How to give a gerbil the most balanced diet?

[megsgerbils]

Hi all! I’m currently writing my own gerbil care guide. I’m wondering if anyone has any knowledge on the “ideal” diet for gerbils. I feed a muesli mix, as that’s what my girls were fed on before I got them, but I want to make their diet at nutritious as possible, so I’m looking into slowly changing their diet. I want to be able to suggest good food options in my care guide too, backed up by scientific information. Specifically, I’m looking to know how much of each essential nutrient they need per day (e.g. protein, calcium, etc.). Can anyone help? :-)

[PipSqueak]

The YouTuber Fins and Whiskers had 2 videos on diy mixes and explains the nutritional requirements and cites the sources she used in the description box. I don't know much about this but these are 2 videos I have watched: www.youtube.com/watch?v=06k0NMVToWM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06k0NMVToWM

[betty]

There is also a diet plan on here somewhere in the bookmarked files - it explains a bit about the main percentages and ingredients that help meet those requirements at various lifestages.


And those two links have set themselves to the same page (but if you click the link they put in the top right about half the way through this one (at the diet part) you get to see thire homemade mix idea.

[Markpd]

Jan 24, 2021 15:18:03 GMT -8 PipSqueak said:

The YouTuber Fins and Whiskers had 2 videos on diy mixes and explains the nutritional requirements and cites the sources she used in the description box. I don't know much about this but these are 2 videos I have watched: www.youtube.com/watch?v=06k0NMVToWM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06k0NMVToWM

This is the link you want - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzs6NlUEpME