Gerbil safe greens & vegetables — seed- and herb-eating rodent; pellet base, fruit/veg supplement, rodent toxins

Gerbil safe greens & vegetables — seed- and herb-eating rodent; pellet base, fruit/veg supplement, rodent toxins

Claims

• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Gerbils naturally eat seeds of various grasses, bulbs, leaves and herbs; as pets they need a good-quality balanced diet formulated for gerbils, provided as compound pellets or a seed mixture.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Safe greens include the fruit and vegetables that supplement the base pellets — fruit such as pear, melon, apple and orange, and vegetables such as cucumber, carrot, pumpkin and fennel.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Pumpkin seeds are a healthy treat; gerbils like to sit up and hold pieces of food to gnaw.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Do not feed grapes or rhubarb, which are poisonous to rodents; avoid excessive sunflower seeds and other fatty seeds, as these can cause obesity.