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Gerbils enjoy a variety of fruits and vegetables, as a supplement to their regular dry mix. The list below shows some of the foods your gerbils will enjoy, and that are safe to eat. Only offer these in small quantities - if you give them too much the gerbils will get upset stomachs.
Feed your gerbil the right balance of healthy food and you'll have a happy and active pet
Like most animals, individual gerbils have their likes and dislikes, so try different things and see which are their favorites.
Gerbil Food List (non-exhaustive!):
- Dry mixes - pellets and/or seed mixes
- Apple
- Banana
- Broad beans
- Blueberries
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Chicory
- Dandelion
- Grape
- Grass
- Pea
- Parsnip
- Pear
- Pumpkin seeds (treat)
- Sunflower seeds (treat)
- Strawberries
- Turnip
- Unsalted peanut (treat)
Alyn, 7 April 2020
They love sunflower seeds (only 6 or 7a day) and they will take them out of your hands. When they are young they are a bit timid and can try to bite you but they don't bite very hard. Just keep handling them everyday and they get used to you and stop biting. Good luck.