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.
You should feed your hamster approximately one tablespoon
of hamster mix for each serving, along with a small amount of fresh food treats once or twice a week.
However, pellets do not give the hamster any variety and should be mixed
with hamster mixes and fresh food daily.
In order to play it safe, most of us get specially formulated
hamster mix for our pets, which takes some of the weight off our shoulders.
There's no harm if your hamster hides some of their
dry hamster mix, but hiding fresh produce can be a disaster.
Just remember to use this and all fresh herbs as treats or supplements rather than dietary staples — most of your hamster's calories should come from store -
bought hamster mix.
If your hamster is filling up on bread instead of their
usual hamster mix, they will develop nutritional deficiencies that can lead to serious health problems down the road.
The basic foundation of an appropriate hamster diet should consist mostly of commercially
produced hamster mix full of pellets, seeds, wheat, cracked corn, oats and other elements.
He has his
normal hamster mix, fresh veggies quite regularly, and every now and then he gets hamster chocolate.
Not all people foods are safe for hamsters, so know what you're doing before you feed your pet anything
beyond hamster mix.
Once we start sneaking them foods that are
n't hamster mix, we're in dangerous territory.
Most of a proper hamster diet comes from a
balanced hamster mix combined with occasional fresh treats and sometimes with supplements.
However, it is important that such foods are not used to
replace hamster mix or pellets, as these are needed to give your hamster basic nutrition.
Any new foods added to your hamster's diet, even if you are simply changing to a
different hamster mix, should be introduced gradually to avoid causing illness.
A healthy balanced diet for a hamster consists of a good
healthy hamster mix and the occasional treat.
Perhaps
because hamster mixes look like they contain mostly plant - based food, some people think that hamsters eat only plants.
Your hamster should meet most of their nutrient needs by eating high
quality hamster mixes formulated specifically for their bodies.
Commercial mix is the easy part,
as hamster mixes are generally easily accessible at pet shops.
Diarrhea can usually be resolved by removing fresh food from your hamster's diet, and only
feeding hamster mix, until the diarrhea has cleared.
Hamsters only need
hamster mix in order to thrive — all of their nutrient needs should be met by eating food mixes formulated specifically for hamsters.
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.
It is also worth noting that fresh herbs should only make up a small part of your pet's diet — hamsters who eat too much fresh produce and too
little hamster mix will develop nutritional deficiencies that can make them grievously ill.
Hamsters are largely herbivorous creatures who can get everything they need from a diet of
hamster mix supplemented with fruits and vegetables.
Many people are surprised to learn that, though
commercial hamster mix is made up of mostly seeds and grains, hamsters are technically omnivores.
They should meet all of their nutrient needs by eating a high quality
hamster mix from the pet store — you should not use fresh fruits and vegetables to try to compensate for any nutritional deficiencies.
Fruits have a much higher water content than most of the
standard hamster mixes that make up most of your pet's diet, which can cause diarrhea in some hamsters.
Many old hamsters put hard food from their dry
hamster mix into their milky porridge or soft food to soften it.
However, this is not ideal as their requirements are different and
hamster mixes contain too much fat for a gerbil.
This is one of the most
popular hamster mixes used for Campbell's, Winter whites and Russian's when mixed with other treats like sunflower seeds.
You should stop feeding green food immediately if your hamster has diarrhoea and feed it only a good
quality hamster mix or monocomponent food.
Baby food can be a mixture of small birdseed, wheat germ, first - stage dry baby food, dried milk powder and the small broken bits found at the bottom of
dry hamster mix.
Dwarf hamster food usually comes in the form
of hamster mixes but the occasional fresh food is also fine.
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.
Hamster mixes can be bought at most pet shops and contain a mixture of seeds, oats, barley, rodent pellets, peanuts, maize, dried fruit and vegetables.
Although
the hamster mix and pellets form a good diet for your hamster, your hamster will no doubt enjoy an occasional treat of fresh fruits and vegetables.
It is also possible that your hamster may fill up on carrots and refuse to eat
their hamster mix, which can result in nutritional deficiencies.
Just remember that carrots are not a substitute for
hamster mix — your hamster can't live on the Bugs Bunny Diet!
If your hamster responds poorly to herbs, stick with
the hamster mix.
Hamsters, on the other hand, live on «
hamster mix» that is made up of small, identifiable foods — some of which we eat on a regular basis!
If your pet has too much pudge, stick with veggies and
hamster mix.
If
your hamster mix comes with sunflower seeds or peanuts, remove them before feeding the mix and give as treats when you play with your hamster.
If your pet is eating high - quality
hamster mix every day, they should get all of the vitamins, minerals, and fats they need without any difficulty.
Both hamster mixes and pellets provide your hamster with the basic nutrition it needs, and they should therefore form the main part of your hamster's diet.
They are eating
a hamster mix.
Provide some safe, fresh food morsels as well (to raise the excitement level, and also because a diet of only
hamster mix isn't really optimal).