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Sugar Glider Sugar Bear Dangerous Foods 5

Sugar glider sugar bears can eat just about anything and have a special liking for anything sweet. Being omnivorous by nature, they are not very choosy regarding what they put in their mouth. This entails you to take care of what they eat. You should take care that they don’t end up eating any chocolate and owing to their small size, they are especially susceptible to even small amounts of chocolates. Apart from chocolates, you should also make sure that you never feed your sugar glider sugar bear any diary products. This is because sugar glider sugar bears are by nature intolerant to lactose and thus they cannot digest products such as cheese and ice creams, with the only exception of flavored yogurt which you can feed your sugar glider sugar bear every once in a while in small quantity only.

 

Pesticides can be highly harmful to sugar glider sugar bears and therefore any fruits you want to feed them should be thoroughly cleaned, which means that you should avoid risky fruits such as blackberries, raspberries, broccoli and cauliflower that are so difficult to clean thoroughly. In all probability, your sugar glider sugar bear will love to eat nuts and seeds. However, you should not feed these to your pet too often, as they have a very low nutritional value but are high in fat content. These can however be used as an occasional treat to your sugar glider sugar bear. The question of whether to feed you sugar glider sugar bear grapes and raisins is highly debated. There is no documented evidence, however, to show that these foods are harmful to your sugar glider sugar bear and many pet owners make use of occasional treats of raisins and grapes for their pet without any problems. It is suggested you use your own discretion in this case but tread with caution in any case, just to be safe.

 

Sugar glider sugar bears are very tiny animals, and therefore you should avoid feeding them in excess, as even little excesses can mean a lot to them.


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