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Post by elliriyanna on Jan 17, 2015 11:45:28 GMT -8
How many of you have gerbils who will actually eat Oxbow healthy handfuls? I am reluctant to try it after past failures with Oxbow with hamsters. However with a seed mix and their burying everything I just cant tell when they are done and if they are selective feeding.
I got them a bin feeder and it would work perfect with Oxbow healthy handfuls if I could transition them.
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Post by lizb on Jan 17, 2015 12:48:36 GMT -8
I have had success! My boys all like it.
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Post by catnut on Jan 17, 2015 15:21:14 GMT -8
can I ask a question about oxbow- how long does it keep when in the original Ziploc bag? How can I tell when it is stale? should I put it in the freezer to keep longer?, as I only use acouple for each gerbil each day, it lasts quite long/ Thanks.
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Post by elliriyanna on Jan 17, 2015 15:31:27 GMT -8
I always put things in the freezer in a Ziploc bag ... That said it will keep 6 months before it begins losing nutritional value.
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Post by catnut on Jan 19, 2015 15:36:32 GMT -8
okay,thank you.
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Post by daisy on Jan 20, 2015 17:18:41 GMT -8
My boys were eating it when I got them and they continue to. I like it because they can't pick out the tidbits they like best and it's clear how much they are eating. I give them Carnival tidbits as treats sometimes, as well as fresh fruit or vegetables in small amounts of course.
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Post by jeb on Feb 2, 2015 21:12:22 GMT -8
I put two food dishes in my gerbils cage - one with oxbow and one with tropical carnival. They seem to prefer the oxbow as its always gone first, so now I just sprinkle the tropical carnival in their bedding for them to forage.
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Post by Thelodar on Feb 16, 2015 17:18:59 GMT -8
My three eat it. If I feed it with a seed mix (TC) they ignore it, but I feed TC in the morning and Oxbow in the evening and they eat it with gusto.
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Post by mothman on Feb 25, 2015 15:30:49 GMT -8
When we got our gerbils, they were accustomed to eating Oxbow, and ate it up with no issues.
For better or worse, I chose to transition them to a mix of Tropical Carnival and Oxbow, thinking it would be a moe 'interesting' food selection for them.
Almost immediately they stopped eating the Oxbow. I still mix in some Oxbow with the TC, but the Oxbow is typically their last choice, and they only seem to eat it when they have little else available.
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Post by elliriyanna on Mar 7, 2015 20:31:45 GMT -8
What I ended up doing is I feed them their seed in the morning and they have an auto feeder for the oxbow so its always available.
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