Oh my word – you tell our guinea pigs that they can’t!!! Yacon – or XXXX is totally fine for guinea pigs and totally loved too. Just throw in a whole leaf per pig as a treat every week and listen to them wheek! Yacon grows so prolifically anyway with giant soft tasty leaves that … Read more
Of course they can – this wonderful and versatile leaf vegetable/salad/weed is perfect in many ways. Not only is it great for flavour and nutrients (often quoted as a superfood for its high antioxidants and piles of vitamins) it is REALLY cheap to buy in seeds to grow your own at home. Winter purslane readily … Read more
There are many breeders throughout the Midlands now, who are working together to make sure everyone gets an adorably cute and friendly duprasi pup. With around 6 different breeders in the area, this group are able to always have a litter ready to home throughout the year without ever having to overbreed their own animals. … Read more
These days – what with travel restrictions in some places, fuel being so expensive and duprasi still being so rare – people are turning to and/or recommending animal couriers to collect and deliver their duprasi pups. Usually these animal couriers can deliver your duprasi pup to you, door-to-door, same day, and with a smile, anywhere … Read more
FInding a fat-tailed gerbil in the UK these days is still a tough challenge. There are tantilising pictures of them online (go see the duprasi/fat-tailed gerbil Facebook page for examples) and offers of pups fleetingly passing as they are snapped up fast. Many good breeders hold a wainting list or contact list so you know … Read more
We all know that good times don’t last long with gerbils. With an average lifespan of anywhere between 2 and 5 – it is really a bit of pot luck sometimes. Actual ‘age’ though, isn’t a sign that they aren’t ‘getting older’ as ‘older’ is more a state of physical wellbeing for a gerbil rather … Read more
Ok – the most important thing to remember is – everything will be fine – just leave them be until you have read all of this article. If you have had your gerbils more than 4 weeks – and found mum laying with some pups – she is already pregnant with the next litter – … Read more
So, you noticed your gerbil had their eyes closed while they were out of their burrow – and you have never seen that before. Should you be worried? Well, it depends on a number of factors including their age, their current weight, who they are with, their environment, the weather and whether this was the … Read more
How heavy is your gerbil? Or are you at the other end – wondering if your gerbil is too light? Well, generally an adult female gerbils should be between 50g and 100g; and an adult male usually between 70g – 120g. There are always those odd few who eat too many sunflower seeds and can … Read more
Absolutely gerbils can eat fresh watermelon just like us humans. It is a very basic fruit with no complex mineral content or sugars to worry about. It isn’t acidic either. There may be issues feeding too much of it if your gerbils have pre-existing conditions (such as kidney disease) – as with any natural food … Read more