On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:37:22 +0100, Eva Maisel wrote:
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>Julian and Jackie schrieb:
>>
>> Eva Maisel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>>
>> >Hi!
>> >Now finally I bothered to look up millet in my dictionary. Oh dear! It's
>> >my gerbils' beloved "Kolbenhirse"!
>>
>> Is that millet, or millet spray? The two are different. One is the seed
>> of a grass (Panicum miliaceum), and is a staple grain in tropical parts
>> of the world, especially Africa. The other is dried twigs of bristle
>> grass (genus Setaria) with round seeds attached. Gerbils love both, but
>> the Bristle Grass may be potentially dangerous in large doses.
>
>I'm not sure. You can see a bit of it in the corner of this picture:
>http://www.tierheim.bayreuth.org/kolbmaus.jpg
>
I think it's millet, what Eva is talking about. I have it on a picture as
well, at: www.gerbil-info.nl.com/otheramoenusuk.htm
bristle grass, a dried bunch of seeds, gerbils really love it! But the
seeds are rather fattening, if given too much.
Karin.
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