Just about anything natural should be okay and is actually encouraged for a variety in their diet....but, as I believe has been discussed before - sunflower seeds and such with a high oil content should be fed in restricted quantities...and caution should be taken with open containers with just about everything, they can get bugs/mold etc. and it's always best to play it safe if you're not sure. I feed my gerbils anything from grass clippings to frozen/fresh veggies to bird seed to cooked/cracked corn, etc. Although caution must be taken with grass clippings to make sure it has not been fertilized/sprayed. ----Original Message Follows---- From: tlera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: tlera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Food Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:26:35 -0500 I finally found a place within reach that sells animal feed. They have 50 lb bags of cracked corn, oats, etc. This would be ok to put in a mixture for my gerbs, right? They also had wild bird seed which is much cheaper but I think I read somewhere that wild bird seed can be dangerous, something about the seeds being allowed to age too much ... anybody know anything about this? They had a few open bins of seeds too but I am a bit wary of buying anything that has been open. Opinions, anyone? -- Tana and The Little Rascals http://thesanctuary.tripod.com http://gerbils.freehosting.net http://www.geocities.com/tinypaws68/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
