Most teddy bear hamsters will do well on
a commercial hamster food mixture.
Dietary Supplements
Commercial hamster food is supposed to have all the nutritional requirements necessary for a healthy pet, but supplements are a good way to guarantee a well balanced diet.
In fact, if you look at the ingredients in many
commercial hamster food, you'll find animal proteins such as chicken, shrimp, fish, or even beef in them.
Commercial hamster foods are nutritionally complete, but if a hamster is a picky eater or you simply want to ensure that it receives all the nutrients it needs, it can't hurt to give a vitamin / mineral supplement.
Commercial hamster foods can be bought in most pet stores, these usually contain seeds, nuts and some mixes even contain dried meal worms.
Not exact matches
To ensure a
hamster eats a balanced diet every day, provide it with a tablespoon of
commercial food; a few clean leaves of lettuce, spinach or dandelion greens; a small, thin slice of apple (except for dwarf
hamster species), a small and a broccoli or cauliflower floret.
Hamster owners should supplement
commercial food with a small quantity of greens, clean root vegetables, apples and other fresh fruit a couple of times a week.