Karin van Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:37:22 +0100, Eva Maisel wrote:
> (message-ID<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> )
>
>>Julian and Jackie schrieb:
>>>
>>> Eva Maisel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>>>
>>> >Hi!
>>> >Now finally I bothered to look up millet in my dictionary. Oh dear! It's
>>> >my gerbils' beloved "Kolbenhirse"!
>>>
>>> Is that millet, or millet spray? The two are different. One is the seed
>>> of a grass (Panicum miliaceum), and is a staple grain in tropical parts
>>> of the world, especially Africa. The other is dried twigs of bristle
>>> grass (genus Setaria) with round seeds attached. Gerbils love both, but
>>> the Bristle Grass may be potentially dangerous in large doses.
>>
>>I'm not sure. You can see a bit of it in the corner of this picture:
>>http://www.tierheim.bayreuth.org/kolbmaus.jpg
>>
>I think it's millet, what Eva is talking about.
What is in the picture is millet spray.
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Julian
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