Gerbil diets
Requirements
Gerbils require around 5 to 9 grams a day each and variation in their diet is important for enrichment.
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Gerbils need a range of different food in their diet, including seeds, fruit, vegetables and pellets.
Good food mix to give your gerbils is Beaphar care + but will need to mix in a seed mix for variation such as Gerry Gerbil.
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Important to not Gerbils are lactose Intolerant so can't have any diary products
Food they can have
- Pear
- Melon
- Apple
- Oranges
- Cucumber,
- Carrot
- Pumpkin
- Fennel
- Sunflower seeds
- Peanuts
- Millet
- Banana
- Carrots
- Cabbage
- Egg
- Toast/ Bread without butter
- Straw
- Timothy Hay
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Broad Beans
- Peas
- Green beans
- Sweetcorn
- Cauliflower
- Parsley
- Parsnip
- Pumpkin seeds
- Turnip
- Broccoli
- Dandelion
- Kiwi
- Mealworms
- Grapes
- Rhubarb
- Potato