What do hamsters like to eat and how do you feed them?

Grains and nuts, green vegetables, and fruits with more moisture.

Feeding hamsters some cereal crops and nuts is actually more from the health of hamsters, and eating more cereal foods can balance the nutrient absorption of the hamster's body. It is some green vegetables, which are rich in nutrients, and they are also beneficial to the healthy growth of hamsters. It is a fruit with more water, generally speaking, apples, pears, peaches, and these cut fruits are rich in nutrients when exposed to sunlight.

Therefore, it is also more hamsters to eat.

The hamster likes to eat more food and is an omnivorous animal. However, it is important to focus on healthy and nutritious foods when feeding.

1. What are the staple foods of hamsters:

Hamster staple food to a variety of weed seeds and food-based, occasional predation of insects, there is a habit of storing food, domestic hamsters do not hibernate, but to prevent pseudo-hibernation will store food for the winter, artificial breeding can be fed rat food, dried fruits, an appropriate amount of vegetables, feeding generally feed special rat food, in the rat food when the mainstay, but also pay attention to feeding some bread worms and small dried fish.

2. Edible food for hamsters:

1. Vegetables: green vegetables (such as green cabbage), carrots, pumpkin (green and yellow vegetables are preferred).

2. Seeds: sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts (don't give too much), safflower seeds, hemp seeds.

3. Fruits: apples, strawberries, cherries, bananas, grapes (please don't give too much because of a lot of sugar).

4. Cereals: wheat, corn, millet, oats.

5. Plants: clover, dandelion, kudzu, plantain.

6. Animal protein: beef, chicken, boiled egg protein, worms, and small dried fish for pets.

3. Hamster's tonic food:

Bread worms: Very high in protein, it is the holy product in supplements, please don't feed too much a day.

Small dried fish: contains calcium, animal protein, older rats can be ground into powder for consumption.

Nutritional paste: Commercially available, available in fish oil and cherry flavors.

Nutritious water: It is sold in the market, and the price ranges from 100 to 150 yuan.

Glucose water: Glucose can be bought at the pharmacy and mixed with boiling water for 1:10 to mix and feed. May increase appetite.

Don't snack before a meal.

The best time to give a hamster a snack should be after it has eaten its staple food. If you feed it a snack before it has eaten its main meal, it will cause the rat to not be able to eat the main food.

Don't be overly spoiled.

Some people may be out of a spoiling mentality for their own small animals, so when they see that the hamster likes to eat snacks, they feed it snacks without moderation, often with good intentions but bad things. Snacks can bring the owner closer to the hamster, but once the appropriate amount is exceeded, it will threaten the health of the rat. Therefore, feed the snacks in small amounts.

It cannot be fed ad libitum.

Finally, it must be noted that not all snacks are suitable for hamsters, and some owners will bring a little bit to the rats at home when they eat snacks, which is not good! Human snacks contain too many additives, for the health of rats, we must choose additive-free natural snacks that hamsters can eat.

The diet of hamsters should be based on rat food, with a small amount of vegetables or pastures as non-staple food. In addition, snacks such as dried fruits, melon seeds, and bread worms can also be given once every 2-3 days.

About feeding time: Hamsters are nocturnal animals and wake up in the evening to start moving. Therefore, the feeding of hamsters can be carried out at this stage, given once a day. If there is any leftovers, remember to dispose of them, wash the bowl, and then put in new food.