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Post by leftoverpenguin on Jan 31, 2006 19:27:31 GMT -8
First off, I'm getting new gerbils this Friday. (Yay!) I haven't had any for a little over a year now. Anyway, I've had mites before in one of my earlier pairs and I read here about people freezing their food to prevent any sort of infestation. I just threw my unopened bag of food into the freezer about a half hour ago, and I plan on doing this with every bag I buy from here on out. I do, however, have two questions about the process. 1) How long should I leave the bag in there, and 2) how long should the bag thaw before I give the food to the gerbils? I can't imagine they'd like it cold.
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Post by whitmoregirl on Feb 1, 2006 8:38:25 GMT -8
TBH I dont freeze my food - it goes into a tub with a tight lid. I always examine it before it goes into the tub though (with 5 cages feeding on it I have to!) and so far, touch wood, I haven't had an infestation (although I did when I had rabbit food, but the stores entire stocks were filled with larva anyway)
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Post by AndreaS15 on Feb 1, 2006 20:04:41 GMT -8
I have started freezing my hay, only b/c I now freaked out about mites from other peoples infestations they have had. I freeze it for 24/48 hours and let it stand for another 24 hours befoer giving it to them. I don't freeze my food, BUT I have in teh past b/c of grain moths (argh little buggers) they are nasty little guys and you can kill them off by freezing the food for 48 hours. The moths don't do anything to the gerbils, but are just a real PITB.
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Post by RW on Feb 2, 2006 5:16:17 GMT -8
I try time buying food so I can freeze it for at least a week. When it's time to open a new bag, I let it thaw to room temperature, which usually doesn't take very long, maybe an hour or two.
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