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Post by daisy on Nov 15, 2015 8:58:34 GMT -8
What are the best food supplements to give to a skinny gerbil? When I had guinea pigs, a vet recommended ensure when the pig had been sick and lost weight. Can I give ensure to my gerbil or is something else better. ?
I believe that he got thin because the dominant gerbil was hogging the food. I am now putting the skinny one in their playpen first and giving him food separately but I would like to give him some supplements also. Thank you.
Daisy
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Post by betty on Nov 24, 2015 0:39:17 GMT -8
Sorry daisy, we seemed to have missed you on this thread - has your question been answered elsewhere or is your gerbil still underweight?
I hope your stealth feeding tactics have paid off?
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Post by betty on Nov 24, 2015 0:39:34 GMT -8
Sorry daisy, we seemed to have missed you on this thread - has your question been answered elsewhere or is your gerbil still underweight?
I hope your stealth feeding tactics have paid off?
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Post by mosin9130 on Nov 29, 2015 7:42:46 GMT -8
Ok, I'm not sure about this but at least to my Dazy she got rather thin lately don't know why but I bought some gourmet bonanza food from petco also some mealworms witch she just loves I give her one meal worm per day, and for the last couple of days she seem's to have gained some weight she doesn't seem as skinny as the past week.
the new bonanza food contains lots of dried fruit nuts and a 12% protein and the meal worms are very high in protein.
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Post by betty on Nov 29, 2015 11:48:03 GMT -8
That's good that she looks to have improved.
Did you ever actually weigh the little mite? That way it will help you to keep a close eye on things rather than sort of guessing 'up or down'.
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Post by mosin9130 on Dec 4, 2015 12:14:13 GMT -8
well the meal worms seem to be working also the gourmet food witch they prefer, I also have noticed some fur loss no bald spots she has all her fur but when I pick her up I see some fur on my hands.
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Post by mosin9130 on Dec 5, 2015 4:32:33 GMT -8
well actually it was not fur loss.
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