Varied Basic Food for Gerbils 750 g

Gerbil Basic Food 750 g

Gerbil Basic Food is a varied food mix for gerbils. The mix contains visible ingredients such as seeds, herbs, leaves, flowers and animal protein. This allows your gerbils to search, choose and collect food in a natural way.

At DRD Knaagdierwinkel®, we look at gerbil food with a focus on variety, natural searching behaviour and practical use. This basic food is not a fine powder mix and not a plain pellet, but a coarsely mixed food with recognisable loose ingredients. That makes feeding clear for you and interesting for your gerbils.

✔ Suitable for gerbils
✔ With many visible and recognisable ingredients
✔ With mealworms and crickets as animal protein sources
✔ Encourages natural searching, collecting and foraging
✔ A good choice for owners who want to feed consciously

Why choose this gerbil food?

Gerbils are active animals that love to dig, explore and search for food. A food with different shapes, smells and tastes fits this behaviour well. The loose seeds, herbs, leaves and flowers make the food bowl varied and invite natural foraging.

This mix contains many recognisable parts. You can clearly see what you are feeding. That is helpful for owners who want to make a conscious choice and do not want to offer only a standard pellet. Because of the coarse mix, your gerbil can really do something with the food: search, carry, sort and collect.

The food also contains animal protein, such as mealworms and crickets. This suits gerbils well, because animal protein sources can be a fitting addition within their daily feeding routine. When feeding, check whether these protein-rich pieces are also included in the portion.

Because this is a basic food that you combine with other suitable items, the daily routine stays clear: a suitable portion of food, suitable fresh food, fresh drinking water, a little hay as extra material and safe gnawing material.

Which animals is this food suitable for?

• Gerbil: suitable for gerbils as a varied basic food within the daily feeding routine. This mix suits animals that like to search, dig and collect.

We deliberately call this product gerbil food. The term “large mice” is less clear for owners who are specifically looking for food for gerbils.

Feeding & use

Give about 2 to 3 teaspoons per gerbil per day. Always look at your own animals. Age, activity, weight, group size and the amount of food being hidden can all affect the amount that is really needed.

• Give a suitable portion of basic food every day.
• Always provide fresh drinking water.
• Add suitable fresh food, preferably fresh every day.
• Offer a little hay as nesting material, scaping material or extra structure in the enclosure.
• Provide safe twigs or other gnawing material.
• Check the food stores in the enclosure regularly.
• Remove old or damp food in time.

You can offer the food in a bowl, but you can also scatter part of it through the enclosure. Gerbils are active searchers. By hiding part of the portion between bedding, tunnels or safe foraging toys, feeding becomes a natural search moment.

Practical daily portion guide

The right amount differs per gerbil. Use the table below as a practical guide and always keep an eye on your own animals.

Composition

Canary seed, yellow millet, red millet, sweet rapeseed, wild seeds, broken oat kernels, white perilla, hemp, niger seed, white canary seed, grass seed, yellow panicum, buckwheat, pea flakes, quinoa seed, dandelion leaves, carrot flakes, mealworms, alfalfa, nettle leaves, marigold flowers, hemp seed, narrowleaf plantain, Japanese millet, cocksfoot, crickets, linseed, radish seed, white lettuce seed, chicory seed, cornflowers, red panicum, camelina seed, yellow panicum, sesame seed, blue poppy seed, soybean oil.

Distribution: seeds 89.0%, flowers, leaves and herbs 8.5%, animal protein 2.5%.

This composition is built around seeds, herbs, leaves, flowers and animal protein. The seeds form the main base. Herbs, leaves and flowers add extra variety. Mealworms and crickets add animal protein sources that suit gerbils well.

Analysis

Crude protein 16%, crude fat 9.2%, crude fibre 10.7%, crude ash 4.7%, moisture 7.8%.

This analysis fits a varied food mix for gerbils. The protein comes from plant-based and animal-based ingredients. The fat content suits a seed-rich mix. The crude fibre comes from the plant parts, such as seeds, herbs, leaves and flowers.

Changing to this gerbil food

Change slowly if your gerbils are used to another food. First mix the new food with the old food and increase the amount step by step. This allows your gerbils to get used to the smell, taste and different ingredients.

• Day 1–4: mix a small amount of new food with the old food.
• Day 5–9: feed about half old and half new food.
• Day 10–14: feed mostly new food with a small amount of old food.
• After that, switch fully when your gerbils continue to eat well.

During the change, check whether your gerbils eat well, have normal droppings and stay active. If you notice clear changes, build up the change more slowly.

Good to know

This mix consists of loose ingredients with different sizes and weights. Smaller or heavier pieces can sink during transport and storage. Mix the contents well before use.

• Store the food cool, dry and well closed.
• Keep the food away from direct sunlight.
• Shaking the bag is often not enough; mixing it well in a storage tub works better.
• Make sure the portion also contains mealworms or crickets.
• Add animal protein in a suitable way if only little is visible in a portion.
• Use treats as extras, so the basic food is eaten well.
• Check food stores in the enclosure regularly.

Useful shop links

• Gerbil food
• Gerbil hay, herbs and seeds
• Gerbil treats
• Gerbil gnawing material
• Gerbil playing & foraging
• Gerbil bedding

Gerbil Basic Food 750 g is a good choice when you want to give your gerbils a varied daily food mix with recognisable ingredients. With seeds, herbs, flowers and animal protein, this food suits owners who want to feed consciously and let their gerbils search for food in a natural way.