A good daily diet for you gerbil should consist of a good seed mix, not one with many sunflower seeds, even though gerbils love them very much, they are very fatty and should be given as a treat. I often pick out the sunflower seeds and save them for a treat when hand taming. Most of my main course is Square block, usually used for rats and mice, as already a well balanced meal with vitamins, most people refer this as Rat Chow. Also another good treat Is cherrios, but if your going to give cereal as a treat, give them the non- sugared kind, also wheat germ, alittle bit of finch seed
Fresh fruit and veggies also can be offered. They seem to love carrots, dark
greens, apples, some yogurt covered raisins Don't feed veggies and fruit as
the main part of there diet, is seems to give them a loose stool. Only introduce
fruits and veggies once a week. They seem to like non-salted crackers also.
Water should be available at ALL times, even though they are a desert dwelling
animal doesn't mean that they don't need water. It's a crucial element to all
animals !
