MAD FOR IT!!!!!

[caz]

Hi All ;D

Just a curiosity question really...

What is your gerbils favourite food / treat ?
What do they really go MAD for? You know, when you put their food bowl in, which bit do they dive in for first?

For instance, Daisy is mad for almond slivers and walnut pieces, and Bonnie absolutely loves the red meal biscuit lumps in Gerri Gerbil!!!!

Caroline

[dawn]

hehe - Eugene is addicted to grapes!! But he has to be limited! and apple if I eat an apple when hes out he has to have bits of it!!

[ashgerbil]

Leo and Ash really like pumpkin seeds and Ash particuarly likes pine nuts (though these are only given very occasionally as they are very fattening!)

Suki doesn't really like treats, but i suppose her favourite is sunflower seeds and Dusty is obsessed with any type of treat, although she doesn't actually eat them, she just brings all her treats down to her 'food store' (it's in the back left corner of the tank). i'm not sure why on earth she stores her food though none of the other gerbils store food, and she ends up losing it all anyway!

and Rufus and Felix really love their sunflower seeds! although Rufus did this flying leap off my desk yesterday and managed to up-end the treats bowl on his way down, so they don't have any treats anymore lol

[maxthegerbil]

My boys love treats such as sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, a piece of fresh apple or a sliced in half grape! I also cut up small squares of wholemeal bread to go crispy overnight for my mice and the gerbils love these too! The staling process kills any enzymes in bread that can cause itchy skin in susceptible mice, which is why I let the squares of bread harden.

And also be warned....Never eat a mars bar when your gerbils are on your knee! You will end up with a gerbil dangling from your sleeve trying to get at the mars bar!!! They are SO cheeky it`s not true. But they get a sunflower seed for effort!

[RyanF]

Burkie loves pumpkin seeds.
Rody loves sunflower seeds.
Mini, Squeaky, Battle don't have a preference! (they love both)

[whitmoregirl]

Hmmmmm
Raven and Pepper eat anything (lil' piggies but they snatch the pumpkin seeds off me like lightning bolts
Kali Kess and Sienna seem to much all the sunflowers and pumpkin seeds
Delu and Gracie don't seem to mind much, they pick at a handful of food and grab whatever they really fancy
The boys, Kipp Oz and the two un-named lads, nab anything they can! (rather like the fatties )
Annnd Rose Totty Honey and Bea eat anything they're into the mood for *shrugs*

But with all of them the pumpkins seeds seem to rate pretty high

[caz]

Seems like the ol' pumpkin seeds are pretty popular amongst our furries!
Maybe more so than 'sunnies'?
Caroline

[kirsty]

Mine just go mad for apple!

[LasVegasNo1]

A lot of my lot don't like treats! lol But they are partial to pumpkin seeds ;D The three older boys will eat anything and everything though, they like yoghurt drops, fruit, veg, any kind of nuts, cake, biscuits ... which, may I add, they only get in tiny amounts! I have to make sure they get a bit of whatever each or they squabble lol ;D

[RW]

My gerbils each have their own favorite treat, but in general everyone likes pumpkin and sunflower seeds, peanuts, and yogurt drops. Probably the biggest favorite with them all is peanuts. No one ever turns those down.

RW