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Hamster Safe: Veg, fruits and more!

Jul 31

1 min read

Happy Hamsters UK

Please Note

This list of hamster-safe food is non-conclusive. Many hamster-safe and unsafe foods may not be contained within this document.


Please give food in moderation as part of a balanced diet.

 

Vegetables

  • Artichoke

  • Asparagus

  • Beansprouts

  • Bell Peppers (no seeds)

  • Bok Choy

  • Broad Beans

  • Broccoli

  • Cabbage

  • Carrots

  • Cauliflower

  • Celery (remove strings)

  • Courgette

  • Cucumber

  • Green Beans

  • Kale

  • Mange Tout

  • Mushrooms

  • Parsnips

  • Peas

  • Potatoes (cooked)

  • Pumpkin

  • Spinach

  • Sprouts

  • Squash

  • Swede

  • Sweet Potato

  • Sweetcorn

  • Tomato (no stalk or leaves)

  • Turnips

 

Fruits

Fruit must be given in very small amounts, due to the sugar content.

  • Apples (no seeds)

  • Apricot

  • Banana

  • Blackberry

  • Blueberry

  • Cherry (no pit)

  • Coconut

  • Cranberry

  • Dates

  • Figs

  • Goji Berry

  • Grapes

  • Guava

  • Kiwi

  • Lychee (no seeds)

  • Mango

  • Melon (no seeds)

  • Papaya

  • Peach (no pit)

  • Pear

  • Pineapple

  • Plum (no pit)

  • Pomegranate

  • Raspberry

  • Starfruit

  • Strawberry

 

Nuts, Seeds and Legumes

  • Barley

  • Brazil nuts

  • Buckwheat

  • Canary grass

  • Cashew

  • Chia seeds

  • Chickpeas

  • Flax/Linseed

  • Hazelnut

  • Hemp seeds

  • Lentils

  • Macadamia nuts

  • Millet

  • Mung bean

  • Oat

  • Peanuts

  • Pecan

  • Pine nuts

  • Pistachios

  • Plain Popcorn

  • Poppy Seeds

  • Pumpkin seeds

  • Quinoa

  • Rye

  • Safflower

  • Sesame

  • Soybeans

  • Split peas

  • Sunflower seeds

  • Sweet almonds

  • Walnuts

  • Wheat

 

Herbs and Plants

  • Alfalfa

  • Basil

  • Birch leaves

  • Blackberry leaves

  • Cat grass

  • Chamomile

  • Chickweed

  • Chicory

  • Clover

  • Coriander

  • Cornflower

  • Daisy flowers

  • Dandelion

  • Dill

  • Dock leaves

  • Echeveria succulents

  • Green oats

  • Hazelnut leaves

  • Marigold

  • Mint

  • Oregano

  • Parsley

  • Plantain leaves

  • Rose petals

  • Spider plants

  • Sunflower petals

  • Sweetpea

  • Thyme

  • Watercress

 

Other

*Please note - if feeding live insects, it is best to remove the head to prevent them from biting your hamster, for this reason, we prefer dried bugs.

  • Baby food (no citrus)

  • Brown bread

  • Cottage cheese

  • Crickets

  • Dog biscuits (no garlic)

  • Eggs

  • Fresh fish

  • Grasshoppers

  • Mealworms

  • Nutritional yeast

  • Pasta

  • Plain cereals

  • Plain cooked chicken

  • Plain lean pork

  • Plain Minced beef

  • Plain Turkey

  • Plain yoghurt

  • Shrimp

  • Tofu

  • Wax worms

  • Whimzee chews


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