Safe VEGGIES for Gerbils!
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What are your favorite veggies? 🥬
carrots
i'm trying to persuade my mum for me to get gerbils any tips i have done so much research ps : pls can u give me a shout out in one of ur videos gerbils are my favourite animals
Pickles! Also do you have any tips to persuade my parents to give me two gerbils? I have done all my research and have a good tank and everything like that.
@@FireFox-mh5jq that is what i have done
@@FireFox-mh5jq unfortunately I can’t really help you with that 😅 best thing to do is to show them what you know/your plans/responsibility and respect their decision in the end!
Thanks this helped a lot
I have 2 female gerbils called bea and buzz
Your channel have helped them to have the best life that they can
So once again thank you 😊
Those are beautiful names!! Thank you for being a great gerbil parent!
Bra and Buzz sound adorable.
I have two male gerbils named Tella and Slushii and they live in a 20g tank, thank you for giving us information from your channel. Without this, my gerbils would not have veggies or a correct food mix. They wouldn’t even have the right habitat! Thank you! 💗
I have 8 little pups and an amazing mum and dad gerbil. I'm in love and I'm not capable of rehoming them ...because I love them all already too much to give them away. I am getting another tank and making the girl and boy groups at around 8 week old milestone for the pups.
1st time owner. Very helpful. Thank you so much
Thank you so much for this video, it was really helpful :D
I’m glad!!
Thank you! This helped soo much! ❤
Yay!
hey could you do a video on which bugs you give your gerbils? i know you said you’ll do a video on safe flowers as well i’m really looking forward to it :)
I can try! I only feed mealworms really
@@finsandwhiskers Do you feed live mealworms? and how often?
@@sylvieweeks4149 I got my gerbils extremely right before quarantine and so I’ve only been able to feed them dried/freeze dried. 😅 you can feed live though, I would just make sure they eat it in front of you so they don’t coexist in their enclosure. Mealworms are high in fat, so I’d say one a week at most would be fine.
@@finsandwhiskers Thanks! I am hoping to get 2-3 gerbils soon, probably 2, because I cant, get a tank any bigger than 40 gallons. I am still having a hard time with food though, so what brands do you suggest if I can't make it homemade?
@@sylvieweeks4149 kinda late but higgins sunburst is the best!
Just got our daughter her first gerbils. We got 2 males. Thank you for your very informative video.
Thank you this was helpful as I have 2 gerbils x
Glad to know!!
Great VIDEO! You're right about lettuce; don't use iceberg lettuce. Too much water content. My gerbils love, love, love snap peas (I do remove the veins), broccoli, and cauliflower in very small portions. I have one gerbil recovering from pneumonia who loves small bite of raspberries and just a bit of natural (ground at the store from standard peanuts--not dry roasted) peanut butter.
Thanks! It helped a lot I have 2 male gerbils names panda and express
Brilliant names!! 😂😂
I can't seem to bye all the great stuf but thank you for the help I dint feed them that much fresh food and it helps so thanks
Some of these are really affordable and you can grow yourself!💕
Thank you so so much for all your videos they’re extremely helpful❤️ one question, what about the leaves on top of celery? Thx ☺️
Safe too!
I don't have gerbils but yours are so cute omg!
I got a squirrel tho 😂
Aww thank you 😂
Your gerbils are so cute
thanks for the informative video! do you know if there would be a difference between feeding gerbils only microgreen variations for all the different vegetables in this videos compared to feeding them only normal vegetables, as the microgreen variations would contain the same amount of nutrients but would reduce the waste of unused and gone-off vegetables. Also, if I was to do this do you think that I would need to rethink portion sizes due to the microgreen's small sizes?
They would need smaller amounts and I probably wouldn’t recommend feeding microgreens daily! They are very concentrated with nutrients, which is why they have been becoming a superfood lately :)
I have two
I love your videos, as a part of there daily veg can I give them fennel, butternut squash, pumpkin, cucumber, parsnip I’m just trying to give them a little more variety in veg that’s all 😊
You can add those as variety but I would feed the squashes, cucumber, and root veggies a little bit rarer than the leafy greens! Herbs/squashes/high oxalic foods can be rotated weekly (one variety a week alongside milder veggies like romaine/red leaf lettuce, watercress, dried greens, dill, basil, arugula...) so you’re not over feeding those varieties!
@@finsandwhiskers thanks you so much for the help 😊
I used to have 2 gerbils, but they passed away last year one is august and one in december.
Sorry to hear :(
I only have a single gerbil (I've tried to bond him with others and so wanted him to be able to have a friend/friends but it didn't go well even after trying for a long time, he doesn't seem to tolerate other gerbils at all) would about a teaspoon of veggies work for him a day? Cause you said a tablespoon would be good for 2-3 I wouldn't want to over do it with the veggies.
A teaspoon would be perfect!
@@finsandwhiskers ok thanks!
I'm so sad bc 1 of my gerbils died and now 1 of them is alone. There are no breeders or other gerbils within 300 miles from me. Will my gerbil be ok alone for a little while? 😢 I've only had them a week
Hi I'm watching all your videos as I'm getting 4 gerbils in a few weeks! Can the veggies be frozen veg that is defrosted? Also I'm a little confused on meal worms are they needed but in small amounts or are they purely a treat?
Yes they can be frozen and thawed out! & mealworms are treats as they are high in fat and protein
Thankyou so much!
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Thanks, this is helpful. I have a video request, can you make a video on having 2 vs 3 gerbils? Male vs females- I heard males are slightly more likely to get along in a group of three than females. Also, is 35 gallons enough for 3 gerbils or would that be too small? Sorry for my bad explanations lol
30g for 3 gerbils is the bare minimum but 50g+ is preferred to reduce the risk of fighting.
2 males are highly stable
3 males are moderately stable
4 males are moderately stable
2 female are highly stable
3 females are less stable
4 females are moderately stable
When you have a group of 3 they are more likely to bully one but this happened more with females then males.
Great explanation! I’d also like to mention, usually with 40 gallons and below, you’ll need a cage topper for their wheel/water/sand
Can gerbils eat kale daily? I was thinking maybe because its a dark leafy green?
I wouldn’t feed daily just because it is high in oxalic acid and calcium!
The rabbit is cute
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Can gerbils eat chocolate, peanut butter or any dairy products?
I don't have a gerbil but I own a chinchilla, a rodent with gerbil-like temperament.
Gerbils cannot have chocolate whatsoever, peanut butter or sugar free plain yogurt could be given as a treat like once a month, and a very small amount (smaller than a teaspoon)
@@finsandwhiskers Awww, I thought gerbils and hamsters had the same diet for some reason.
@@Solomon0424 hamsters can’t have chocolate though
Do I have to cook the veggies before serving?
Fresh!
Thank you!
Can gerbils get wet tail?
Yes they can 😰
can I feed my gerbils mint?
Yes!
@@finsandwhiskers wow! can they have all types of mint (say applemint or spearmint) or just normal mint?
!!
Is basil safe?
Yes!
can i give my gerbil a kiwi?
A very tiny piece is okay! They are slightly acidic compared to most fruits so stick to the one diced size piece a week rule
Celery and broccoli.
spinache contains phosphorus, calcium, acidic content and huge amount of water.
This means that unfortunately they can’t eat spinach as it has too much water and acidic content for them to handle. Gerbils cannot eat vegetables or fruit that have too much water as they give them diarrhea. They just cannot handle water based foods like we can.
This makes spinach a food to avoid as far as gerbils are concerned.
Hi, I noticed you got this information, word for word, from online gerbil care. While some of the information on the site is safe and sound, a lot is left out or exaggerated. In general veggies should be a very small percentage of their diet, and just like with their seed mix, it should always include variety- that being said, a teaspoon daily (for individual gerbils) would be very difficult to cause issues. In some cases, like with older or sick gerbils, it could be good to avoid foods with high water content, calcium, and oxalic acid, but in some cases it could be good to include those with water content, as they might not actively drink water like they should around those ages. As for normal gerbils, a teaspoon a day of varied veggies is safe, as long as their main dietary needs (a well balanced seed mix and protein from insects, safe meats) is met and is the majority of their consumption. We base this on the information from hamsters, and although they are not the same species, we can learn a lot and take cautions with a lot of small omnivore prey animals. I have 3 gerbils and they get a tablespoon every 1-2 days, so in the end they’re not really getting a whole tablespoon each, because they are a group. Known Safe Veggies that are high in all 3 (water content, oxalic acid, calcium), like Spinach, are not toxic, and while it should be fed in moderation, does not need to be avoided. I always suggest to anyone to read more on their diet than one website, as it is quite crucial.
@@finsandwhiskers Hey! Thanks so much for your reaction. Def learned a lot from it. I did copy it from gerbil care, because i didn't want to say anything incorrect. Thought that it was all true, thats why i don't feed my girls spinache. I'm Dutch and because several websites warned for spinache I was a bit scared to try it out. Sometimes it's difficult to filter whats correct and what is not, and because i'm not a vet I Google a lot.
so thank you for the information :)!