Ubu Noir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> Yeah, she was pretty runtly... :)
> She's still fairly scrawny, but I see to it that when I feed them,
> I take her fat roly poly cagemate out and let her eat first,
> because I've noticed that Spoo gets at it first. She's still
> terribly small, but she can hold her own now, which is good, and
> she heals quickly (Spoo bit her near her ear several weeks ago, and
> it had healed up in around two days, Spoo's nose is still healing
> from the Aspen bedding allergy). Should I supplement their food
> with vitamins or something? I noticed that they're not eating
> their green pellets from the gerbil mix food (I wouldn't either,
> they look gross :).
> Thanks,
> Kelly, Spoo, and Key
The pellets are compressed plant material. They often also have
supplements like vitamins and minerals in them. They are nutritious, but
gerbils tend to prefer other foods. Gerbils will eat them when they have
few choices and it is best to leave them to eat up their food reserves
before giving them new food. This is because a good gerbil food will be
designed to have the right mix of nutrients and allowing gerbils to pick
and choose is like allowing children not to eat their vegetables.
--
Julian
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