Gerbils on the Quay

Food

An average gerbil will eat 1 pound of food in 3 months. One gerbil will eat about one tablespoon of food per day-- half that for young gerbils and almost twice that for pregnant mothers. It is fine to feed them three times a week, which means you will give them enough food for 2- 3 days at a time. You could schedule specific days to make it easier to remember: Monday, Wednesday, Friday. It is best to wait until they eat all you've given them before you refill their dish. Though they do not over-eat like fish, the problem is that gerbils will tend to eat their favorites first--like the high fat sunflower-- then the lower fat stuff later. If they are not eating it all before you refill their dish, the balance is lost.

We mix our own food, which in the long run is much cheaper, but you may need to buy a lot to start. Here is the food mixtures we use for our gerbils.