09/28/2026
Approved Sugarglider Diets - Part 1
TPG Diet
Sharing this post from another group - not my original post.
I’ve been seeing a lot of confusion about the TPG diet lately & I’m hoping I can clear up some confusion.
The whole point of the TPG diet is to offer a variety of proteins and fruits and vegetables so they get a variety of nutrients. They do not eat the same foods every day in the wild and TPG mimics this by offering a variety of foods.
People say my gliders don’t like the turkey or chicken and I ask how can they tell?? They always say they don’t eat a lot of it. There’s a reason for this. Turkey, chicken, & eggs all offer different amounts of protein, but the same amount of fat by weight (6-8oz). They don’t eat as much of the turkey or chicken bcuz they don’t need as much of the protein they offer, they eat what they need & leave the rest behind.
You should be offering different fruits and vegetables, not the same fruits & vegetables every batch. Any safe fruits and vegetables can be used in any combination. Although a few disclaimers here: limit gassy veggies in a batch, a gassy glider is not a happy glider, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, & cabbage can all cause gas, I would only use 1 in a batch. Try not to have too many acidic fruits in the same batch as it can lead to digestive upset too.
I make 3 batches of TPG and each one has a different protein and different fruits and veggies in each batch. I rotate batches every 2-3 days, this helps prevent food boredom & offers a variety of everything.
This is also why it’s sooooo important to use the TPG vitamins with the diet. They’re higher in calcium since most fruits & veggies are higher in phosphorus. This is one of the reasons you can use a variety of fruits and vegetables with the diet. It’s also important to add nightly to keep the probiotics in the vitamins optimized as freezing can decrease the viability of probiotics over time (15-50% loss over 2 months at freezing temperatures).
Fruits & Veggies used with TPG:
Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, kiwi, peaches, pears, white peaches, nectarines, white nectarines, dragon fruit, bananas, pineapple, coconut, sour sop, jackfruit, papaya, honeydew melon, cantaloupe, watermelon, pitted cherries, pomegranates, mango, grapes, dream melon, prickly pear, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, mandarin orange, Cara Cara oranges
Zucchini, yellow squash, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, chayote squash, kale, mustard greens, turnip greens, turnips, rainbow chard, chard, bok choy, spinach, beets, beets greens, jicama, corn (rarely), green beans, peas, sugar snap peas, carrots, cucumber, Lima beans (cooked or frozen), edamame, cabbage, red cabbage, red, green, orange, & yellow bell peppers, sweet potatoes, celery, collard greens
TPG tips
Use a measuring cup & measure after you cut up your fruits & veggies. Buy one of these to make prep easier & faster, the smallest dicing blade makes perfect glider size pieces.
https://a.co/d/b4tZnjf
It’s the frozen calcium fortified orange juice concentrate, or regular frozen concentrate, not regular orange juice, I used regular orange juice for like 6 months before someone in a group said frozen & I reread the ingredients & was like 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Get a kitchen scale & weigh your protein after you cook it.
Use the flaxseed regardless of if you use fresh or frozen fruits/veggies, the biggest nutritional differences it has btween wheat germ is the flaxseed has omega fatty acids in it which helps with fur & digestion & the wheat germ does not.
Do not purée the fruits & veggies, it forces gliders to eat the insoluble fibers they would normally suck the nutrients from & spit out what they can’t easily digest. Forcing them to eat insoluble fibers can potentially cause bloating, gas, constipation & possibly blockages, insoluble fibers do not break down like regular fibers or break down from stomach acids, they instead clump together. TPG is meant to be chunky.
https://www.thepetglider.com/pages/tpg-diet
https://youtu.be/yusKme_eSCs?si=q20m_RA03lgPioYz
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