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Post by blackie on Aug 21, 2004 11:57:56 GMT -8
Someone mentioned sunflower seeds bought in the supermarket might contain salt. Well if there is a label on the package that says what it contains, and it doesn't mention salt (natrium cloride) then there shouldn't be any salt in it.  Problem solved. |
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Aug 22, 2004 13:31:38 GMT -8
Indeed! ;D
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Post by birchmoon on Sept 11, 2004 18:20:43 GMT -8
Are the black oil sunflower seeds better? What harm will the salted ones do?
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Post by blackie on Sept 12, 2004 11:29:29 GMT -8
Well...I just reckon that for such a small animal as the gerbil, extra salt in the diet will not be good for their system in general, like the kidneys. So if you give them peanuts etc obviously don't give the salted ones. I have never come across seeds that are salted myself. I live in Norway ,so I don't know what "black oil sunflower seeds" are. I by sunflowers without shells, that people use in bread etc. You could just try tasting them...are they salty or not? Or ask the people who work in the shop. This shouldn't really be a big problem. Just don't give your gerbils too many  |
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Post by Ritzie/Admin on Sept 13, 2004 3:07:22 GMT -8
We don't know black oil sunflower seeds in the Netherland either! So I don't know about that.
Too much salt is like Blackie says indeed bad for them, indeed like their kidneys. ;D
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Post by dapple on Sept 13, 2004 22:06:08 GMT -8
Black oil sunflower seeds are commonly sold here as wild bird seed. All the bird is unsalted and generally inexpensive in gerbil quanties.
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Problem solved.
