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Post by Markpd on Oct 10, 2020 4:26:07 GMT -8
I put a couple of hazelnuts in for mine some weeks ago, they whisked them away to their burrows and I heard them rolling it around on the tanks floor for a few minutes, but ultimately I think they may have got forgotten as I them when clearing out the cage. I supposed they could have been stored by them. I accidentally through 1 out with the bedding, but kept the other and I have 2 more, so I'll try again at some point.
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Post by gerbilord on Nov 19, 2020 4:02:09 GMT -8
So, coming back to this thread as we're getting spookily close to December!! ("what? it was August last week!")
I've updated it now as since then I've bought and been given a lot more gerbil treats and chews.
Updated list: 1. Goji berries 2. Pumpkin seeds 3. Sunflower seeds 4. Walnuts 5. Oats 6. Dried sweetcorn pieces 7. Dried peas (whole) 8. Pea flakes 9. Forage feed mix 1 10. Millet spray 11. Wheat spray 12. Sunchoke stick 13. Apple stick 14. Homemade Hay treat 15. Homemade Carrot treat 16 and 17. SN (selective naturals) treats in meadow loops and woodland loops* 18. Raisins 19. Almonds 20. Chestnuts 21. Forage feed mix 2 22. toilet tube with tissue or hay inside 23. cardboard cut out of something related to christmas (I'll probably do lots of these because they'll shred them like there's no tomorrow!) 24. willow twigs
And of course day 25 they'll be the most spoilt little rats of England and have hides and chews waiting for them in the stocking (although I think by that point I will have done treats to death so the not-so-skinny-anymore gerbils won't have more than a sunflower seed until February!)
*For the SN treats - I had a look on the ingredients: wheat flour timothy hay alfalfa hay ground locust bean ground peas dried thyme soya oil linseeds (based on the meadow loops) Are all those ingredients safe? I'm unsure about the wheat flour, alfafa, soya oil and locust bean so thought it best to check first.
Does the list look alright? I still have plenty of time to adjust if necessary, the treats will most likely not be fed in this order, because otherwise they'd be having a lot of fatty foods in the space of a few days, so instead I think I'll mix the cardboard up when there's seeds/nuts the day before, then add some forage in as well.
Just realised I still haven't bought the advent calendar to house these treats! (eek!)
And there will be many pictures, by the way... (on a separate subject I was wondering if I should do a gerbil a day until Christmas - basically posting a picture of one of the gerbils each day for 24-25 days, each getting more Christmassy... like a gerbil photo advent, and other members can take part if they want to, or maybe that's just something that crazy gerbil keepers do...)
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Post by Markpd on Nov 19, 2020 4:23:22 GMT -8
Rats? Photos sound like fun, so we get to see your gerbils attacking each advent gift? , maybe the odd video too? (afraid I don't know about the safety of some of those ingredients).
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Post by Pim on Nov 19, 2020 4:59:05 GMT -8
Not sure about thyme or locust bean but everything else seems safe, not necessarily good for every day consumption but once in a while won't hurt.
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Nov 19, 2020 8:28:05 GMT -8
Locust bean, wheat flour, alfalfa and thyme are fine. Soya oil is most likely fine as soya is found in some commercial rodent foods. I also seem to remember soya-based paints being recommended somewhere as a pet-safe paint.
I'm looking forward to photos. The more the better.
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Post by betty on Nov 19, 2020 8:51:42 GMT -8
I was just looking to see if Thyme was safe for critters - so this has saved me the trouble! Thanks.
And love this idea - can't waut to cut out all my own cardboard christmas trees inbetween eating all my own festive snacks!!!
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Post by gerbilord on Nov 19, 2020 8:53:27 GMT -8
Rats? ;) Photos sound like fun, so we get to see your gerbils attacking each advent gift? :), maybe the odd video too? (afraid I don't know about the safety of some of those ingredients). rats/mice/chipmunks/squirrels/munchkins - they are called all these! (Anything but gerbils, it seems...) I'm not sure how to post videos on here but definitely pictures will be seen ;)
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Nov 19, 2020 9:02:11 GMT -8
Thyme tea is often recommended for hamsters with respiratory issues so I presume the herb is safe for all rodents.
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Post by Markpd on Nov 19, 2020 9:05:08 GMT -8
I'm not sure about directly viewing them here, but you can post links here to them as you would any url. Lol, all called rats, not gerbils!
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Post by Pim on Nov 19, 2020 15:41:14 GMT -8
My dad likes to lovingly call them rats, and little t-rexes because of their tiny arms lol!
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Nov 19, 2020 15:49:58 GMT -8
A gerbil to my mum is a "beastie" when it's being cute and a "beast" when it's being annoying. To my dad it's a "little mouse" My grandmother calls them either hamsters or GER-bils with a hard g.
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Post by Markpd on Nov 19, 2020 16:53:54 GMT -8
Lol The mini t-rex is my favourite!
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Post by PipSqueak on Nov 21, 2020 9:59:10 GMT -8
This is a great idea! I am going to do this but substitute the peanut treats for something else since I am allergic.
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Post by Markpd on Nov 21, 2020 10:26:33 GMT -8
Supposed to be for the gerbils not you ...................... (I'm guessing you're allergic to even just touching them?)
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Post by PipSqueak on Nov 21, 2020 11:12:19 GMT -8
Supposed to be for the gerbils not you ...................... (I'm guessing you're allergic to even just touching them?) I have never touched a peanut but I don’t want to risk it since my allergy is pretty bad. I will just switch it for another nut like walnut or almonds.
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