Diarrhea can usually be resolved by removing fresh food from your hamster's diet, and only
feeding hamster mix, until the diarrhea has cleared.
Not exact matches
If you are intending to change your
hamster's diet, such as changing the
hamster mix, take care to do it gradually and slowly introduce the new
feed as any sudden change in diet can cause your
hamster to become ill.
If you choose to
feed your
hamster a seed
mix as the main diet, offer some lab blocks for your
hamster to gnaw on occasionally.
Your pet only needs high quality
hamster mix in order to stay healthy, and
feeding them too many fresh vegetables can cause digestive problems and nutritional imbalances.
Use caution when
feeding your
hamster seed - and - grain
mixes, and remove some of the sunflower seeds.
Purchase a quality grain
mix or lab pellet, and
feed your
hamster daily.
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.
Many of the pets we share our homes with are fairly easy to
feed — as long as you take the time and effort to do a little research, you can usually find high - quality kibble, wet food, or dried
mixes that will meet all of the daily dietary needs of your cat, dog,
hamster, or bird.
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.
Although
mixes and pellets both offer a balanced diet, it is quite possible that your
hamster will be picky and leave its least favorite bits if
fed with a
mix.
You should stop
feeding green food immediately if your
hamster has diarrhoea and
feed it only a good quality
hamster mix or monocomponent food.
Gerbils have traditionally been
fed on
hamster mixes.