Diets
There are many different diets available for your sugar glider, each diet has it's ups and downs. It really is controversial as to what the best diet is for a sugar glider in captivity. Although any diet you choose, keep the following in mind:
* A healthy diet is VERY important, serious health conditions will arise if your glider is not feed properly.
* Keep a positive calcium to phosphorous ratio, use calcium supplements that are non-phosphorous.
* A sugar gliders diet should consist of a protein source, vitamins, fruits and vegetables.
* Use vitamin supplements when necessary, but don't over do it, too many vitamins can be just as harmful as not enough.
* Start out by feeding about 3-4 tablespoons of food per night, per glider. If they eat it all the first night add a little more the next night until they leave only a little bit. Remember a sugar gliders stomach is about the same size of your thumbnail, and only holds less than a tablespoon of food/water.
* Often times breeders will offer pregnant or lactating mothers extra protein. Before doing this, be sure it fits into your current diet plan.
* Never add vitamins to your gliders water.
* Always follow the directions of your chosen diet.
* Fresh water and a high quality staple food must be available at all times.
* Feed you glider a varied diet within your chosen diet plan. This will prevent food boredom, and ensures a balanced diet. Example, feed various fruits, juices, vegetables, etc.
* Cat food or pellet base diets are not recommended. Sugar gliders are sap suckers, by feeding large amounts of hard food can lead to an infection in the jaw known as “lumpy jaw”.
* Do not mix diets. Each diet is balanced with the right amount of vitamins and minerals. Mixing diets can affect these balances resulting in either too much, or not enough of something.
* Give the diet a chance before deciding your gliders don't like it. Sugar Gliders can be like 2 year olds, and have similar eating patterns. One week they will go without touching any fruit, the next that is all they will eat.
HPW Liquid (High Protein Wombaroo Recipe)
2 cups warm water
1-1/2 cup honey
3 scrambled eggs
2 tablespoons bee pollen
1/4 cup High Protein Wombaroo Powder (increase to 1/2 cup for breeding or pregnant gliders)
Preparing HPW
Step 1. Cook Eggs, set aside.
Step 2. Make HPW liquid.
Mix water and honey in a large bowl, stirring until honey is completely dissolved.
Add in HPW powder, mix well.
Step 3. Combine ingredients.
Add eggs, bee pollen and 1/2 to 1 cup HPW liquid to a blender.
Blend for two minutes.
Add in additional liquid and blend for another two minutes.
Step 4. Pour into a freezer-safe bowl with an airtight lid.
Freeze. Will freeze to consistency of ice cream.
HWP Complete Diet
Each night you’ll want to offer the following diet to each sugar glider:
HPW Liquid, thawed, 1.5 teaspoons
Fresh or frozen fruit, 1 tablespoon
Fresh or frozen vegetables, 1 tablespoon
Fold a few pieces into the HPW and put the rest in a side dish with vegetables
Insects (e.g., crickets, mealworms, waxworms, Phoenix worms)
Offer a variety of insects over the course of a month
One sugar glider may eat every night
4-6 crickets, or 4-5 mealworms, or 2 superworms, or 6-8 large phoenixworms or 6-8 waxworms
Some sugar gliders learn to eat canned grasshoppers and crickets available from Zoomed and other manufacturers. It seems likely that the canned insects are lacking in vitamins and other nutrients found in live insects so these should only be used as temporary measures.
Some local pet stores sells lobster roaches. These may be offered if frozen and thawed but they may move too fast to be caught by the sugar gliders before getting out of the cage.
Some people mix the insects into the HPW but many sugar gliders don’t like eating the HPW with wiggling things in it.
Some people offer the insects to their sugar gliders first thing in the morning instead of at night with the other food. If you do this, consider dusting the insects with the RepCal with vitamin D3 dust.
If your sugar glider eats it all in one night, you may want to add a little more the following night. Continue to increase until you find a little bit leftover the next day.
Sugar gliders may love one fruit or vegetable for a while and then ignore it. Always have a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables available so you may rotate ingredients frequently. Avoid including seeds or pits as these sometimes get swallowed by the sugar glider and cause problems. Some pits may have chemicals that are harmful of the sugar glider chews on them.
HPW spoils if not eaten within a few hours. If there is any left over the following morning, decrease the amount of fruit and vegetables so that your sugar glider is eating all of the high protein elements of the HPW and the essential vitamins and minerals it contains.
ASG Diet (American Sugar Glider Diet)
Feed one of the following protein sources daily:
3-4 insects (large mealworms, moths, grasshoppers, crickets) OR
Some sugar gliders learn to eat canned grasshoppers and crickets available from Zoomed and other manufacturers. It seems likely that the canned insects are lacking in vitamins and other nutrients found in live insects so these should only be used as temporary measures.
Heaping tablespoon of yogurt OR
Heaping tablespoon broiled chicken or duck OR
Scrambled or boiled egg yolk OR
Pinkie Mice
Fruits and vegetables offered every other day. Choose some healthy cleaned, chopped fruits/vegetables: (about 1/2 tablespoon each)
Fruits: Fresh (in-season) Papaya, oranges, bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe, grapes, mango, kiwi, peaches, honeydew melon. You can also use frozen fruit to add variety.
Vegetables: Cucumbers, yellow squash (or any in season squash), red & yellow bell peppers, carrots, sweet potatoes, bok choy, jicama and green beans.
Feed one of the following "Daily Staples":
Small cup of insectivore fare OR
Monkey Biscuits OR
Sugar glider cereal
Feed one of the following "Enrichment Supplement" three or four times a week:
Acacia gum powder mixed with water or diluted, unsweetened juice ORAcacia/eucalyptus branches (live) (These are easy to find in Arizona as they are very common ornamental trees. Ask your neighbors for clippings or plant your own!) OR
Fruit flavored Gatorade OR
A commercial nectar supplement made for sugar gliders
Feed a daily vitamin/mineral supplement from one of the following:
The Pet Glider Complete Multivitamin (1/8 teaspoon sprinkled over food per glider) OR
Vionate (a small mammal multivitamin, usually found in pet stores), plus calcium in a nectar form, 1 tablespoon of the following mix per 2 gliders: 4 ounces unsweetened juice plus 1/8 teaspoon Vionate plus 1/4 teaspoon calcium (available at most pharmacies). DO NOT FREEZE! OR
True Modified Leadbeater's
Sugar gliders may love one fruit or vegetable for a while and then ignore it. Always have a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables available so you may rotate ingredients frequently. Avoid including seeds or pits as these sometimes get swallowed by the sugar glider and cause problems. Some pits may have chemicals that are harmful of the sugar glider chews on them.
Many ingredients of the American Sugar Glider Diet spoil if not eaten within a few hours. If there is any left over the following morning, decrease the amount of fruit and vegetables so that your sugar glider is eating all of the high protein part of the ASG Diet and the essential vitamins and minerals it contains.
BML Recipe
Step 1. Add to a blender the following ingredients:
Honey, ½ cup
Most honey bought in groceries stores are okay but do not use if the label states it is honeycomb, raw, or unfiltered.
Egg (hard-boiled), 1
We recommend leaving the shell on to provide an extra boost of calcium and some trace minerals.
Apple juice, ¼ cup
Bottled juice
Blend well in a blender. Ideally the eggshell should be ground into tiny pieces. If your blender does not grind the shell into fine enough particles, you should remove the shell from the hardboiled egg before blending and discard the eggshell.
Step 2. Add the following ingredients:
Premixed Gerber™ Juice with Yogurt, Mixed Fruit or Banana, 4oz bottle
If you can’t find this, mix 2 oz of plain yogurt with 2 oz of a mixed fruit juice. Each sugar glider may have a different preference so you may have to try different juice flavors to find one that works the best.
Rep-Cal Herptivite vitamin supplement, 1 teaspoon
This may be bought from local pet stores.
Substituting other vitamin mixes for this carries a risk. If you are going to substitute, grind up a teaspoon’s worth of a human multivitamin with minerals. You must use one designed for active men. Do not use vitamins for women that contain iron--the levels of iron in these supplements may be dangerous for sugar gliders.
Blend well.
Step 3. Add the following ingredients:
Rep-Cal Calcium Supplement with Vitamin D3, 2 teaspoons
This may be bought from local pet stores.
Baby Food
5 oz of chicken baby food (e.g., Heinz™, Gerber™ or Beechnut™)
The label may say Stage 1 or Stage 2. It may or may not say gravy or broth included.
Wheat Germ, ¼ cup
Dry baby cereal (e.g., Heinz™, Gerber™, or Beechnut™), ½ cup
Choose rice, mixed or oatmeal. Many sugar gliders like the rice with banana flavor.
Blend well.
Step 4. Pour the blended liquid into the container suitable for freezing.
Ice cube trays work well. The volume of an individual ice cube mold is about 2 tablespoons but you should measure ahead of time to verify this. A 2 tablespoon BML cube will feed two sugar gliders for one night when mixed with fruit, vegetables, and insects.
It will freeze to the consistency of ice cream.
Cover the ice cube tray with plastic film so that the blend doesn’t get freezer burn.
This amount of frozen BML Diet will feed one sugar glider for about one month.
The Complete BML Diet
Each night you’ll want to offer the following diet to each sugar glider:
BML Diet, thawed, 1 tablespoon
Fresh or frozen fruit, 1 tablespoon
Fold a few pieces into the BML and put the rest in a side dish with vegetables
Fresh or frozen vegetables, 1 tablespoon
Fold a few pieces into the BML and put the rest in a side dish with vegetables
Insects (e.g., crickets, mealworms, waxworms, Phoenix worms)
Offer a variety of insects over the course of a month
One sugar glider may eat every night
4-6 crickets, or 4-5 mealworms, or 2 superworms, or 6-8 large phoenixworms or 6-8 waxworms
Some local pet stores sells lobster roaches. These may be offered if frozen and thawed but they may move too fast to be caught by the sugar gliders before getting out of the cage.
Some people mix the insects into the BML but many sugar gliders don’t like eating the BML with wiggling things in it.
Some people offer the insects to their sugar gliders first thing in the morning instead of at night with the other food. If you do this, consider dusting the insects with the RepCal with vitamin D3 dust.
Some sugar gliders learn to eat canned grasshoppers and crickets available from Zoomed and other manufacturers. It seems likely that the canned insects are lacking in vitamins and other nutrients found in live insects so these should only be used as temporary measures.
If your sugar glider eats it all in one night, you may want to add a little more the following night. Continue to increase until you find a little bit leftover the next day.
Sugar gliders may love one fruit or vegetable for a while and then ignore it. Always have a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables available so you may rotate ingredients frequently. Avoid including seeds or pits as these sometimes get swallowed by the sugar glider and cause problems. Some pits may have chemicals that are harmful of the sugar glider chews on them.
BML spoils if not eaten within a few hours. If there is any left over the following morning, decrease the amount of fruit and vegetables so that your sugar glider is eating all of the high protein elements and the BML and the essential vitamins and minerals it contains.
The rule of thumb per glider is..
1 Tablespoon of the BML basic mix,
1 Tablespoon of fruits, (apples, grapes, watermellon, cantalope, melon, frozen pitted cherries and blueberries)
1 Tablespoon of veggies (corn, peas, carrots and green beans)
Insects (feed in the morning as dessert)
The Pet Glider Exotic Diet Ingredients:
64 oz. applesauce
12 oz. yogurt
6 oz. concentrated orange juice
2 Tablespoons ground flax seed or wheat germ
1 to 1 1/2 cups oatmeal (Old Fashion/uncooked, not quick oats), keep the mixture
moist, the amount of juice from the fruits and veggie will determine how much oatmeal
you will want to use. If in doubt add 1 cup oatmeal, if it seems like too much liquid
add just a little more oatmeal.
Divide the above ingredients into two bowls. In bowl 1 put 8 oz. of boiled, deboned
chicken in one bowl.
In bowl 2 put 4 large scrambled eggs (8oz.).
Divide each of those bowls in half. Now you have 4 bowls, two with chicken and two
with eggs.
Rotational nutrition (nutritional variety) is important for healthy, happy sugar
gliders, be creative!
Mix (4) 1 cup mixtures of 1/2 cup veggie and 1/2 cup fruit. Each of these (4) cups
will have a different combination of different fruits and veggies. Some fruits and
veggie can be repeated but no one cup will have exactly the same ingredients. Add one
cup to each of your four bowls and stir in well. You will end up with two bowls
containing chicken and two bowls containing cooked eggs but all bowls will have
different fruits and veggies.
Sprinkle The Pet Glider multi vitamin multi mineral with calcium on top of the food
you sever your gliders each evening. Do not mix the vitamins in just sprinkle on top.
You will use 1/8th teaspoon of vitamins per sugar glider.
Make sure to alternate each night between batches, for variety.
Feed mealies as bonding treats, and as protein supplements to pregnant or lactating mothers. We reccomend 10-15 medium size mealworms, or 7-8 large mealworms everyday.
Don't feed beef, seeds/nuts, or cottage cheese to your gliders. These are high in phosphorus. Avoid feeding anything with preservatives, sugar, or color additives. Keep the diet low-fat.
Daily exercise is vital. Exercise helps bones absorb calcium and stimulates bone thickening.
Always try to aim for a high Calcium to Phosphorus ratios.
Daily Staple:
Monkey Biscuit
Sugar Glider Cereal
Daily Vitamin/Mineral Supplement
"The Pet Glider Complete" Multivitamin, sprinkled on food.
Food name Calcium (mg) Phosphorus (mg) Ratio Protein (g)
Collard Greens 52.2 3.6 14.6:1 0.882
Mustard Spinach 315.0 42.0 7.5:1 3.3
Beet Greens 45.2 15.2 2.9:1 0.7
Dandelion Greens 102.8 36.3 2.8:1 1.485
Lettuce (Loose Leaf) 38.1 14.0 2.7:1 0.7
Mustard Greens 57.7 24.1 2.4:1 1.5
Parsley 82.8 34.8 2.3:1 1.8
Cabbage (Green) 41.8 20.5 2.0:1 1.3
Watercress 40.8 20.4 2.0:1 0.8
Spinach 29.7 14.7 2.0:1 0.9
Squash (Spaghetti) 23.2 12.1 1.9:1 0.6
Celery 48.0 30.0 1.6:1 0.9
Squash (Butternut) 67.2 46.2 1.5:1 1.4
Napa Cabbage 31.6 20.7 1.5:1 1.2
Lettuce (Butter Head) 17.6 12.7 1.4:1 0.7
Okra 81.0 63.0 1.3:1 2.0
Tofu (Regular) 275.3 228.2 1.2:1 16.2
Cabbage (Red) 45.4 37.4 1.2:1 1.2
Tofu (Firm) 408.2 370.4 1.1:1 20.3
Broccoli (Spears) 87.4 78.0 1.1:1 4.4
Soy Bean (Green) 504.3 496.6 1:1 33.2
Green Beans (Snap Beans) 40.7 41.8 1:1 2.0
Squash (Winter, All Variety) 36.0 37.1 1:1 1.7
Lettuce (Iceberg) 10.5 11.0 1:1 0.6
Squash (Acorn) 46.2 50.4 0.9:1 1.1
Sweet Potato 29.3 37.2 0.8:1 2.2
Lettuce (Romaine) 10.1 12.6 0.8:1 0.5
Broccoli 42.2 58.1 0.7:1 2.6
Cucumber (without Skin 16.7 25.0 0.7:1 0.7
Squash (Hubbard) 16.2 24.4 0.7:1 2.3
Cucumber (with Skin) 14.6 20.8 0.7:1 0.7
French Beans 342.2 559.4 0.6:1 34.6
Carrots 29.7 48.4 0.6:1 1.1
Squash (Summer, All Variety) 22.6 39.6 0.6:1 1.3
Pumpkin 24.4 51.0 0.5:1 1.2
Tomato (Green) 23.4 50.4 0.5:1 2.2
Cauliflower 22.0 44.0 0.5:1 2.0
Squash (Zucchini 18.6 39.7 0.5:1 1.4
Peppers (Sweet) 13.4 28.3 0.5:1 1.3
Alfalfa (Sprouts) 10.6 23.1 0.5:1 1.3
Soy Bean (Sprouts) 46.9 114.8 0.4:1 9.2
Yams 25.5 82.5 0.3:1 2.3
Eggplant 5.7 18.0 0.3:1 0.8
Peas (Green) 36.3 156.6 0.2:1 7.9
Bamboo Shoots 19.6 89.1 0.2:1 3.9
Tomato (Red) 9.0 43.2 0.2:1 1.5
Mushrooms 3.5 72.8 0.02:1 2.0
Corn (Yellow) 3.1 137.1 0.02:1 5.0
Fruits Prep: Raw; Amount: 100 Grams
Food name Calcium (mg) Phosphorus (mg) Ratio Protein (g)
Papaya 24 5 4.8:1 .61
Lemon 61 15 4.0:1 1.2
Figs 35 14 2.5:1 .75
Prickly Pear 56 24 2.3:1 .73
Orange (Valencia) 40 17 2.3:1 1.0
Orange (Navel) 40 19 2.1:1 1.0
Lime 33 18 1.8:1 .70
Raspberries 22 12 1.8:1 .91
Blackberries 32 21 1.5:1 .72
Grapefruit (white) 12 8 1.5:1 .69
Custard Apple 30 21 1.4:1 1.7
Tangerine 14 10 1.4:1 .63
Grapes, American (Slip Skin) 14 10 1.4:1 .63
Grapefruit (Pink & Red) 11 9 1.2:1 .55
Mulberries 39 38 1:1 1.4
Raisins (Seeded) 28 28 1:1 2.5
Mammy Apple 11 11 1:1 .50
Pear 11 11 1:1 .39
Pineapple 7 7 1:1 .39
Apple (with Skin) 7 7 1:1 .19
Elderberries 38 39 .9:1 .66
Mango 10 11 .9:1 .51
Dates 32 40 .8:1 1.9
Grapes (European) 11 13 .8:1 .66
Watermelon 8 9 .9:1 .62
Sugar Apple 24 32 .7:1 2.0
Cherries (Sweet) 15 19 .7:1 1.2
Apricots 14 19 .7:1 1.4
Strawberries 14 19 .7:1 .61
Cranberries 7 9 .7:1 .39
Honeydew Melon 6 10 .6:1 .46
Prunes 51 79 .6:1 2.6
Kiwifruit 26 40 .6:1 .99
Cantaloupe 11 17 .6:1 .88
Raisins (Seedless) 49 97 .5:1 3.2
Apple (without Skin) 4 7 .5:1 .15
Raisins (Golden Seedless) 53 115 .4:1 3.4
Peach 5 12 .4:1 .70
Plum 4 10 .4:1 .79
Banana 6 20 .3:1 1.0
Nectarine 5 16 .3:1 .94
Ground Cherries 9 40 .2:1 1.9
Passion Fruit (Purple) 12 68 .1:1 2.2
Below are some recommendations on things you may want to avoid feeding to your sugar glider. The best advice I can give any sugar glider owner when trying to decide if something is "safe" for them is: "If there is a doubt...don't". There are so many things your sugar glider can have safely without having to introduce something into their diet that may be harmful.
* Do not feed pits or seeds of fruit to your sugar glider, these are toxic and could cause intestinal blockage
* Never feed your gliders raw eggs or meat
* Chocolate, coffee, tea and soda can be toxic to a gliders, as well as most pets
* Avoid onions and foods that contain onion powder, as it is believed to be toxic to gliders as well as most all small animals. Please check the ingredients list of baby foods you feed your sugar gliders, because some of them do contain onion powder. Onions are known to cause a health problem, known as Heinz-body hemolytic anemia, in animals. Onions contain dipropyl disulfide, which can destroys red blood cells
* Avoid feeding or offer sparingly, food that have high fat content such as peanuts
* Avoid feeding avocados as they are high in fat and contains toxins known as cardiac glycosides.
* Never feed bugs that have been caught outdoors, they may have been in contact with fertilizers or insecticides. Not to mention parasites that bugs caught outside may have.
* Take caution when feeding crickets, as they can contain aflatoxins, especially if they were raised on corn products.
* Some people feel that sugar gliders are lactose intolerant. Although straight milk can cause digestive upset, some people do feed their sugar gliders plain non-fat yogurt, as it contains natural bacterial cultures that will help digest the lactose and promote the absorption of calcium.
* Don't feed your sugar glider "left overs", they can contain a number of unhealthy things, such as preservatives and various spices. (Ex. Snacks, Prepared Dinners, Candy, Chips....)
* Avoid canned foods prepared for people, as they contain too much sugar, salt, and preservatives.
* Avoid offering your sugar glider plants or branches that are toxic.
Accepted Foods
Sugar Glider dry pellet food; Glideraide; Monkey biscuits; Protein Mix- 40% hard boiled eggs (shell and all), 40% boiled chicken or turkey (without the skin), 10% honey, 10% apple juice (100% pure juice), calcium (1 tablespoon per pound), multivitamins (1 tablespoon per pound of protein food); apple and apple juice, banana, blueberry, cantaloupe, carrot, cherry, chicken (boiled without skin), coconut, cucumber, eggs (hard boiled), fig, grape, honey, honeydew, insects (farm raised such as crickets and meal worms), kiwi, mandarins, mango, melon, papya, peach, pear, pineapple, plum, prune, raisin, raspberry, squash, strawberry, sweet potato (not cooked), wheat Germ, Stage 1 baby foods
Foods that should not be used every day for long periods
beans, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, corn(OK if feeding the BML diet), cottage cheese, grapefruit, greens (mustard, kayle, collard, celery, stalks, turnip), kale, nectar, oranges, parsley, peas, spinach, turnips, yogurt(OK if feeding the BML diet).
Foods to avoid
Baby foods (containing onions or garlic for seasoning most do not but check), caffeine
(coffee, tea, soda, chocolate, etc.), canned foods fruit or meat or veggies, cheese, chives,
dog food, fat (any food with high or added fat), fried foods, garlic, insects that are wild caught, keels, iceberg lettuce.
Safe Fruits Below is a list of safe fruits for your sugar glider. Please note that although these foods may be safe for your glider, some should only be fed in moderation.
Acerola
Apples
Apricots
Asian Pear
Avocado
Bananas
Blackberries
Blueberries
Breadfruit
Cantaloupe
Carambola
Carissa
Casaba Melon
Cherimoya
Cherries
Coconut
Concord Grapes
Crab Apples
Cranberries
Currant
Custard Apples
Dates
Elderberries
Figs
Gooseberries
Grapefruit
Grapes
Ground Cherries
Guava
Honeydew
Jackfruit
Java Plum
Jujube
Kiwi
Kumquat
Lemon
Lemon Peel
Lime
Lime Peel
Longans
Loquats
Mammy Apple
Mandarin Oranges
Mango
Mulberries
Nectarine
Oheloberries
Orange Peel
Oranges
Papaya
Passion Fruit
Peaches
Pears
Persimmon
Pineapple
Pitanga
Plantain
Plums
Pomegranate
Prickly Pear
Prunes
Pummelo
Quince
Raisins
Raspberries
Rose Apple
Roselle
Sapodilla
Sapote
Soursop
Strawberries
Sugar Apple
Tamarind
Tangerine
Tomato
Watermelon
Safe Veggies Below is a list of safe vegetables for your sugar glider. Please note that although these foods may be safe for your glider, some should only be fed in moderation.
Acorn Squash
Alfalfa Sprouts
Amaranth
Artichoke
Asparagus
Bamboo Shoots
Beet Greens
Beets
Black-Eyed Peas
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Burdock Roots
Butternut Squash
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Chayote
Chicory Greens
Chinese Cabbage
Collard Greens
Coriander
Corn
Cowpeas
Cucumber
Dandelion Greens
Dock
Eggplant
Endive
French Beans
Ginger Root
Green Beans
Green Pepper
Jew's Ear
Jicama
Jute
Kale
Kohlrabi
Lettuce (Butterhead)
Lettuce (dark green leaf)
Lettuce (iceberg)
Lettuce (Red)
Lettuce (Romaine)
Lima Beans
Lupines
Mushrooms
Mustard Greens
Mustard Spinach
Nana Cabbage
Okra
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas
Potato
Pumpkin
Radish
Red Peppers
Rutabagas
Snow Peas
Soy Bean
Spaghetti Squash
Spinach
Summer Squash
Sweet Peppers (Green)
Sweet Peppers (Red)
Sweet Potatoes
Swiss Chard
Tofu
Turnip
Turnip Greens
Watercress
Winter Squash
Yams
Yellow Wax Beans
Zucchini
Unsafe Foods This is a list of foods that you should NEVER feed to your sugar gliders.
* A healthy diet is VERY important, serious health conditions will arise if your glider is not feed properly.
* Keep a positive calcium to phosphorous ratio, use calcium supplements that are non-phosphorous.
* A sugar gliders diet should consist of a protein source, vitamins, fruits and vegetables.
* Use vitamin supplements when necessary, but don't over do it, too many vitamins can be just as harmful as not enough.
* Start out by feeding about 3-4 tablespoons of food per night, per glider. If they eat it all the first night add a little more the next night until they leave only a little bit. Remember a sugar gliders stomach is about the same size of your thumbnail, and only holds less than a tablespoon of food/water.
* Often times breeders will offer pregnant or lactating mothers extra protein. Before doing this, be sure it fits into your current diet plan.
* Never add vitamins to your gliders water.
* Always follow the directions of your chosen diet.
* Fresh water and a high quality staple food must be available at all times.
* Feed you glider a varied diet within your chosen diet plan. This will prevent food boredom, and ensures a balanced diet. Example, feed various fruits, juices, vegetables, etc.
* Cat food or pellet base diets are not recommended. Sugar gliders are sap suckers, by feeding large amounts of hard food can lead to an infection in the jaw known as “lumpy jaw”.
* Do not mix diets. Each diet is balanced with the right amount of vitamins and minerals. Mixing diets can affect these balances resulting in either too much, or not enough of something.
* Give the diet a chance before deciding your gliders don't like it. Sugar Gliders can be like 2 year olds, and have similar eating patterns. One week they will go without touching any fruit, the next that is all they will eat.
HPW Liquid (High Protein Wombaroo Recipe)
2 cups warm water
1-1/2 cup honey
3 scrambled eggs
2 tablespoons bee pollen
1/4 cup High Protein Wombaroo Powder (increase to 1/2 cup for breeding or pregnant gliders)
Preparing HPW
Step 1. Cook Eggs, set aside.
Step 2. Make HPW liquid.
Mix water and honey in a large bowl, stirring until honey is completely dissolved.
Add in HPW powder, mix well.
Step 3. Combine ingredients.
Add eggs, bee pollen and 1/2 to 1 cup HPW liquid to a blender.
Blend for two minutes.
Add in additional liquid and blend for another two minutes.
Step 4. Pour into a freezer-safe bowl with an airtight lid.
Freeze. Will freeze to consistency of ice cream.
HWP Complete Diet
Each night you’ll want to offer the following diet to each sugar glider:
HPW Liquid, thawed, 1.5 teaspoons
Fresh or frozen fruit, 1 tablespoon
Fresh or frozen vegetables, 1 tablespoon
Fold a few pieces into the HPW and put the rest in a side dish with vegetables
Insects (e.g., crickets, mealworms, waxworms, Phoenix worms)
Offer a variety of insects over the course of a month
One sugar glider may eat every night
4-6 crickets, or 4-5 mealworms, or 2 superworms, or 6-8 large phoenixworms or 6-8 waxworms
Some sugar gliders learn to eat canned grasshoppers and crickets available from Zoomed and other manufacturers. It seems likely that the canned insects are lacking in vitamins and other nutrients found in live insects so these should only be used as temporary measures.
Some local pet stores sells lobster roaches. These may be offered if frozen and thawed but they may move too fast to be caught by the sugar gliders before getting out of the cage.
Some people mix the insects into the HPW but many sugar gliders don’t like eating the HPW with wiggling things in it.
Some people offer the insects to their sugar gliders first thing in the morning instead of at night with the other food. If you do this, consider dusting the insects with the RepCal with vitamin D3 dust.
If your sugar glider eats it all in one night, you may want to add a little more the following night. Continue to increase until you find a little bit leftover the next day.
Sugar gliders may love one fruit or vegetable for a while and then ignore it. Always have a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables available so you may rotate ingredients frequently. Avoid including seeds or pits as these sometimes get swallowed by the sugar glider and cause problems. Some pits may have chemicals that are harmful of the sugar glider chews on them.
HPW spoils if not eaten within a few hours. If there is any left over the following morning, decrease the amount of fruit and vegetables so that your sugar glider is eating all of the high protein elements of the HPW and the essential vitamins and minerals it contains.
ASG Diet (American Sugar Glider Diet)
Feed one of the following protein sources daily:
3-4 insects (large mealworms, moths, grasshoppers, crickets) OR
Some sugar gliders learn to eat canned grasshoppers and crickets available from Zoomed and other manufacturers. It seems likely that the canned insects are lacking in vitamins and other nutrients found in live insects so these should only be used as temporary measures.
Heaping tablespoon of yogurt OR
Heaping tablespoon broiled chicken or duck OR
Scrambled or boiled egg yolk OR
Pinkie Mice
Fruits and vegetables offered every other day. Choose some healthy cleaned, chopped fruits/vegetables: (about 1/2 tablespoon each)
Fruits: Fresh (in-season) Papaya, oranges, bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe, grapes, mango, kiwi, peaches, honeydew melon. You can also use frozen fruit to add variety.
Vegetables: Cucumbers, yellow squash (or any in season squash), red & yellow bell peppers, carrots, sweet potatoes, bok choy, jicama and green beans.
Feed one of the following "Daily Staples":
Small cup of insectivore fare OR
Monkey Biscuits OR
Sugar glider cereal
Feed one of the following "Enrichment Supplement" three or four times a week:
Acacia gum powder mixed with water or diluted, unsweetened juice ORAcacia/eucalyptus branches (live) (These are easy to find in Arizona as they are very common ornamental trees. Ask your neighbors for clippings or plant your own!) OR
Fruit flavored Gatorade OR
A commercial nectar supplement made for sugar gliders
Feed a daily vitamin/mineral supplement from one of the following:
The Pet Glider Complete Multivitamin (1/8 teaspoon sprinkled over food per glider) OR
Vionate (a small mammal multivitamin, usually found in pet stores), plus calcium in a nectar form, 1 tablespoon of the following mix per 2 gliders: 4 ounces unsweetened juice plus 1/8 teaspoon Vionate plus 1/4 teaspoon calcium (available at most pharmacies). DO NOT FREEZE! OR
True Modified Leadbeater's
Sugar gliders may love one fruit or vegetable for a while and then ignore it. Always have a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables available so you may rotate ingredients frequently. Avoid including seeds or pits as these sometimes get swallowed by the sugar glider and cause problems. Some pits may have chemicals that are harmful of the sugar glider chews on them.
Many ingredients of the American Sugar Glider Diet spoil if not eaten within a few hours. If there is any left over the following morning, decrease the amount of fruit and vegetables so that your sugar glider is eating all of the high protein part of the ASG Diet and the essential vitamins and minerals it contains.
BML Recipe
Step 1. Add to a blender the following ingredients:
Honey, ½ cup
Most honey bought in groceries stores are okay but do not use if the label states it is honeycomb, raw, or unfiltered.
Egg (hard-boiled), 1
We recommend leaving the shell on to provide an extra boost of calcium and some trace minerals.
Apple juice, ¼ cup
Bottled juice
Blend well in a blender. Ideally the eggshell should be ground into tiny pieces. If your blender does not grind the shell into fine enough particles, you should remove the shell from the hardboiled egg before blending and discard the eggshell.
Step 2. Add the following ingredients:
Premixed Gerber™ Juice with Yogurt, Mixed Fruit or Banana, 4oz bottle
If you can’t find this, mix 2 oz of plain yogurt with 2 oz of a mixed fruit juice. Each sugar glider may have a different preference so you may have to try different juice flavors to find one that works the best.
Rep-Cal Herptivite vitamin supplement, 1 teaspoon
This may be bought from local pet stores.
Substituting other vitamin mixes for this carries a risk. If you are going to substitute, grind up a teaspoon’s worth of a human multivitamin with minerals. You must use one designed for active men. Do not use vitamins for women that contain iron--the levels of iron in these supplements may be dangerous for sugar gliders.
Blend well.
Step 3. Add the following ingredients:
Rep-Cal Calcium Supplement with Vitamin D3, 2 teaspoons
This may be bought from local pet stores.
Baby Food
5 oz of chicken baby food (e.g., Heinz™, Gerber™ or Beechnut™)
The label may say Stage 1 or Stage 2. It may or may not say gravy or broth included.
Wheat Germ, ¼ cup
Dry baby cereal (e.g., Heinz™, Gerber™, or Beechnut™), ½ cup
Choose rice, mixed or oatmeal. Many sugar gliders like the rice with banana flavor.
Blend well.
Step 4. Pour the blended liquid into the container suitable for freezing.
Ice cube trays work well. The volume of an individual ice cube mold is about 2 tablespoons but you should measure ahead of time to verify this. A 2 tablespoon BML cube will feed two sugar gliders for one night when mixed with fruit, vegetables, and insects.
It will freeze to the consistency of ice cream.
Cover the ice cube tray with plastic film so that the blend doesn’t get freezer burn.
This amount of frozen BML Diet will feed one sugar glider for about one month.
The Complete BML Diet
Each night you’ll want to offer the following diet to each sugar glider:
BML Diet, thawed, 1 tablespoon
Fresh or frozen fruit, 1 tablespoon
Fold a few pieces into the BML and put the rest in a side dish with vegetables
Fresh or frozen vegetables, 1 tablespoon
Fold a few pieces into the BML and put the rest in a side dish with vegetables
Insects (e.g., crickets, mealworms, waxworms, Phoenix worms)
Offer a variety of insects over the course of a month
One sugar glider may eat every night
4-6 crickets, or 4-5 mealworms, or 2 superworms, or 6-8 large phoenixworms or 6-8 waxworms
Some local pet stores sells lobster roaches. These may be offered if frozen and thawed but they may move too fast to be caught by the sugar gliders before getting out of the cage.
Some people mix the insects into the BML but many sugar gliders don’t like eating the BML with wiggling things in it.
Some people offer the insects to their sugar gliders first thing in the morning instead of at night with the other food. If you do this, consider dusting the insects with the RepCal with vitamin D3 dust.
Some sugar gliders learn to eat canned grasshoppers and crickets available from Zoomed and other manufacturers. It seems likely that the canned insects are lacking in vitamins and other nutrients found in live insects so these should only be used as temporary measures.
If your sugar glider eats it all in one night, you may want to add a little more the following night. Continue to increase until you find a little bit leftover the next day.
Sugar gliders may love one fruit or vegetable for a while and then ignore it. Always have a variety of fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables available so you may rotate ingredients frequently. Avoid including seeds or pits as these sometimes get swallowed by the sugar glider and cause problems. Some pits may have chemicals that are harmful of the sugar glider chews on them.
BML spoils if not eaten within a few hours. If there is any left over the following morning, decrease the amount of fruit and vegetables so that your sugar glider is eating all of the high protein elements and the BML and the essential vitamins and minerals it contains.
The rule of thumb per glider is..
1 Tablespoon of the BML basic mix,
1 Tablespoon of fruits, (apples, grapes, watermellon, cantalope, melon, frozen pitted cherries and blueberries)
1 Tablespoon of veggies (corn, peas, carrots and green beans)
Insects (feed in the morning as dessert)
The Pet Glider Exotic Diet Ingredients:
64 oz. applesauce
12 oz. yogurt
6 oz. concentrated orange juice
2 Tablespoons ground flax seed or wheat germ
1 to 1 1/2 cups oatmeal (Old Fashion/uncooked, not quick oats), keep the mixture
moist, the amount of juice from the fruits and veggie will determine how much oatmeal
you will want to use. If in doubt add 1 cup oatmeal, if it seems like too much liquid
add just a little more oatmeal.
Divide the above ingredients into two bowls. In bowl 1 put 8 oz. of boiled, deboned
chicken in one bowl.
In bowl 2 put 4 large scrambled eggs (8oz.).
Divide each of those bowls in half. Now you have 4 bowls, two with chicken and two
with eggs.
Rotational nutrition (nutritional variety) is important for healthy, happy sugar
gliders, be creative!
Mix (4) 1 cup mixtures of 1/2 cup veggie and 1/2 cup fruit. Each of these (4) cups
will have a different combination of different fruits and veggies. Some fruits and
veggie can be repeated but no one cup will have exactly the same ingredients. Add one
cup to each of your four bowls and stir in well. You will end up with two bowls
containing chicken and two bowls containing cooked eggs but all bowls will have
different fruits and veggies.
Sprinkle The Pet Glider multi vitamin multi mineral with calcium on top of the food
you sever your gliders each evening. Do not mix the vitamins in just sprinkle on top.
You will use 1/8th teaspoon of vitamins per sugar glider.
Make sure to alternate each night between batches, for variety.
Feed mealies as bonding treats, and as protein supplements to pregnant or lactating mothers. We reccomend 10-15 medium size mealworms, or 7-8 large mealworms everyday.
Don't feed beef, seeds/nuts, or cottage cheese to your gliders. These are high in phosphorus. Avoid feeding anything with preservatives, sugar, or color additives. Keep the diet low-fat.
Daily exercise is vital. Exercise helps bones absorb calcium and stimulates bone thickening.
Always try to aim for a high Calcium to Phosphorus ratios.
Daily Staple:
Monkey Biscuit
Sugar Glider Cereal
Daily Vitamin/Mineral Supplement
"The Pet Glider Complete" Multivitamin, sprinkled on food.
Food name Calcium (mg) Phosphorus (mg) Ratio Protein (g)
Collard Greens 52.2 3.6 14.6:1 0.882
Mustard Spinach 315.0 42.0 7.5:1 3.3
Beet Greens 45.2 15.2 2.9:1 0.7
Dandelion Greens 102.8 36.3 2.8:1 1.485
Lettuce (Loose Leaf) 38.1 14.0 2.7:1 0.7
Mustard Greens 57.7 24.1 2.4:1 1.5
Parsley 82.8 34.8 2.3:1 1.8
Cabbage (Green) 41.8 20.5 2.0:1 1.3
Watercress 40.8 20.4 2.0:1 0.8
Spinach 29.7 14.7 2.0:1 0.9
Squash (Spaghetti) 23.2 12.1 1.9:1 0.6
Celery 48.0 30.0 1.6:1 0.9
Squash (Butternut) 67.2 46.2 1.5:1 1.4
Napa Cabbage 31.6 20.7 1.5:1 1.2
Lettuce (Butter Head) 17.6 12.7 1.4:1 0.7
Okra 81.0 63.0 1.3:1 2.0
Tofu (Regular) 275.3 228.2 1.2:1 16.2
Cabbage (Red) 45.4 37.4 1.2:1 1.2
Tofu (Firm) 408.2 370.4 1.1:1 20.3
Broccoli (Spears) 87.4 78.0 1.1:1 4.4
Soy Bean (Green) 504.3 496.6 1:1 33.2
Green Beans (Snap Beans) 40.7 41.8 1:1 2.0
Squash (Winter, All Variety) 36.0 37.1 1:1 1.7
Lettuce (Iceberg) 10.5 11.0 1:1 0.6
Squash (Acorn) 46.2 50.4 0.9:1 1.1
Sweet Potato 29.3 37.2 0.8:1 2.2
Lettuce (Romaine) 10.1 12.6 0.8:1 0.5
Broccoli 42.2 58.1 0.7:1 2.6
Cucumber (without Skin 16.7 25.0 0.7:1 0.7
Squash (Hubbard) 16.2 24.4 0.7:1 2.3
Cucumber (with Skin) 14.6 20.8 0.7:1 0.7
French Beans 342.2 559.4 0.6:1 34.6
Carrots 29.7 48.4 0.6:1 1.1
Squash (Summer, All Variety) 22.6 39.6 0.6:1 1.3
Pumpkin 24.4 51.0 0.5:1 1.2
Tomato (Green) 23.4 50.4 0.5:1 2.2
Cauliflower 22.0 44.0 0.5:1 2.0
Squash (Zucchini 18.6 39.7 0.5:1 1.4
Peppers (Sweet) 13.4 28.3 0.5:1 1.3
Alfalfa (Sprouts) 10.6 23.1 0.5:1 1.3
Soy Bean (Sprouts) 46.9 114.8 0.4:1 9.2
Yams 25.5 82.5 0.3:1 2.3
Eggplant 5.7 18.0 0.3:1 0.8
Peas (Green) 36.3 156.6 0.2:1 7.9
Bamboo Shoots 19.6 89.1 0.2:1 3.9
Tomato (Red) 9.0 43.2 0.2:1 1.5
Mushrooms 3.5 72.8 0.02:1 2.0
Corn (Yellow) 3.1 137.1 0.02:1 5.0
Fruits Prep: Raw; Amount: 100 Grams
Food name Calcium (mg) Phosphorus (mg) Ratio Protein (g)
Papaya 24 5 4.8:1 .61
Lemon 61 15 4.0:1 1.2
Figs 35 14 2.5:1 .75
Prickly Pear 56 24 2.3:1 .73
Orange (Valencia) 40 17 2.3:1 1.0
Orange (Navel) 40 19 2.1:1 1.0
Lime 33 18 1.8:1 .70
Raspberries 22 12 1.8:1 .91
Blackberries 32 21 1.5:1 .72
Grapefruit (white) 12 8 1.5:1 .69
Custard Apple 30 21 1.4:1 1.7
Tangerine 14 10 1.4:1 .63
Grapes, American (Slip Skin) 14 10 1.4:1 .63
Grapefruit (Pink & Red) 11 9 1.2:1 .55
Mulberries 39 38 1:1 1.4
Raisins (Seeded) 28 28 1:1 2.5
Mammy Apple 11 11 1:1 .50
Pear 11 11 1:1 .39
Pineapple 7 7 1:1 .39
Apple (with Skin) 7 7 1:1 .19
Elderberries 38 39 .9:1 .66
Mango 10 11 .9:1 .51
Dates 32 40 .8:1 1.9
Grapes (European) 11 13 .8:1 .66
Watermelon 8 9 .9:1 .62
Sugar Apple 24 32 .7:1 2.0
Cherries (Sweet) 15 19 .7:1 1.2
Apricots 14 19 .7:1 1.4
Strawberries 14 19 .7:1 .61
Cranberries 7 9 .7:1 .39
Honeydew Melon 6 10 .6:1 .46
Prunes 51 79 .6:1 2.6
Kiwifruit 26 40 .6:1 .99
Cantaloupe 11 17 .6:1 .88
Raisins (Seedless) 49 97 .5:1 3.2
Apple (without Skin) 4 7 .5:1 .15
Raisins (Golden Seedless) 53 115 .4:1 3.4
Peach 5 12 .4:1 .70
Plum 4 10 .4:1 .79
Banana 6 20 .3:1 1.0
Nectarine 5 16 .3:1 .94
Ground Cherries 9 40 .2:1 1.9
Passion Fruit (Purple) 12 68 .1:1 2.2
Below are some recommendations on things you may want to avoid feeding to your sugar glider. The best advice I can give any sugar glider owner when trying to decide if something is "safe" for them is: "If there is a doubt...don't". There are so many things your sugar glider can have safely without having to introduce something into their diet that may be harmful.
* Do not feed pits or seeds of fruit to your sugar glider, these are toxic and could cause intestinal blockage
* Never feed your gliders raw eggs or meat
* Chocolate, coffee, tea and soda can be toxic to a gliders, as well as most pets
* Avoid onions and foods that contain onion powder, as it is believed to be toxic to gliders as well as most all small animals. Please check the ingredients list of baby foods you feed your sugar gliders, because some of them do contain onion powder. Onions are known to cause a health problem, known as Heinz-body hemolytic anemia, in animals. Onions contain dipropyl disulfide, which can destroys red blood cells
* Avoid feeding or offer sparingly, food that have high fat content such as peanuts
* Avoid feeding avocados as they are high in fat and contains toxins known as cardiac glycosides.
* Never feed bugs that have been caught outdoors, they may have been in contact with fertilizers or insecticides. Not to mention parasites that bugs caught outside may have.
* Take caution when feeding crickets, as they can contain aflatoxins, especially if they were raised on corn products.
* Some people feel that sugar gliders are lactose intolerant. Although straight milk can cause digestive upset, some people do feed their sugar gliders plain non-fat yogurt, as it contains natural bacterial cultures that will help digest the lactose and promote the absorption of calcium.
* Don't feed your sugar glider "left overs", they can contain a number of unhealthy things, such as preservatives and various spices. (Ex. Snacks, Prepared Dinners, Candy, Chips....)
* Avoid canned foods prepared for people, as they contain too much sugar, salt, and preservatives.
* Avoid offering your sugar glider plants or branches that are toxic.
Accepted Foods
Sugar Glider dry pellet food; Glideraide; Monkey biscuits; Protein Mix- 40% hard boiled eggs (shell and all), 40% boiled chicken or turkey (without the skin), 10% honey, 10% apple juice (100% pure juice), calcium (1 tablespoon per pound), multivitamins (1 tablespoon per pound of protein food); apple and apple juice, banana, blueberry, cantaloupe, carrot, cherry, chicken (boiled without skin), coconut, cucumber, eggs (hard boiled), fig, grape, honey, honeydew, insects (farm raised such as crickets and meal worms), kiwi, mandarins, mango, melon, papya, peach, pear, pineapple, plum, prune, raisin, raspberry, squash, strawberry, sweet potato (not cooked), wheat Germ, Stage 1 baby foods
Foods that should not be used every day for long periods
beans, beets, broccoli, cauliflower, corn(OK if feeding the BML diet), cottage cheese, grapefruit, greens (mustard, kayle, collard, celery, stalks, turnip), kale, nectar, oranges, parsley, peas, spinach, turnips, yogurt(OK if feeding the BML diet).
Foods to avoid
Baby foods (containing onions or garlic for seasoning most do not but check), caffeine
(coffee, tea, soda, chocolate, etc.), canned foods fruit or meat or veggies, cheese, chives,
dog food, fat (any food with high or added fat), fried foods, garlic, insects that are wild caught, keels, iceberg lettuce.
Safe Fruits Below is a list of safe fruits for your sugar glider. Please note that although these foods may be safe for your glider, some should only be fed in moderation.
Acerola
Apples
Apricots
Asian Pear
Avocado
Bananas
Blackberries
Blueberries
Breadfruit
Cantaloupe
Carambola
Carissa
Casaba Melon
Cherimoya
Cherries
Coconut
Concord Grapes
Crab Apples
Cranberries
Currant
Custard Apples
Dates
Elderberries
Figs
Gooseberries
Grapefruit
Grapes
Ground Cherries
Guava
Honeydew
Jackfruit
Java Plum
Jujube
Kiwi
Kumquat
Lemon
Lemon Peel
Lime
Lime Peel
Longans
Loquats
Mammy Apple
Mandarin Oranges
Mango
Mulberries
Nectarine
Oheloberries
Orange Peel
Oranges
Papaya
Passion Fruit
Peaches
Pears
Persimmon
Pineapple
Pitanga
Plantain
Plums
Pomegranate
Prickly Pear
Prunes
Pummelo
Quince
Raisins
Raspberries
Rose Apple
Roselle
Sapodilla
Sapote
Soursop
Strawberries
Sugar Apple
Tamarind
Tangerine
Tomato
Watermelon
Safe Veggies Below is a list of safe vegetables for your sugar glider. Please note that although these foods may be safe for your glider, some should only be fed in moderation.
Acorn Squash
Alfalfa Sprouts
Amaranth
Artichoke
Asparagus
Bamboo Shoots
Beet Greens
Beets
Black-Eyed Peas
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Burdock Roots
Butternut Squash
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Chayote
Chicory Greens
Chinese Cabbage
Collard Greens
Coriander
Corn
Cowpeas
Cucumber
Dandelion Greens
Dock
Eggplant
Endive
French Beans
Ginger Root
Green Beans
Green Pepper
Jew's Ear
Jicama
Jute
Kale
Kohlrabi
Lettuce (Butterhead)
Lettuce (dark green leaf)
Lettuce (iceberg)
Lettuce (Red)
Lettuce (Romaine)
Lima Beans
Lupines
Mushrooms
Mustard Greens
Mustard Spinach
Nana Cabbage
Okra
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas
Potato
Pumpkin
Radish
Red Peppers
Rutabagas
Snow Peas
Soy Bean
Spaghetti Squash
Spinach
Summer Squash
Sweet Peppers (Green)
Sweet Peppers (Red)
Sweet Potatoes
Swiss Chard
Tofu
Turnip
Turnip Greens
Watercress
Winter Squash
Yams
Yellow Wax Beans
Zucchini
Unsafe Foods This is a list of foods that you should NEVER feed to your sugar gliders.
- Baby foods that contain onions or garlic
- Canned food
- Cheese
- Chives
- Chocolate
- Coffee
- Fried foods
- Garlic
- Insects that are not raised as small animal food
- Leeks
- Milk
- Millet
- Onions
- Peanuts
- Processed meat
- Raw eggs
- Raw meat
- Rhubarb
- Salt
- Scallions
- Soda
- Sugar
- Tea