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About Sugar Glider Naturals™
Sugar Glider Naturals™ is a line of products developed
exclusively for SunCoast Sugar Gliders by experts in the fields of
herbology and botanics. Long before "green" was
considered cool, these folks sought out new ways to develop products
from non-toxic, natural sources. With nearly 30 years
experience in the industry, they are considered pioneers today.
In the late 1970's and early 1980's (...just shut up if you weren't
born yet!), traditional products were using more and more harsh
chemicals, compliments of "weird science". As our
team of experts had kids during this time, they looked for more
natural alternatives to make safer products for beings and the
environment. But creating the products was only half the
battle.
It took years of trial and error before their formulations were
considered effective enough to go up against the harsher chemical
products. After all, if a product doesn't work, then it
doesn't make much difference if it's non-toxic and natural!
We are honored to be working with this team of specialized
researchers, formulators and chemists to help us develop non-toxic,
natural formulas for sugar gliders. The ingredients used in the
Sugar Glider Naturals™ line are sourced directly from Mother
Nature. To preserve the integrity of these products, we only
use HDPE (#2) plastic bottles in packaging, so there are no
issues with toxins leaching into the Naturals line.
An Important Note about Ingredients:
The ingredients in this line are
natural botanicals (come from plants) that are non-toxic to humans and animals. They
are extremely gentle and can be used a on baby's tender skin. We
only create formulations that are safe enough to be ingested,
although we don't recommend it! Examples of the kinds of
ingredients used in these products are essential plant oils and
other plant-based extracts, mixed with distilled water.
Ingredients
are certified to be free of carcinogens and other hazardous
substances.
It is critical to be aware that just because a product claims it is
natural does not mean it is safe. For example,
"arsenic" is completely natural, but it's also poisonous.
Petroleum distillates are also natural, but there have been reports
that some may cause cancer. In fact, many "natural
products" listing their ingredients intentionally exclude the
small percentage of synthetic chemicals included; a product can
be officially called "natural" under NPA
guidelines with only 95% natural ingredients.
We believe it is important to share what we have learned during our
product formulation processes, so we have listed potentially
dangerous ingredients included in many "natural" products
on the market today:
Benzene
1,4 dioxane
Phosphates
Nonylphenol Ethoxylates
Phthalates
1,4-dichlorobenzene
Glycol Ethers
Ammonia
Chlorine
Ethanolamines
Limonene
Pine Oil
Coconut Diethanolamide
The Sugar Glider Naturals™ line contains none of these
ingredients.
Even if a product contains an ingredient list and claims to be safe,
natural and biodegrable, we encourage you to ask the company whether
their product(s) contain any of those listed above. Because
these ingredients often exist in extremely small amounts, companies claim the
miniscule amounts are harmless, which is a belief also shared by
some government regulators. But we think about it this way:
Sugar gliders are tiny little animals, so a teensy amount here,
along with a smidgen there, has the potential to add up over
time. It's better to be safe than sorry.
Lastly, not all the ingredients we use to formulate these products can be classified as organic, as defined by the
USDA's
organic certification process (which typically takes 5 years, by
the way). However, the ingredients
are certified to be free of carcinogens and other hazardous
substances commonly found in synthetic ingredients (see list
above). Our product formulators have cultivated relationships
with the most reputable suppliers and distillers all over the world.
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