Oat bran and rolled oats?

[birchmoon]

I went to the green grocer today to get the stuff listed in a previous thread about mixing your own gerbil food. I found most of it...but I have a question about the rolled oats and the oat bran. They are basically powder. I didn't get the flour, I got the right stuff I think. But they are so small and powdery, how can the gerbils eat that?

heather

[sweetie]

Great question. I have no idea but can't wait for the answer since I may try mixing myself.

Do you have to buy in bulk? Does it come by the pound? Would it be better to get smaller quantities so that it stays fresher?

[queenofthenile]

You can get rolled oats in the grocery store. It is the stuff oatmeal is made of - just flattened oats (it shouldn't be powdery). As for oat bran, I wasn't able to find it. I used bran flake cereal instead . I'm pretty sure oat bran is *supposed* to be powdery, so I don't know how the gerbs could eat it.

[sweetie]

Thanks for the feed back.