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Hamster MixYour hamster’s main diet will consist of one of two hamster food types (or, ideally, both): mix and pellets. Hamster mix is basically mixed seed and ground grains, such as crushed oats, barley, maize, and in some cases almonds, dried apple, carrots, banana, and more. Sounds quite tasty actually! The other option is pellets. Although unappealing, pellets are a complete diet for your hamster and provide your hamster with plenty of opportunities to gnaw, keeping their teeth trim.

 

Understandably, given the choice your hamster would probably choose to eat something a little more exciting, so a great idea is to offer both: provide the pellets in the food dish and sprinkle the mix throughout his cage. This allows the hamster to get all the nutrition he’ll need from the pellets, and also allow him to exercise his instinct to forage by searching for the seed mix in his bedding. Between the two you shouldn’t have to worry about meeting his basic nutritional needs. Both hamster mix and hamster food pellets are readily available at your local pet store.




Some Recommended Foods

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.
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FM Brown's Encore Premium Hamster and Gerbil Food is a premium, vitamin-fortified food that is formulated to provide the proper nutrition your pet requires. FM Brown's Encore Premium Hamster and Gerbil Food blends the highest quality select seeds and grains.
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By: sml21nyc on 27-03-2012 19:47

my hamsters HATE the pellets they like human food is that bad for them becuase they seem fine  
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By: ezlafroyo on 12-12-2010 10:42

I never used either. Nore do I get to pick my hamsters food. But the kind I use they just love! :)

 

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By: animallover10158 on 19-10-2009 07:29

I, truely think that Nutriphrase Hamster/Gerbil Food is the best hamster food. PetSmart sells it and uses it. Also Nutriphrase Hamster/Gerbil Food Gold.

 

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By: laneydog1234 on 02-03-2009 10:20

i fill the two bowls in my hamster cage to the top but i don't give them more for 4 or 5 days am i over feeding the am i starving them they seem fine though thanks

 

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By: iluvmisty2 on 01-06-2008 18:59

i just bought my hamster today and when i put him in his cage he went into his food dish and kicked most of it out. does that mean i need to get him a different type of food ?

 

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By: Nameless Teenage Girl on 15-03-2008 22:33

If you put pellets in the dish and mix thru out the cage, won't the hamster get bored with the pellets being in the boring dish and totally ignore them in favor of the yummy and fun to find mix? Why not put the yummy mix in the boring dish, and scatter the pellets for them to find? it seems like that would make them more likely to eat both.

 

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