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Healthy Hamster Treats and Recipes!
Making homemade hamster treats:
Hamsters are omnivorous, which means they eat both vegetables and meat. Their natural foods include grains, seeds, vegetables, and insects, and they will like corn, oats, or wheat mixed with dry dog food. Premixed hamster food from a pet store has complete nutrition, but some hamsters won't eat it. Their favorite foods are foods native to their dry habitat, like seeds. For protein and variety, they will eat some small insects. They like vegetables, but be moderate in how much you feed them. The key word for the hamster diet is variety. It keeps them healthy. Hamster Treats Recipe 1/4 a teaspoon of peanut butter 1 box plain Cheerios cereal variety of vegetables such as carrots, celery, bok choy small dog biscuit or stale or fresh bread bird seeds and sunflower seeds small amount of cheese Spread peanut butter on dog biscuit, stale or fresh bread. Stick cereal on top and press in some of you hamster's favorite small foods such as bird seeds or sunflower seeds. Next, press in vegetables around the Cheerios. Press cheese around the vegetables to cover. Have fun hiding the treat where your hamster has to climb to get it. Other treats that can be fed to your hamster include: 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, Homemade Dog Biscuits, Egg (scrambled or boiled), Fish (cooked), Hazel Nuts, Mealworms, Meat (cooked), Pecan Nuts, Peanuts (shelled or unshelled), Pistachio Nuts, Prunes, Raisins, Sweet Chestnuts, Sultanas, Toast, Walnuts You should be careful not to feed too much sweetened food as these could cause the hamster to become fat. Never feed a hamster any of the following: Buttercups, Chocolate, Garlic, Onions, Rabbit Mix (containing antibiotic ingredients), Raw Kidney Beans, Sweets, Toffee Hamster Lovers Gift Basket: Fill a new cage or hutch with a book on hamster care, food and water dishes, brush, hay cubes, hamster treats recipe cards, wooden toys, etc Great Gift Idea: Green Cleaning Basket Fill a plastic tote with homemade carpet shampoo, dry carpet cleaner and deodorizer, all purpose cleaner, laundry soap, window and glass cleaner If you like my free recipes and would like to contribute, please leave a donation so you can enjoy the spirit of giving too. |