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Unsafe Foods

  • Cayanne
  • Almonds
  • Chilli
  • Citrus Fruits (Oranges, Lemon e.c.t)
  • Garlic
  • Grapes (Risky)
  • Kidney Beans
  • Leek
  • Onion
  • Potato Leaves
  • Ramson
  • Rhubarb Leaves
  • Spring Onion
    • Tomato

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TREATS DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR RABBITS CAN MAKE HAMSTERS HIGHLY UNWELL

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Popular Safe Treats

 

  • Beech Nuts
  •  Baby Food
  • Boiled Potato
  • Brazil Nuts
  • Bread (Wholemeal)
  • Cereals (Non sugary, shreddies, shredded wheat, weetabix etc)
  • Cashew Nuts
  • Chicken (plain & cooked)
  • Cheese
  • Coconut
  • Crickets
  • Currants
  • Dog Biscuits
  • Egg (boiled)
  • Fish (cooked)
  • Hazel Nuts
  • Meal Worms (dried or freshly killed as they have powerful jaws and can injure hamsters)
  • Millet​
  • Meat - Cooked (pork, beef, gammon, ham etc)
  • Monkey Nuts
  • Nuts
  •  Plain popcorn
  • Pecan Nuts
  • Peanuts (monkey nuts)
  • Pistachio Nuts
  • Prunes
  • Raisins
  • Sweet Chestnuts
  • Sultanas
  • Toast
  • Walnuts

Safe and Unsafe Foods

It's always difficult to know what your hamster can and cannot eat, so here are a few lists to help you out!

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​Warning: Too much fresh food can cause an upset stomach. This is rarely serious, but you should always bear it in mind.

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​Safe Fruit and Vegetables-

  • Alfalfa
  • Apple (not the seeds)
  • Apricot
  • Asparagus
  • Aubergine (Eggplant)
  • Avocado
  • Banana
  • Basil
  • Bean Sprouts
  • Blackberry
  • Blueberry
  • Brocolli
  • Brussel Sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Carrot
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Chard
  • Cherries (not the stones)
  • Chestnuts
  • Chicory
  • Coconut
  • Coriander
  • Corn-On-The-Cob
  • Courgettes (Zucchini)
  • Cranberry
  • Cress
  • Cucumber
  • Dates
  • Dill
  • Endive
  • Fennel (the 'leaves' not bulb)
  • Fig
  • Green Beans
  • Hemp (seeds)
  • Kale
  • Kiwi
  • Loganberry
  • Lychee
  • Mange Tout
  • Mango
  • Marrow
  • Melon
  • Mint (the plant)
  • Okra
  • Papaya
  • Parsley
  • Peach (not the stone)
  • Pear (not the seeds)
  • Peas
  • Peppers (red, yellow, green etc)
  • Plum (not the stone)
  • Potato (cooked)
  • Prune
  • Raddish
  • Raspberry
  • Rocket (the plant)
  • Runner Beans
  • Sage
  • Spinach
  • Squash (e.g. butternut)
  • Star Fruit
  • Strawberry
  • Sweet Potato (cooked)
  • Swede
  • Sweetcorn
  • Turnip
  • Water Cress
  • Water Melon

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