{"topic_id":"exotic_husbandry_gerbil_diet","category":"exotic-pet-husbandry","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_husbandry_gerbil_diet\ncategory: exotic-pet-husbandry\ntitle: \"Gerbil diet — wild diet of vegetation/seeds/insects; hoarding; not coprophagic\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Gerbil husbandry/environment\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 31\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Gerbil diet — wild diet of vegetation/seeds/insects; hoarding; not coprophagic\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/gerbils\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"professional veterinary reference\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Gerbil diet — wild diet of vegetation/seeds/insects; hoarding; not coprophagic\n\nThe text below is reproduced verbatim from the first-hand source (Merck Veterinary Manual).\n\n> The diet of wild Mongolian gerbils consists of green vegetation, roots, bulb seeds, cereals, fruits, and insects. Gerbils hoard food and are not normally coprophagic, unless their diet lacks adequate nutrients.\n\nSource: `pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt` (first-hand professional veterinary reference, tag-stripped).\n\n## Claims (verified C1 substrings of source_file)\n- `The diet of wild Mongolian gerbils consists of green vegetation, roots, bulb seeds, cereals, fruits, and insects. Gerbils hoard food and are not normally coprophagic, unless their diet lacks adequate nutrients.`\n","sources":["exotic-pet-husbandry — Gerbil diet — wild diet of vegetation/seeds/insects; hoarding; not coprophagic (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-husbandry","title":"Gerbil diet — wild diet of vegetation/seeds/insects; hoarding; not coprophagic","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/gerbils","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual (professional veterinary reference)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-toxicology/gerbil.txt","tokens_estimated":31,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}