Hamsters are not choosy and eat everything that they give. However people as reasonable beings, know about harm of some foodstuff. Therefore it is necessary to feed a hamster intelligently.
What it is possible to feed a hamster with
Grain forage. Very convenient way of feeding. As a rule, this ready fodder mix can be bought in shop. Nuts, wheat, peas seeds, corn, oats and sunflower seeds of sunflower are its part. To combine process of food of a hamster with process of grinding of long teeth also necessary for it, it is recommended to buy the sticks which are stuck around by grains. So the hamster will train skills of independent production of food and to have healthy teeth. Choosing a forage in shop, it is worth drawing the attention to existence in it of vitamin supplements and, of course, an expiration date. Then for the normal growth and development of a hamster it is possible not to worry.
Fresh forage. Have to enter a daily diet of the pet fresh and, best of all, green forages. From fruit apples, peaches, bananas, dried fruit - dried apricots, raisin will be useful to hamsters. During a time of fresh greens it is useful to indulge a hamster with sheet mix from dandelions, parsley, salad and leaves of trees.
Proteins of animal origin. Hamsters are not vegetarians, and by the nature their organism needs animal protein. Dairy products with 0 or 1% fat well will be suitable for these purposes: kefir, cottage cheese, yogurt without additives. It is occasionally possible to give the chicken meat boiled without salt and the cleaned shrimps. Shops offer special fodder insects in the dried look, but they are pleasant not to all pets. Thin branches and hay. Will approach in quality more likely entertainment or an additional forage. Hamsters use hay in construction of a nest, and branches (it is the best of all from fruit trees) well are suitable for grinding of quickly growing cutters. Vitamins and mineral substances. Usually special forages for hamsters contain, besides a grain component, a vitamin complex. But during the winter-spring period, or during pregnancy and bringing up it is desirable for samochka to enter independent vitamins into a diet. More preferable vitamins B packings. Among weighed out substandard, expired products often come across. Water. Hamsters drink a little, but will not prevent to hang up a special drinking bowl in a cage. The pet can drink how many and when wants. It is undesirable to put a pan with water - most likely, the animal will turn it, and the laying will get wet.
The forbidden forage
Certainly, there is a wish to indulge a favourite small animal with many goodies, but - it is impossible. What is normal for the person, can cause to health of a small animal a serious loss. It is impossible: fat and fried, dry breakfasts and pasta, sausage products, milk. Salt sugar and other spices, sour cream, cream and butter, onions, garlic and potatoes are strictly forbidden. Cabbage can be given seldom and in small quantity - it causes a meteorizm in the majority of small animals. Exotic fruit like a kiwi, to avocado, pineapple and also any fruit juice are contraindicated to a hamster. It is necessary to exclude all flour and sweet products, including candies, chocolate, fruit jelly, etc. from an animal diet. Mushrooms, a citrus, branches of coniferous trees also should not appear in a feeding trough.