China has grown lychee for millennia. Asian jellies, cocktails, and ice creams use it.
Lychees have one big seed and red, scaly skin. Sugar gliders can eat lychee. However, the skin and seeds should not be consumed.
Can Sugar Glider Eat Lychee?
Opportunistic omnivores and gliders eat whatever is available in their natural surroundings. They eat pollen, nectar, honeydew, eucalyptus, acacia sap, gum, and various plant and animal residue.
They eat insects, rodents, birds, and a variety of fruit. Their propensity for fast parrot nestlings has threatened them in Tasmania.
Sugar gliders are energetic and need a healthy diet—a good source of protein, calcium, and phosphorus.
Nutritional Content of Lychee
Lychee is rich in Vitamin C, copper, and potassium. Fiber is another benefit.
Its high vitamin C and flavonoids defend against free radical damage that causes inflammation, oxidative stress, cancer, and other disorders.
Lychee’s vitamin C and phytonutrients protect the eyes from oxidative damage-induced cataracts.
Lychee also stimulates digestion. This helps you digest big meals and absorb more nutrients.
Health Benefits and Risks of Lychee
Lychee improves health. Antioxidants protect against free radical damage. It contains anti-inflammatory rutin.
Epicatechin in lychees decreases cancer risk. Potassium, needed for blood pressure, is also provided.
Lychee antioxidants combat free radicals that cause inflammation and cell damage. These chemicals protect against heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Recent research has connected lychees to brain inflammation in children. The fruit’s hypoglycin A may cause this. Lychee’s health effects need further study.
Other Alternatives to Lychee
If you don’t want your sugar glider to eat lychee, there are other healthful options. ZooPro’s Garden Fresh Re-Hydrate contains dried figs, papaya, green beans, and cabbage.
Glider owners love fruit medley. The FDA-approved resealable bag protects natural fruits.
Vegetables are vital and can provide calcium and phosphorus. Sweet potatoes, kale, collards, broccoli, and cauliflower are some foods that sugar gliders enjoy.
Gliders also enjoy mealworms. Your glider should eat 5% of them.
Conclusion about Eating Lychee
Lychee, a wonderful tropical fruit from China, is also grown in the US. Its rough red exterior and white, sensitive flesh resemble strawberry or watermelon.
It tastes great fresh or in a fruit salad. It can be converted into syrup for desserts.
Lychee is best picked off the tree. This ensures fresh, nutritious fruit.
Peel the lychee’s skin. This helps your glider eat fruit.
