This sounds really interesting. I am thinking about giving it a try. My guys do eat the BML but they usually leave some. We'll see. I do have a question though about the mealies: I have really weord gliders in that only 1 of my 7 will actually eat them. The rest will eat freeze dried but have no interest whatsoever in live ones. Is freeze dried ok?

Freeze dried should be ok. a lot of people feed them.

I've been reading through this thread...

I thought citrus wasn't really that good for gliders. The orange juice in the diet worries me. Comments?

I think the orange juice is balanced by the oats, mine aren't bothered by it at all..

So, I have been feeding this for about 2 months now & it's time for a progress check!

-My finicky eaters who before would eat maybe half of what I fed them are now completely cleaning their plates every night!

-My 3 notoriously constipated boys no longer hiss when they poop!

-Zoe's family literally waits at the door EVERY night for me to bring in their food & the whole family circles arund the dish to eat - too cute!

-EVERYONE has gotten so fluffy & shiny I can hardly believe it!

I love how easy it is to make and the variety my kids get with 3 different batches. I also like that the ingredients are all fresh and recognizable, there's no processed jarred stuff to worry about.

So, it gets an A+ so far at my house!

Same here - we give it an A+. My boy eats it all down (not something that happened before), is shiny and healthy and no stool issues.

As to the OJ, citrus is allowed in small amounts and when considering everything in the diet, it really is a small amount.

ok, My guys would not eat the eggs or chicken for the life of me. They would chew on it and then they spit it back out. Finally decided to try blending the eggs in with the applesauce, so that they can't pick it out, and they eat every bite now! I'm gonna try to do the same with the chicken tonight, but with me making double batches of everything, there is a WHOLE LOT of chicken to cut up first, lol.

Laura, mush it up in the food processor/blender instead of cutting it up

i have a cheap blender and have to chop it up and put it in bit by bit

well, that doesn't help I put mine on the setting to chop and it does all the work for me.. I usually cut the chicken breast into 4 pieces and drop it in...

I will give it a try tonight when I get home from training... I'm sneaking on here in the middle of class, lol

guys abt the mealworms... i know it says 10. but really huge 1's.. i thought a mealworm was a mealworm. there's a baitshop i go to that has 'em...
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Ok, I made a batch of each of the egg, chicken, turkey, and plain, a lot of applesauce I might add. But, like a doofus, I forgot to add the fruits and veggies to the mix before I froze it! I like the idea of smoothying the fruits and veggies before serving so that we aren't so picky. If I smoothy the fruits and veggies, how much should I feed each night, and is it okay to freeze the smoothie mix by itself?

I offer a Tablespoon each of fruits and veggies per glider

well we are going into our third batch and we made a triple batch for the second time.....we have no negative comments about this diet....we were like mad scientists last time with a little of this and that going in for the fruits and veggies....it made for amazing combo's so that the worries of them becoming bored are no more.....our only down is they don't like the tofu....so it will be egg and cheicken unless anyone has any other protein suggestions

With the superworms, I would only give a couple a day, they are like 3 times the size of large mealies so I would say no more than 3 a day per glider.

My little guy loves turkey, and I've also heard of someone putting in grasshoppers (obviously not live).