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| What is the life expectancy of a gerbil? |
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| 2 years but can live up to 4 |
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| Mongolia and Northeast China |
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| Protein requirement for Gerbils |
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| Why shouldnt you feed gerbils sunflower seeds? |
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| they are 30% oil and can cause lipaemic serum |
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| why do you need hard foods in the diet? |
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| What should be substituted to juvinile hamsters on a mouse pellet diet? |
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| chopped green vegetables, fruit and seed mix (without sunflower seeds) for better growth |
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| WHat is the most common type of hamster owned as a pet? |
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| Where is the Syrian Hamster from |
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| What does hamster mean in german? |
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| Hamsters have the shortest gestation period in the world. What is it? |
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| When are hamsters most prone to cannibalism? |
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| Are female or male hamsters larger? |
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| when do hamsters become sexually mature? |
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| how long do hamsters live? |
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| What are the protein requirements for a hamster? A breeding hamster? |
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| What is the ideal % fat for hamsters? |
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| 5% but 3-5 is good enough for linoleic acid requirements |
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| What is bad about a 7-9% fat diet in hamsters? |
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| Higher mortality rate, probably due to the production of gallstones because of higher cholesterol levels. |
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| Are hamsters herbivores, omnivores, or carnivores? |
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| What can be suppleented to hamsters (vitamin) even though there is not sufficient evidence its needed? |
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| Hamsters have a high mortality rate on what type of diets? |
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| ones rich in simple sugars (greater than 60%) |
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| what should nevver be fed to hamsters? |
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| Why shouldnt raw meat be fed to hamsters? |
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| What live food will hamsters consume? |
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| wasps, cockroaches, flies, and ants |
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| Tooth malocclusion in hamsters |
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caused by the absence of wear on continuously growing teeth, which can be prevented by ensuring that the diet contains items that are hard and require gnawing. |
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| what is the danger when feeding high fat seeds? |
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| They can become rancid and lose their nutrient value. |
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