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03-03-2013, 11:32 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 177
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Buttons is selective feeding...
He is on Harry hamster mix, but he keeps leaving the little black tubey looking things in his bowl each time  So, is there anything I can do?? Or should I just leave him to it? 
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03-03-2013, 11:36 AM
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Lincoln, England
Posts: 427
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
Mine do that, they don't like the yellow cornflake looking things you can get in some mixes.
I should imagine he gets everything he needs nutritionally from what he does eat and his treats 
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03-03-2013, 11:43 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Birmingham
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
Its quite common for that one to be left, if that is all i wouldnt worry, Alternatively, you could feed every over day x
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03-03-2013, 12:25 PM
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Hamster Overlord
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Posts: 806
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
A lot of hamsters don't eat the alfalfa bales. I've heard you can put a few oats in the mix to supplement them.
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03-03-2013, 12:28 PM
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Criceta Servus
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London
Posts: 1,730
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
Mine actively dislike them pellets... It's nothing to worry about.. The stupid thing is I put alfalfa bales in their cages & they eat that!!!
Typical hammies Lols x
Arraminta x
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03-03-2013, 10:20 PM
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Hamster Overlord
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Arizona, USA
Posts: 719
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
Yeah, the black tubey things are alfalfa pellets. You can give him timothy hay blocks to chew and see if he'll eat those - that might cover whatever vitamins/minerals he doesn't get from the pellets. Mine don't eat them either 
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03-07-2013, 04:41 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 92
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
Sooty does this, and my previous hamster did this too. She picks out her favourites and leaves the boring bits in the bowl. I only replace her food every other day (unless it is really running low), it seems to work for us
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03-07-2013, 05:15 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: West midlands, UK
Posts: 3,248
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
Do I have weird hammies then? Mine love them haha
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03-08-2013, 01:52 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Yorkshire, UK but my heart lies in Scotland!
Posts: 28,191
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Re: Buttons is selective feeding...
There is a good chance he eats one or two of them. There are proportionally quite a lot of these so it looks as if they leave them all but and ours look like that however I do think they nibble a few and have seen them do so. We feed a good handful of mix every 3rd day and they do tend to eat more.
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