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19341949

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Despite the sugar glider's popularity as a pet and a long-term history of captive management in zoologic institutions, little is known concerning their specific nutritional requirements, apart from low basal energy and protein needs. Sugar gliders feed on plant and insect exudates-saps, gums, nectar, manna, honeydew, and lerp-as energy sources and rely on pollen and arthropods for dietary protein. Captive diets based on nutritionally balanced, commercially available products developed for other species, with added produce, have been fed successfully in zoo and private glider colonies, but these diets may not promote optimal gut function or feeding behaviors. Diets commonly fed by private owners were examined in feeding trials and were found to be highly digestible, but contained excess protein that was likely imbalanced in amino acids, as well as in calcium and phosphorus, because of improper supplementation. Suggestions are outlined for areas of relevant research to improve nutritional husbandry of sugar gliders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1094-9194
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-15, xiii-viii
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Feeding behavior and nutrition of the sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps).
pubmed:affiliation
Sustainable Program Research, Novus International Inc., 20 Research Drive, St. Charles, MO 63304, USA. edierenfeld@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review