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Post by wonderz on Dec 27, 2021 16:06:30 GMT -8
So since Christmas was a couple days ago. We have some left over turkey. It’s unseasoned but we did use butter to butter it up. Would that be okay?
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Dec 27, 2021 16:22:25 GMT -8
So since Christmas was a couple days ago. We have some left over turkey. It’s unseasoned but we did use butter to butter it up. Would that be okay? Does butter up here mean coat the outside of the turkey with butter? If so, the inner flesh should contain a minimal amount of butter so it's fine to feed. |
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Post by wonderz on Dec 27, 2021 16:43:32 GMT -8
Well we also coated inside the turkey, so I assume I should avoid.
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Dec 27, 2021 16:48:25 GMT -8
Well we also coated inside the turkey, so I assume I should avoid. If it's the flesh from a thicker part of the turkey that isn't close to either the skin or the cavity, it should still be fine. Even if the gerbils did eat some turkey with butter, it wouldn't be dangerous, just more fat than they need! I'd go ahead and feed it and don't worry too much about the butter. |
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Post by wonderz on Dec 27, 2021 19:32:14 GMT -8
oh okay, thanks!
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Post by Markpd on Dec 28, 2021 6:21:49 GMT -8
That brings up a point I hadn't noticed, meat isn't listed in your list LilyandDaisy (unless I missed it), would it be worth adding in? |
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Post by Thea on Dec 28, 2021 10:18:28 GMT -8
I suppose not all meat is safe though, right? Or is it?
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Dec 28, 2021 10:36:31 GMT -8
I can't think of a reason why any cooked, unprocessed (so no bacon, sausages etc) meat should be unsafe. It's just that people tend to feed only poultry to gerbils rather than beef or pork. My hamster has roast beef sometimes. I could change the list to just say "cooked, unprocessed meats"?
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Post by Markpd on Dec 28, 2021 11:50:35 GMT -8
Sounds good  I remember when I was about 12yrs old I had a white Hamster, I'd built him a large digging box in the garden, filled it with soil and let whatever grow, grow! One day he was rummaging around, and suddenly I saw him jerking his head back, and engaged in a tug of war with something! When I looked closely I saw it was an earthworm, he promptly chomped it down! He enjoyed that!  Of course looking back on it now, I realise he was lucky he didn't catch any kind of disease! |
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Dec 30, 2021 12:21:12 GMT -8
Sounds good I remember when I was about 12yrs old I had a white Hamster, I'd built him a large digging box in the garden, filled it with soil and let whatever grow, grow! One day he was rummaging around, and suddenly I saw him jerking his head back, and engaged in a tug of war with something! When I looked closely I saw it was an earthworm, he promptly chomped it down! He enjoyed that! Of course looking back on it now, I realise he was lucky he didn't catch any kind of disease! My gerbils have been known to catch and eat spiders and moths while out free roaming! |
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Post by Markpd on Dec 30, 2021 14:36:05 GMT -8
Lol, cool!, and I bet they thought they were safe inside your house!  |
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Post by Markpd on Dec 31, 2021 9:14:24 GMT -8
After updating a link in the "Care guide with photos" sticky (pointing to this guide instead of a dead site), correcting a few typos and adding a couple of lines, I also deleted a line saying that fruit and veg should only be fed once a fortnight! But then I thought, and since confirmed, that we don't mention here how often (or how much) they should be fed. Perhaps we could add that to your guide LilyandDaisy ? (unless it's covered in another guide?, but then again it would be useful to have it with this one anyway). IIRC daily fed in small amounts is fine, but how much is small? |
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Dec 31, 2021 10:06:20 GMT -8
Markpd, you're right, that should definitely be in there. I overlooked that bit. What do we think is a reasonable amount of fruit and veg to recommend? I think it can be highly variable. I feed mine much more than most do, but I also know a pair of gerbils who have never or at least very rarely had fresh food during their 2.5 years of life but appear perfectly healthy. I'm interested to hear everyone else's opinions.
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Post by Markpd on Dec 31, 2021 10:14:20 GMT -8
As I've only had my current pair in recent times, so I don't know what's best in the long run, (but my boys have never had problems with diarrhoea). That said, my boys are now 1 1/2 yrs old (already!  ), I only feed them a little veg typically 6 days a week, e.g a medium sized Dandelion leaf each (2 days a week), 5 peas each, 5 sweetcorn (err, 'bits' lol) each, one ~7g carrot 1/2 each and part of a green been each. But I still wonder if that's not quite enough? So I'm all ears!  |
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Mar 25, 2022 15:36:43 GMT -8
Prompted by amura's question in another thread, I have now added a section on feeding raw beans and pulses (second section from the bottom). |
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), I only feed them a little veg typically 6 days a week, e.g a medium sized Dandelion leaf each (2 days a week), 5 peas each, 5 sweetcorn (err, 'bits' lol) each, one ~7g carrot 1/2 each and part of a green been each. 