If the protein is a bit low, you can supplement the food with
dried mealworms.
They let you hold them in your arms too and we fed them flowers and
dried mealworms.
Not exact matches
A treat caddy kept on hand to help with that includes
mealworms for chickens, Cheerios for rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas and
dried fruits for rats and parrots.
Make sure it has plenty of variety such as
dried banana, sunflower seeds, grain, hamster biscuits, other seeds, and
mealworms are also okay.
A suitable area to place the food and water dishes is at the other end of the vivarium, as far as possible away from the basking spot which may
dry out the fruits and vegetables or even kill the
mealworms.
You can give your hamsters live
mealworms too but I prefer using the
dried ones instead because they might pouch the live
mealworms and get bitten (yes,
mealworms bite!)
Such insects as crickets and
mealworms, as well as other inverts like bloodworms and river shrimp can be found in freeze -
dried condition.