What foods are safe?

Gerbils definately are not animals that have as weak of a stomach as hamsters or mice, that can have dirrhea very easily with too many of this or too little of that, but gerbils can still get sick from food like all other animals, including humans.

Let's talk about the human foods that you can feed as a healthy or unhealthy treat... or maybe if it's just poisonous for your gerbil. Here is a quick list of some of the things you CAN feed your gerbil:

- Apple (seedless)
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Cauliflower leaves and stalks
- Cucumber
- Lettuce - small amounts occasionally - in excess it can cause liver problems
- Parsley - a good tonic
- Chickweek
- Clover
- Dandelion
- Yarrow
- Biscuits
- Boiled Potatoes
- Bread (fresh or stale)
- Breakfast Cereals (low fat)
- Cheese (small amounts occasionally as fattening)
- Currents
- Dog Biscuits
- Egg (scrambled or boiled)
- Mealworms
- Raisins
- Sultanas
- Toast

Here is also a short list of what you can't feed your gerbils:

 Kidney Beans (raw)
- Onions - Destroys red blood cells
- Shallots - Destroys red blood cells
- Potato
- Potato tops
- Rhubarb (raw)
- Rhubarb leaves
- Tomato leaves
- Black nightshade
- Buttercups
- Clematis
- Daffodil
- Deadly nightshade
- Hemlock
- Hydrangea
- Ivy
- Laburnum
- Laurel
- Oleander
- Poinsettia
- Rhododendron
- Yew
- Yucca
- Chocolate
- Rabbit Mix (containing antibiotic ingredients)
- Sweets
- Toffee
- Avacado - Toxic to their hearts
- Garlic

Of course, there are many more things, but if I went through all the foods in human history, there would be A LOT!  So, instead, you can leave me a comment asking if a food is safe, and I'll answer it the best I can.

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