Because hamsters are
mostly herbivorous (the only animal food that your pet would eat in the wild would be the occasional insect), they are well - suited to digesting plant foods, including moderate amounts of fresh fruits like grapes.
For example, the giant panda —
another mostly herbivorous mammal — eats bamboo shoots on different parts of the bamboo at different times of year.
Not exact matches
They fill the ecological niches occupied in other places by rodents and rabbits — some live in the desert, others in the rainforest, some are
herbivorous, while others dine
mostly on insects.
Don't Forget to Eat the Flowers The fiber in grass hay that makes it a valuable staple in the diet of rabbits and
herbivorous rodents also makes it
mostly indigestible for smaller rodents.