Gerbil granola & treats

[Michael & Sharon Fazi]

I appreciate all the help with explanations and examples of clan and other names.  I will ponder on it for a few weeks and see what kind of names I come up with.  I hope my next inquiry generates as much correspondence. After a few trips to the petshop to purchase hamster/gerbil food, I decided to make my own gerbil granola.  I did not like the way some of the prepackaged foods looked and I was bored with buying the same "pricey" gerbil food.  These are the ingrediants I have used in my gerbil granola: hay pellets rolled oats (all my gerbils love these) wheat grains millet cracked corn dehydrated carrots sunflower seeds (I grew these myself) I am getting low and want to make some more gerbil granola.  I was thinking about using some Kashi this time.  It is a seven whole grains and sesame pilaf.  This is what it has in it: whole oats long grain brown rice whole rye whole hard red winter wheat whole triticale whole buckwheat whole barley sesame seeds Is there anything in this Kashi pilaf that the gerbils should not have? I would like to provide variety in their diet and still be able to meet their basic nutritional needs.  What are some other ingrediants I can put in their granola?  What are the things they should not have?  Are legume seeds such as dried peas and beans safe?  I heard uncooked legumes are poisonous.  Is that just for people or does it also apply to rodents also?  Isn't alfalfa a legume hay?  I don't think it is a grass hay like timothy. For treats I give them a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables and nuts and seeds.  I use raw nuts and seeds, not roasted or salted.  My pregnant and nursing moms get nuts and seeds daily.  The pups being weaned like the rolled oats and millet.  Thank you for helping me with this.  I hope others benefit with the correspondence on this subject also.  Sharon (Pleasant Knoll Gerbils)?