If your hamster gets an upset stomach after a generous helping of this vegetable, just back off and give them nothing
but hamster mix for a few days — it is very unlikely that a single bell pepper binge will cause any severe or lasting health problems.
Not exact matches
They may have cereals
mixed in
but not enough to make them a good stand - alone
hamster food.
The answer is yes,
hamsters can eat cranberries in small quantities,
but it is important to pay attention to the way that the cranberries are prepared — the dried cranberries you find in your bag of trail
mix are often covered in table sugar, which can be unhealthy for
hamsters if they eat it in significant amounts.
When it comes to feeding your
hamster, most people just buy a
mix of seeds and grains you can get from the small animal section in any superstore, however this allows your
hamster to pick out the pieces that taste the best,
but leave behind the healthy pieces.
There's a side note here: Your
hamster's diet is a separate subject altogether,
but in short, it's not a good idea to limit it to a store - bought
mix, and to simply refill the supply when it gets low.
Therefore, when feeding a loose seed
mix, make sure your
hamster empties the food bowl before adding more to it to make sure your
hamster does not just eat his or her favorite things (
but don't allow your
hamster to starve if they refuse to eat what they are supposed to).
These again meet your
hamster's nutritional needs,
but offer a lack of variety and so may be refused, particularly if the
hamster is used to being fed a
mix.
You may also give your
hamster fresh food as treats
but their main source of nutrient needs to be from a food
mix or pellet.
Some
hamster owners get around this by
mixing the more expensive Carefresh with other cheaper (
but still safe) alternatives.
Hmm... dwarf
hamsters need only about a tablespoon of pellet or seed
mix daily so I guess he's not really sick
but just can't finish that much food.
It is more common than you may think
but, sometimes young Russian dwarf
hamsters are
mixed with the wrong sex.
The food listed in the post above can all be given to your Chinese dwarf
hamsters but remember that whatever you give them should be in small amount and on top of their
hamster mix, not as a replacement for it.