Wakka Shakka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>Hi all,
>
>A while back I asked if Barley straw was ok bedding for Gerbs. Noone said
>anything either way, so I figured I'd start using it. Now with all this talk
>coming up of amputations and choking and stuff, I'd thought I'd double
>check.
>
>The barley straw is quite long, up to an inch or two, strands. Could this
>amputate a leg? It is fairly tough material. They do eat quite a bit of the
>straw. Would that choke them?
>
>Hope I'm doing the right thing. They do all the usual digging and tunnelling
>stuff with it, and seem to like it.
>
Straw should be safe, although it could introduce parasites.
Another problem is that it is not that warm or comfortable. it may be
that the gerbils can make it into something very fine by shredding
though.
--
Julian
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National Gerbil Society
http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
