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Post by Moon Breeze on May 9, 2015 1:01:00 GMT -8
I make my own food for my gerbils, and found a Craigslist ad for free spent grain, and was wondering if it would be safe to feed my gerbils. Thanks!
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Post by betty on May 9, 2015 2:32:13 GMT -8
I had never heard of spent grain before!
So after a quick bit of reading, it would appear that people feed it to all sorts of animals, but no-one mentions gerbils specifically do they?
It is obviously high in fibre and low in nutrients though, so I wouldn't imagine you would want to feed too much of it anyway as it would unbalance your normal foods.
Not sure if it contains anything anti-gerbil either - so perhaps wait for some other replies before deciding. (I say this as some articles had warnings for hops in them - as they were worried it can be toxic for dogs - and I couldn't seem to find out EXACTLY what spent grains they were in the first place?).
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Post by Shooting Star on May 9, 2015 5:32:32 GMT -8
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Post by Moon Breeze on May 10, 2015 1:18:27 GMT -8
Awesome, thank you for the advice!
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Post by betty on May 10, 2015 2:20:18 GMT -8
Thanks for the question otherwise I would have known this either!
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