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AmityvilleHams · 11-17-2020, 07:17 PM

I would definitely say yes to Whimzees, but a very firm no to the Ecotrition cheesy chews. Whimzees are much higher quality with far more suitable ingredients and are the way to go as far as genuinely edible chews go (not the veggie sausage/veggie strips though due to clove oil in those specific products but the others are completely fine).

Rosewood also have dandelion and nettle root I believe which might be worth ordering. While not all Rosewood products are safe or necessarily high quality, that one in particular is worth trying. Of course you don't want a hamster eating lots of either root same as any other food, but they're a nutritionally beneficial chew in reasonable amounts and often get accepted even when a hamster doesn't want to chew other things!

There's always the option of food grade edible in shell nuts - just don't get any salted, though plain roasted without added oils and such can be perfectly fine(encouraged regarding peanuts actually due to risks of certain harmful molds I believe which are commonly present in raw peanuts). Walnut is a common recommendation but it definitely isn't your only option, though I would stick to human grade for quality control purposes rather than going towards things sold for wild birds and such.

11-17-2020, 07:17 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Hamster doesn't chew anything. Ideas? I would definitely say yes to Whimzees, but a very firm no to the Ecotrition cheesy chews. Whimzees are much higher quality with far more suitable ingredients and are the way to go as far as genuinely edible chews go (not the veggie sausage/veggie strips though due to clove oil in those specific products but the others are completely fine). Rosewood also have dandelion and nettle root I believe which might be worth ordering. While not all Rosewood products are safe or necessarily high quality, that one in particular is worth trying. Of course you don't want a hamster eating lots of either root same as any other food, but they're a nutritionally beneficial chew in reasonable amounts and often get accepted even when a hamster doesn't want to chew other things! There's always the option of food grade edible in shell nuts - just don't get any salted, though plain roasted without added oils and such can be perfectly fine(encouraged regarding peanuts actually due to risks of certain harmful molds I believe which are commonly present in raw peanuts). Walnut is a common recommendation but it definitely isn't your only option, though I would stick to human grade for quality control purposes rather than going towards things sold for wild birds and such.