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AmityvilleHams · 11-28-2019, 04:21 PM

Live plants in enclosures isn't the best idea to begin with due to the risks that come with live plants being inside of an enclosure(even with pebble barriers they still add humidity for example). However, you can certainly keep gardening safe plants and sprouts for your hamsters and just offer safe parts once they're grown.

I personally love the potential temporary decorative nature of safe flowers. However, you do have to be careful with where the plants come from. Many flowers and other plants from hardware stores and such can be treated with pesticides which makes them unsafe to eat or allow pets to eat, but when you grow from seed you can choose where you source your seeds from(including organic seeds, or at least non GMO untreated seeds which are ideal).

You can definitely also put a few fully grown sprouts in the cage, but I would still keep them in moderation. Fresh whole foods are wonderful for nutrition and dietary variety, but every single thing that gets fed to a hamster does need to be fed in reasonable safe amounts just as with any other pet.

11-28-2019, 04:21 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Trixie Small Animal Grass Live plants in enclosures isn't the best idea to begin with due to the risks that come with live plants being inside of an enclosure(even with pebble barriers they still add humidity for example). However, you can certainly keep gardening safe plants and sprouts for your hamsters and just offer safe parts once they're grown. I personally love the potential temporary decorative nature of safe flowers. However, you do have to be careful with where the plants come from. Many flowers and other plants from hardware stores and such can be treated with pesticides which makes them unsafe to eat or allow pets to eat, but when you grow from seed you can choose where you source your seeds from(including organic seeds, or at least non GMO untreated seeds which are ideal). You can definitely also put a few fully grown sprouts in the cage, but I would still keep them in moderation. Fresh whole foods are wonderful for nutrition and dietary variety, but every single thing that gets fed to a hamster does need to be fed in reasonable safe amounts just as with any other pet.