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Original High Protein Wombaroo Diet
Wombaroo brand high protein supplement for marsupials made in Australia is the main ingredient of this diet and is often referred to as HPS or WHPS. Wombaroo supplement for OHPW can be purchased at The Pampered Glider, among other distributors.
The Critter Love Plus diet follows the same recipe as OHPW except that it uses Critter Love Plus supplement instead of Wombaroo.
GO-HPW is Green Original HPW, which follows the same recipe except that when making the staple, cut the honey in half and add a cup of Green Juice (Odwalla, Knudsen, or Bolthouse Farms brands)The following recipe is paraphrased from The Pampered Glider’s Feeding Instructions and the Critter Love Original page.
Daily Dinner Plate (per glider)
- 0.5 Tablespoon OHPW staple
- 1 Tablespoon fruits
- 1 Tablespoon vegetables
OHPW Staple
Ingredients
- 2 cups warm water
- 1.5 cups raw unfiltered honey
- 1 Tablespoon Bee Pollen
- ¼ cup Wombaroo High Protein Supplement (HPS)
- 3 eggs – scrambled
To make the GOHPW diet, only use 3/4 cup of honey and add 1 cup of Green Juice (Odwalla, Knudsen, or Bolthouse Farms brand)
Preparation- Cook eggs scrambled style either in microwave or frying pan, set aside.
- Dissolve honey into warm water.
- Add Wombaroo HPS and mix well.
- In blender, combine ¼ cup of this mixture with the eggs and bee pollen and blend for approx. 2 minutes.
- Add remaining mixture and blend an additional 3 minutes.
- Pour into ice cube trays or a freezer-safe bowl with an airtight lid and freeze. Once frozen, the mix will be the consistency of ice cream and very easy to serve.
Fruit and Veggie Salad Mixes
Freeze Dried Salad Mixes from Critter Love
Salad Recipes
If you prefer to make your own fruit and veggie mixes, there are five suggested salad mixes to rotate through. These mixes have been balanced by an exotic nutritionist and substitutions should follow the recommended guidelines. The recipes are intended for large batches, you may wish to halve the recipe. The Pampered Glider sells recipe card door hangers for these mixes.
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Treats
A large variety of optional treats can be offered. Here is a list of some glider favorites on Amazon.
Mealworms given in the morning will help keep their teeth clean. Live mealworms can be ordered from www.GrubCo.com or www.RainbowMealworms.net
Wombaroo Shake-N-Make Nectar can be given twice a week
Creator
“While the powder base of the Critter Love® Original Diet is indeed made and manufactured in Australia, it was right here in the United States that I used that powder to create and name the Critter Love® Original Diet. To set the record straight, (so to speak), here is the rest of the story…”
– Peggy Hernandez BrewerOHPW is also known as Critter Love Original, though the OHPW acronym is still commonly used among glider communities. It is a modification of the PML diet. Some other glider diets incorporate Wombaroo HPS in their recipes, including the AWD diet.
The Critter Love Original diet plan was created by Peggy Hernandez Brewer at Critter Love. Peggy is an active member of the Facebook glider community and can often be found in Sugar Gliders ABC’s and 123’s, where she is an admin. Message Critter Love on Facebook with any questions about this diet plan.
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