If you're concerned about keeping pesticides and other harmful chemicals out of your hamster's diet, you may consider making your own organic hamster food.The ingredients for hamster food are easy to find at most health food stores.To make your own hamster food, the most important thing is to understand the elements of a balanced hamster diet, and then build your hamster's menu based on available, organic options in your area.This guide will give you ideas for a balanced menu for hamsters.If you are feeding a Syrian hamster or other large, common variety, you should include a majority of bird seeds instead of cereals and fruit, as this guide assumes.
Step 1: She needs to make the bulk of her diet.
She uses them to stay warm.While this is what she will eat most of the time, don't over feed her on just this category or she can become overweight and ill.
Step 2: It's time to serve up some meat.
You can find most of the options in organic, pesticide-free varieties in local stores.Two or three times a week is how much Hamsters need.Chicken, turkey, and eggs can be fed to your hamster to provide her with needed food.Don't use salt or pepper to cook it.It will burn the hamster if it's served hot.Mealworms or crickets can be served with your hamster live insects.You can find organic varieties from online vendors in some countries.Beans, peas, nuts, oats, and wheat are some of the good sources of food for your hamster.
Step 3: You should offer a variety.
Fruits and vegetables in many colors and a variety of grains are important for your pet to get the right blend of vitamins and minerals.Keep a record of what she eats.Sometimes she will reject a food because she doesn't need it or she has enough of it in her diet.You might need to invest in a hamster health supplement if your hamster rejects all of a particular category of food.These can be found at large pet stores or online.
Step 4: In addition to a healthy diet, offer treats.
If you think of treats as foods that you don't offer daily, they still play a vital role in your hamster's healthy nutrition.Sugary, salted, and processed human foods should never be offered.These can't be eaten by a small mammal.
Step 5: Give a small piece of fruit or vegetable.
You can give your pet organic produce at the grocery store.If you already eat an organic diet with your family, it is easy to buy a tiny bit more than you need and give a small piece to the hamster when you prepare dinner or lunch.She doesn't want her food to go bad in her cage.Fruits like apple, banana, melon, or grapes are great choices, but you should not offer them too frequently because of the high sugar content.There is plenty every few days.Try pieces of vegetables like cucumber, corn on the cob, carrot, peas, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, or beansprouts more often.Don't offer fruits like lemons, limes, or oranges, as well as onions, leeks, and garlic.These types of food can cause stomach issues for small rodents.You shouldn't give raw potato, aubergine, or avocados to hamsters.
Step 6: Occasionally, offer hard dog or cat biscuits.
Hamster teeth have to be filed down in order to not over grow.Hard biscuits are perfect for hamsters to keep their teeth from getting too long.You can make your own dog and cat biscuits by combining whole wheat flour, oats, dried parsley, and half a cup of powdered milk in a bowl.Stir together peanut butter, two large eggs, and half a cup of water.For fifty minutes, bake the dough into dog-biscuit sized logs.Adding different types of seed, nut butters, and other healthy additions will help you experiment.
Step 7: You can try other treats.
Some of your healthy foods include whole wheat organic bread, organic scrambled eggs, and organic uncooked pasta.Don't serve your hamster food with added salt or hot from the oven.
Step 8: Understand hamster eating habits.
hamsters are omnivores, which means they eat both meat and vegetation regularly.They eat a diet consisting of a variety of seeds, insects, and plants.If you want to make your own hamster food, you have to be sure that you include all of the vitamins and minerals you need.The best way to make sure that your hamster is getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals is to serve a diet that varies throughout the day.You can either use organic ingredients or offer a small amount from each category of food every day.The hamster's menu should include vitamins, minerals, and water.In the next step, the first four elements of a healthy diet will be discussed.
Step 9: Don't worry about overfeeding.
A hamster won't eat more than he needs to.Add a steady supply of fresh food to his cage every day to make sure he gets enough to eat.Hamsters will leave behind some of what they don't in order to eat more.If your hamster ignores certain food, give him more of what he eats.
Step 10: Fresh water can be kept in the cage.
A hamster with the healthiest diet will still die if she doesn't have enough water.Don't forget hydration in your pursuit of a healthy and organic diet.The water bottle should be kept in the cage.The water should be changed every day.Don't give other liquids.Hamsters will get plenty of fluids from fruits and veggies, but straight juice or milk is too strong and has too much sugar for a hamster.