Like rabbits, hamsters are very sensitive animals that if we don’t know how to take care of them we can risk serious illnesses and often with tragic endings.
Due to this sensitivity and fragile health, it is necessary that if we take care of a hamster we know how to feed it, the level of hygiene that we must maintain for our hamster and how to treat it so that it does not get sick or we know how to take care of it early.
Every day is important for the feeding and care of a hamster, depending on what we feed it, the cleanliness of its home and our affection; it can have a good lifestyle.
If you take care of a hamster or want to take care of one, but you still don’t know how to do it, don’t rush too much. As long as you know how to feed a hamster, it will be easy to maintain a good diet to take care of your hamster at home.
It is more important what we give when feeding a hamster, than how many times we give it, because we may think that we give it something good since the hamster eats it, but even if the animal eats it, we do not know what reaction its body will have. Hamsters are sensitive; any wrong feed change could make them seriously ill. That is why it is important to know how to feed a hamster.
What do you need to feed a hamster?
- Vegetables
- Fruits
- Seeds
- Consult a veterinarian
Instructions for feeding a hamster
- The first thing to keep in mind is that hamsters have a very delicate body, so if you give them something to eat that is not part of their natural diet, you could cause your hamster to get sick or die.
- The foods that we should not allow our hamster to consume are onions, garlic, hot peppers, parsley, legumes, celery, potatoes, radishes, sweets, junk food, and prefabricated foods with salt or sugar. These foods are very harmful and difficult for a hamster to digest, which is why we should avoid them completely.
- Meat is extremely harmful to hamsters. So under no circumstances should you allow a hamster to eat meat. If anything, we can give him some boiled chicken but not often, only very occasionally, almost never.
- The vegetables that your hamster can eat are chard, watercress, bean sprouts, pumpkin, zucchini, fresh shells and green beans, carrot leaves, beet greens, corn, turnip greens, raspberry leaves, peas, spinach and non-hot peppers. These foods are good for daily, but occasionally, we can give cabbage, asparagus, broccoli, carrots, beets, cabbage, cauliflower and cucumber, but not very often.
- Regarding the fruit, we can occasionally give it peach, peach, cherry, banana and kiwi. More frequently we can give pears, blueberries, plums, raspberries, apples, blackberries, watermelon or papaya.
- We can also feed him seeds but only Almonds, acorns, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, and walnuts can be eaten as treats a few times.
- We should avoid giving him sweets, especially chocolates and bitter almonds. Sweets can seriously harm it, causing diabetes, obesity, being overweight, heart problems, and diarrhea, also causing a propensity for wet tail syndrome.
Tips for feeding a hamster
- If you have a young hamster, let your veterinarian determine at what age you should change your diet, because this can also affect your digestion.
