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FOOD Basic food Hamsters need food to stay alive. The basic stuff is the packets of mixed food(pellets) that you can buy from most supermarkets and pet shops. A good place to look for some is local pet shops which are'nt part of a big company. These usually sell them in little bags for a much cheaper price and hamsters love it as much as the stuff you can get from tescos!You should feed the hamster every day at a specific time when the hamster wakes up. if he/she wakes up a bit too late. change the food at the same time every day and wake the hamster up. After a few days the hamster will be used to getting up at that time for its fresh food and water.Below is a list of treats which hamsters can eat and which they can't eat. REMEMBER the list below is for treats only. Don't give them too much in a day as this will harm their diet and could lead to diahorrea or consepation. see the health section.
TREATS WHICH HAMSTERS CAN EAT Plants Alyssum Asters Bramble leaves Blackberry leaves Burnet Chickweed Clover Coltsfoot Cornflowers Cow Parsley Crosswort Dandelion leaves and flower Dock Groundsel Hawthorn leaves Hedge Parsley Marigolds Nasturtiums Nipplewort Phlox Plaintains Roses Sheperds Purse Sow thistle Sweetpeas Water cress Mustard cress(My hamster loves these) Young grass Vegetables Apple Banana Basil Blackberries Blueberries Brocolli Cabbage(small amounts only as too much can cause health problems) Carrots Cauliflower leaves and stalks Celery Cherries - stones should be removed as they can be dangerous if gnawed Chestnuts Chicory Chinese Leaves Coriander Corn-on-the-Cob Corn Salad Courgettes Cranberries Cress Cucumber Curly Kale Dates Endive Fenugreek Feijoa Figs Grapes Green beans Kale - should only be fed in small amounts occasionally as too much can cause health problems Kidney Beans (cooked) Kiwi Fruit Kumquat Lettuce - small amounts occasionally - in excess it can cause liver problems Logan Berries Lychee Mange Tout Mango Marrow Melon Mint Mung Okra Pak Choy Papaya Parsley - a good tonic Peach Pear Peas Plums - stones should be removed as can be dangerous when gnawed Potato (cooked) Raspberries Raspberry Plant leaves - beneficial for diarrhoea Rhubarb (cooked) Rocket Chard Sage Sorrel Squash Star Fruit Strawberries Sugar Cane - small amounts Sweet Potato Soybean Sprouts Swede Sweetcorn Sweet Peppers Ugli Fruit Turnip Water Chestnuts Watermelon Water Spinach General treats Chocolate-Many sites say that you should not feed hamsters this but my hamster loves it but only give a piece to yours once a week at the most Acorns Almonds (shelled) Beechnuts Biscuits Boiled Potatoes Brazil Nuts Bread (fresh or stale) Breakfast Cereals Cake - but not chocolate cake Cashew Nuts Chicken (cooked) Cheese Coconuts Crickets Currents Dog Biscuits Egg (scrambled or boiled) Fish (cooked) Hazel Nuts Mealworms Meat (cooked) Nuts Pecan Nuts Peanuts (shelled or unshelled) Pistachio Nuts Prunes Raisins Sweet Chestnuts Sultanas Toast Walnuts
Food which hamsters cannot eat Kidney Beans (raw) Onion Potato (raw) Potato tops Rhubarb (raw) Rhubarb leaves Tomato leaves Bindweed Bluebells Bulbs Buttercups Clematis Crocus Deadly Nightshade Elder Evergreen Plants Hemlock Henbane Horse Chestnut Laurel leaves Oak leaves Privet Ragwort Scarlet Pimpernel Speedwell Toadflax Buttercups Garlic* Onions Rabbit Mix (containing antibiotic ingredients) Raw Kidney Beans Sweets Toffee