the bottle. I tried to explain to her that no germy lips ever touch the bottle because I feed it to a couple little critters who get it poured into a bowl. She seemed completely confounded by my statement and just repeated again that the Ensure is good for 48 hours after you first drink out of the bottle.
I think I go through about one bottle every six days and I've never had a problem keeping it in the fridge for that long. I agree with you that after a week in the fridge it's probably best to throw it out just to be safe.
Elizabeth gliders. Nocturne & Lark
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148454
09/21/06 03:16 PM
09/21/06 03:16 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 659 Hernando, MS - USA
Anmaw
Glider Guardian
|
Glider Guardian
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 659
Hernando, MS - USA
|
Khyricat, Ensure can be frozen. In the past I've frozen it in portions for Stryder because I was afraid to use it after just being refrigerated. It looks like if you are throwing away more than half a can, it would be cost effective for you to freeze small portions in ice trays to get out as needed. It's not real easy to get out of the trays, but a little prying with a knife will do the trick.
Becky Guardian of Stryder, my Grandson's Sugar Glider
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148455
09/21/06 11:15 PM
09/21/06 11:15 PM
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
[:"#333333"] I only have one suggie that eats darcys and I freeze 2 bottles in a container and that lasts a while. I noticed that if you leave an opened bottle in the fridge for very long that it starts to taste bad so thats when I started freezing it. I thought everyone that fed darcys froze the ensure, ive never heard of just keeping it in the fridge. But, since I freeze it in a container, I have to let it defrost before I can scoop some out cuz it freezes rock solid so I am going to start using ice trays. I'd like to hear what other people that feed darcys do with the ensure.[/]
Last edited by skate_or_die; 09/22/06 12:44 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148456
09/22/06 08:14 AM
09/22/06 08:14 AM
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
thanks guys.. I think I'll start freezing it in small portions, then keeping it in the fridge for a few days once defrosted.. we use about 6-7 cc's per day right now.. and that will go DOWN not up...
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148457
09/22/06 11:21 AM
09/22/06 11:21 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 22,749 80 acres of paradise in KS
Dancing
Glideritis Anonymous
|
Glideritis Anonymous
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 22,749
80 acres of paradise in KS
|
Freezing it in ice trays seems like the better choice to me. My reasoning behind this is simple... You have to add calcium to the ensure. IF you just put it in a large container to freeze, wouldn't the calcium have time to settle to the bottom of the container before it freezes making the top portion not contain the calcium it should? By mixing it up and pouring it straight into the trays in serving size, even if the calcium settles, it still has the appropriate amount of calcium per seving.
As for getting it back out of the ice tray...run some water over the back side of the tray for a minute or so and it will loosen the cubes from the tray (works for just about anything you freeze in ice trays).
620-704-9109 Judge not until you have walked in their shoes and lived their lives. What you see online is only part of the story.
I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148458
09/22/06 11:29 AM
09/22/06 11:29 AM
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
I agree with what Dancing said about the trays. I only have 1 hand so getting food out of trays can at times be difficult. If the hot water doesn't work, I put hot water on the bottom then run a butter knife around the edges and everything just pops out. HTH
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148459
09/22/06 12:16 PM
09/22/06 12:16 PM
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
Anonymous
Unregistered
|
i thought ensure is not good for animals.. i heard something about upset stomach etc
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148460
09/22/06 12:38 PM
09/22/06 12:38 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 22,749 80 acres of paradise in KS
Dancing
Glideritis Anonymous
|
Glideritis Anonymous
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 22,749
80 acres of paradise in KS
|
Ensure is the staple item for the Darcy's diet. Darcy's diet was developed for a little sick glider named Lord Darcy. It saved Lord Darcy's life when he wouldn't/couldn't eat anything else. Many people have used Darcy's diet with their healthy gliders with success. (I personally had different results though). Ensure should NOT be give to dehydrated gliders though. When a glider is dehydrated, their body will pull moisture out from what ever source it can. When that source is Ensure, it can leave behind a paste that can impact the glider.
620-704-9109 Judge not until you have walked in their shoes and lived their lives. What you see online is only part of the story.
I could have missed the pain But I'd of had to miss the dance
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148461
09/23/06 02:34 AM
09/23/06 02:34 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,910 Phoenix, AZ
KattyM
Serious Glideritis
|
Serious Glideritis
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,910
Phoenix, AZ
|
It sounds like everyone has a handle on getting frozen goodies out of ice cube trays, but here's a link from another post on some nifty (though pricey) ice cube trays: Freeze & Press Ice Cube Tray. Know also that you glider may gain weight on Darcys Sugar Glider Diet. If this is what your glider needs to do, this is the diet for you!
Forever owned in my heart by my "Eight is Enough" colony: 2002: Keiko (F) + 2003: Hiroshi (M) = 2004: joey Tomoki (M) 2009: Sammy (F), Charlie (F), Murray (M), Herbie (M) 2010: BJ (M)
|
|
|
Re: Very Quick "Ice-cubed" Darcy's Diet Question
[Re: ]
#148463
09/25/06 12:01 AM
09/25/06 12:01 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,910 Phoenix, AZ
KattyM
Serious Glideritis
|
Serious Glideritis
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 9,910
Phoenix, AZ
|
Boy, the expert on Ensure and Darcy's diet is Donna (saharafox; BTW, happy birthday <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/birthday.gif" alt="" />, Donna!). I think I read that you do not need or want to add extra calcium if you get the high-calcium Ensure. I don't know if freezing it breaks down the minerals and vitamins. I'm guessing not. The BML (which I use) has the vitamins and calcium mixed in, and is intended to be kept frozen. Hopefully someone will come along with more knowledge.
Forever owned in my heart by my "Eight is Enough" colony: 2002: Keiko (F) + 2003: Hiroshi (M) = 2004: joey Tomoki (M) 2009: Sammy (F), Charlie (F), Murray (M), Herbie (M) 2010: BJ (M)
|
|
|
|
Please click above to see how you can help!!
|
|
0 registered members (),
326
guests, and 80
spiders. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
Owner,
Admin
|
|
Forums132
Topics10,374
Posts159,160
posts in the last 24hrs0
Members7,324
|
Most Online2,693 Jan 2nd, 2020
|
|
This site was tested and is best
viewed in Google Chrome & Mozilla FireFox
Download your copy today!!!
|
|
|