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Safe Fruit, Vegetables & Herbs

 

  • Alfalfa (although many hamsters will not eat it, it is still safe)

  • Apple (not the seeds, red or yellow apples are best)

  • Apricot (not the stone)

  • Asparagus

  • Aubergine (eggplant)

  • Avocado (not the stone)

  • Banana (not the skin)

  • Basil

  • Bean Sprouts

  • Blackberry

  • Blueberry

  • Broccoli

  • Brussel Sprouts

  • Cabbage

  • Carrot (high in sugar)

  • Cauliflower

  • Celery

  • Chard

  • Cherries (not the stones)

  • Chicory

  • Coconut

  • Coriander

  • Corn-On-The-Cob

  • Courgettes (zucchini)

  • Cranberry

  • Cress (perfect for growing in the cage)

  • Cucumber (large amounts can cause diarrhoea due to high water content)

  • Dates

  • Dill

  • Endive

  • Fennel (the 'leaves' not bulb)

  • Fig

  • Green Beans

  • Hemp Seeds

  • Kale

  • Kiwi

  • Loganberry

  • Lychee

  • Mange Tout

  • Mango

  • Marrow

  • Melon

  • Mint Plant

  • Okra

  • Papaya

  • Parsley

  • Peach (not the stone)

  • Pear (not the seeds)

  • Peas (high in sugar)

  • Peppers (bell/sweet not chili)

  • Plum (not the stone)

  • Potato (regular and sweet, cooked)

  • Prune

  • Raspberry 

  • Rocket Plant

  • Rhubarb (cooked)

  • Runner Beans

  • Sage

  • Spinach

  • Squash

  • Star Fruit

  • Strawberry

  • Swede

  • Sweetcorn

  • Turnip

  • Water Cress

  • Water Melon (large amounts can cause diarrhoea due to high water content)

 

 

 

Check out the video for Safe & Unsafe Food for Hamsters

Other Popular Safe Foods & Treats

 

  • Almonds (not in the shell)

  • Baby Food (no onion, garlic, leek, spices or pork)

  • Beech Nuts

  • Boiled Potato

  • Brazil Nuts

  • Cat Biscuits

  • Cat Meat - Commercially Bought 

  • Cereals (non sugary. eg shreddies, shredded wheat, weetabix etc)

  • Cashew Nuts

  • Chicken (cooked, no seasoning or oil)

  • Cheese (low fat. Small amounts)

  • Crickets (dried is often preferred)

  • Dog Biscuits (Bonio, Pedigree Denta Rask, Pedigree Milk Bones)

  • Egg (boiled or scrambled. No seasoning)

  • Fish (cooked)

  • Hazel Nuts

  • Meal Worms (dried or freshly killed as they have powerful jaws and can injure hamsters)

  • Millet Seed/Millet Spray

  • Nuts

  • Pasta (Cooked or Dry)

  • Pecan Nuts

  • Peanuts (monkey nuts)

  • Pistachio Nuts

  • Prunes

  • Sultanas

  • Turkey (cooked, no seasoning, no oil)

  • Walnuts

  • Wholemeal Bread (uncooked or toasted, no butter)

 

 

Unsafe Treats

 

  • Sweets (candy, toffee etc)

  • Chocolate

  • Mints

  • Processed cheeses (canned, burger cheese slices, spray, cheese string, etc)

  • Processed meats such as packeted ham/turkey/chicken slices

  • Pork

Unsafe/Risky Fruit, Vegetables, Salad & Herbs

 

  • Cayenne

  • Citrus Fruits (orange, lemon, pineapple, kiwi etc)

  • Chili (hot peppers)

  • Garlic

  • Kidney Beans

  • Leek

  • Onion

  • Potato Leaves

  • Ramson

  • Rhubarb Leaves

  • Spring Onion

  • Tomato & Tomato Leaves

 


Safe Plants & Flowers

  • Bramble Leaves (blackberry leaves)

  • Chickweed

  • Clover (red, white and the grass kind)

  • Cornflower

  • Cow Parsley

  • Cress

  • Dandelion Flower

  • Dandelion Leaves

  • Dock Leaves

  • Grass

  • Hawthorn Leaves

  • Plantain

  • Rose (petals)

  • Sweetpeas

  • Trefoil

  • Water Cress

 

 

Unsafe Plants & Flowers

 

  • Acorns

  • Bindweed

  • Bluebells

  • Bulbs (of any sort)

  • Buttercups

  • Clematis

  • Crocus

  • Deadly Nightshade

  • Elder

  • Evergreen Plants (e.g. fir, yew, holly etc)

  • Horse Chestnut (Conkers)

  • Laurel

  • Oak

  • Privet

  • Ragwort

  • Speedwell

 

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Emily Dunn 

8560 S. 36th St. 

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