What veggies and fruits can you give an hamster?

Question

I have a new DWARF HAMSTER and I don't know what to feed him besides boring store bought food!

Answer 1

Hi!

You can pretty much give your hamster any type of fruit or vegetable EXCEPT watery, citrus, and sugary. (you can give them apples, carrots, lettuce, little bit of banana, etc.)

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Answer 2

carrot

apple

lettuce

oatmeal has fiber and is good for them(uncooked though)

no banana,it gives them diarrhea.have high moisture content,so only a teaspoon of each daily. if they have too much,they will have diarrhea.as fore the oatmeal, a pinch in their DRY food bowl.do not cook it! keep moist foods and dry foods apart.a bit of bread too.

Answer 3

Check out the following site for ideas to feed your hamster.

http://www.hamsterific.com/HamsterUniver...

It gives you the list of all the fruits and veggies that you can and cannot feed your hamster. The general norm is to not feed your hamster any fruit / veggie that is too acidic or too watery since it causes diarrheaa.

Answer 4

any thing pretty much here is the portions!

Red or Green Bell Peppers: One slice of a whole pepper, given daily, remove seeds. Very high in vit c, especially the red. Pease note: Bell peppers are not to be confused with red hot chilli peppers which are a totally different food and should never be given to guinea pigs.

Broccoli: Half a floret, including the stalk, twice weekly.

Kale: Two to three small leaves, twice weekly. Not always available in our supermarket.

Carrot: One baby carrot or a small slice of a large carrot, every other day.

Romaine Lettuce: One large leaf, twice weekly. Never give guinea pigs iceberg lettuce, its not nutritious and it can give them an upset tummmy and diarrhoea. To be on the safe side, I give my piggies Romaine lettuce and none of the other varieties.

Celery: One 1/4 of a stick, weekly. Very stringy so needs to be chopped up into small pieces to avoid piggy choking.

Dandelion Leaves: Two or three, average size, twice weekly. A seasonal food during spring and summer.

Fresh Grass: Small handful, three to four times weekly. A seasonal food, spring, summer and autumn. Sometimes my piggies go outside to eat fresh grass for themselves on warm sunny days. Never put guinea pigs out on wet grass, always make sure the grass is dry and never use grass that's been cut by a lawn mower. When spring has arrived and your grass has started to grow, just give your piggies a small amount of grass to begin with so their tummies adjust. More about saftey tips below.

Baby Tomato's: One baby tomato or small plum tomato, twice weekly. Remember to remove the poisonous tomato top ( green part ). If using a slice from a larger tomato, remove seeds.

Cucumber: Very little nutritional value, but has high water content and is loved by most guinea pigs. One slice, include the outer layer which is their favourite part. Given every other day. Cucumber is really appreciated by guinea pigs in hot weather, it acts as a liquid and is nice and cool. A little like us enjoying an ice lolly.

Parsley: A few sprigs , twice weekly. Very high in calcium so should be limited if your guinea pig is prone to developing bladder stones.

Apple: One small slice, include peel, give weekly, remove core and pips. Royal gala variety is a favourite. Many fruits are full of natural sugar and have fruit acid. To avoid your guinea pig getting a sore mouth, cut all fruit into small pieces and just give as an occasional treat because of the high sugar content.

Pear: One small slice, include peel, give weekly, remove core and pips.

Seedless Grapes: One or two, must be seedless, give weekly.

Satsumer Pieces: One or two segments, remove rind and pips, give weekly. You can give a little of any orange citrus fruit.

Corn on the Cob: A recent new food. I'm unable to find corn on the cob with outer leaves, but the leaves can be eaten by guinea pigs. Roughly a dozen tiny segments, twice weekly.

Green Beans: Two or three green beans, twice weekly.

Answer 5

Avoid citrus as they cannot digest citric acid properly, it can give them liver problems. So thats no lemon, lime, grapefruit or orange.

My hamsters have always loved to eat carrots, strawberries, broccolli, apple and peach.

Hamsters with tooth problems enjoy banana.

Answer 6

All Fruits and Vegies

Answer 7

Anything fruits and vegetables that don't have acids, like no oranges or grape fruit, etc. and for veggies, anything is good.

Answer 8

hey, you can give hamsters tons of stuff. But  if its constiopated i reccomend apple peals. Lettuce and carrots help its teeth. It should really help it grow to. Gl2u

Answer 9

Carrots, Celery, Apples, Grapes, Celery, Strawberries  They can eat almost all fruits and veggies.

Answer 10

read carefully...........................NEVE... GIVE YOUR HAMSTER CARROTS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i learned this the hard way my brother gave mine carrots i never forgave him..i ant talked to him in six months.....good luck x x x