Hamster Food
Nov 29th, 2009 by Kenny
When you have a pet hamster you must know what you need to feed the pet every day. The diet of a pet in extremely necessary and unhealthy diet can lead to the pet getting severely ill. Its better that you do a little bit of research about hamster eating habits and healthy diet for hamsters even before you get one as a pet.
A very important point to remember is that any types of food that contains a lot of sugar should never be served to your hamster because hamsters are prone to getting diabetes. Whenever you introduce some new food to your pet’s diet keep it to a minimal amount as any new sort of food can cause stomach upset. Once they get used to the new food then only should they be given larger amounts of that.
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Hartz Bonanza Hamster & Gerbil Gourmet Diet 4-Pound Supply List Price: $7.99 Sale Price: $6.33  |
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Hartz nutrition bonanza hamster & gerbil gourmet diet contains a wide variety of vitamin rich fruits vegetables nuts pellets plus premium seeds and grains. |
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Nature's Elegance Gerbil and Hamster Diet List Price: $4.99 Sale Price: $4.99 |
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Nature's Elegance Gerbil & Hamster Diet from Audubon Park is a premium balanced diet for your pet. Contains rabbit pellets, protein pellets, white proso millet, whole corn, milo, black stripe sunflower seed, red wheat, rolled corn, oat groats, yellow peas and dried papaya slices... |
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Traditional Hamster & Gerbil Food, 5 Lb List Price: $4.99 Sale Price: $3.84 |
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Wholesome blend of 100% natural seeds and grains. No artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. Corn, Millet, Milo, Alfala Meal, Wheat Middlings, Oats, Wheat Bran, Sunflower Seeds, Wheat Germ Meal, Soybean Meal, Vitamin A Acetate Withnimporved Stabili |
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Oxbow Healthy Handfuls Hamster & Gerbil Food Sale Price: $4.66 |
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Hamsters and gerbils love this blend of timothy hay, oats and barley. Healthy Handfuls is a complete, stabilized feed with optimally-balanced nutrients that help maintain proper nutrition, weight, digestive function, dental health, and quality of life for active pocket pets... |
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Supreme Hazel (Harry's Little Sister) Premium Hamster Food Sale Price: $5.24 |
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Harry Hamster is a complete and balanced food for hamsters. Harry Hamster contains 11 top quality ingredients for hamsters to forage in. Nutritionally balanced and rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, Harry Hamster keeps hamsters healthy and improves skin and coat. |
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Kaytee Fiesta Max Hamster & Gerbil Food List Price: $8.99 Sale Price: $4.86 |
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Kaytee Fiesta Max Hamster & Gerbil Food helps small pets thrive! Packed with a fortified mix of vegetables, high fiber hay, healthful whole grains, and fruit, Kaytee Fiesta Max Hamster & Gerbil Food contains essential nutrients for healthy small animals... |
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HAMSTER/GERBIL ECOTRITION FOOD 2LB 6PC List Price: $3.38 Sale Price: $3.18 |
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Ecotrition Essential Blend for Hamsters and Gerbils is a nutritionally complete vitamin and mineral fortified blend of hand selected fresh ingredients formulated to help hamsters and gerbils flourish. Scientifically formulated with a naturally delicious mix of fresh vegetables, fruits, grains and hays and mixed with a variety of bright colorful pellets to meet your pet's nutritional needs and provide the daily stimulation they require... |
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Forti Diet ProHealth Food - Hamster or Gerbil - 3 lb. List Price: $0.00 Sale Price: $3.45 |
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Unique all-natural probiotics are included in Forti Diet Pro Health to promote digestive health in hamsters and gerbils. Nutritious corn, wheat, sunflower and others provide a balanced diet. DHA Omega-3 supports heart, brain and visual functions... |
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Living World Extrusion Hamster Food 1.5 LB Standup Zipper Bag - Living World 60362 List Price: $5.49 Sale Price: $3.04 |
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Living World Extrusion Hamster Food 1.5 LB Standup Zipper Bag - Living World 60362. |
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FM Browns Tropical Carnival Gourmet Hamster Food 2 lb List Price: $6.76 Sale Price: $3.33 |
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Tropical Carnival Foods are vitamin and mineral enriched food and treat, all in one, formulated to provide the proper nutrition your pet requires. The bag has a resealable zipper to maintain freshness... |
In case of vegetable or fruits you need to make sure that they are rinsed and washed over and over again so that they carry no pesticides along with them when eaten by your dear pet. Various sorts of veggies that a hamster loves are peas, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, sweet potatoes, turnip, cucumbers, green beans, spinach, celery, dandelion leaves, squash etc. The fruits that they love and enjoy are strawberries, mango, seedless grapes and apples, banana, melon, lychee, blueberries etc.
Sufficient amount of protein also needs to be present in the diet chart of your pet hamster and you can get the supply of these protein based food items from the various pet shops. They eat mealworms, grasshoppers, eggs, plain tofu, cooked chicken or cooked turkey, low fat cheese etc. Other types of food include cooked plain rice, squash seed, soya beans, nutritional yeast, lentils, alfafa, baby food, dry toast etc.
Apart from the food chart what you must remember is what sort of food you should avoid. This can be very important because in case your pet gets to eat something that it shouldn’t it can fall sick or get diarrhea. Among the items that you should avoid lie – chocolates, chips, junk food, candies, apple seeds, pickles, lemon, spices, garlic, jams, eggplant, cherry stone etc.
It is also important to fix a particular time for each meal of the hamster. Some doctors say that a morning meal is the best and some claim that evening meal is better. Whichever is a better option for you make sure that you stick to it because hamsters like to follow the routine. You might ask how much food you ought to feed the hamster – the answer is that as much as the hamster can take.
Providing ample amount of vitamins and minerals is also a must. In case the hamster is not prone to eating veggies that are rich in vitamins you should make sure to get vitamin and mineral supplements and provide it at a regular dosage. Water needs to be provided within a water bottle because dishes can easily be tipped over by the pet. A balanced diet would keep your pet fit and healthy.
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