On this picture you can see clearly the "fat" tail of our fat tailed gerbil. The fat tailed gerbils originally live in areas with little water and food, so they can chemically change food and store it in their tails. Our fat tailed gerbils didn´t drink a lot when we first got them. Since we added a saltstone to their cage, the water intake increased quite a bit. We also added a mineralstone, which they also like to lick. When our male fat tailed gerbil got ill our vet gave us vitamins because she said it is essential for a balanced diet. We feed our fat tailed gerbils fruits, vegetables and meet and I´m sure they get their balanced diet with the food we give them, plus we always had problems giving them the vitamins!
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