Burgess Supahamster

katjacks · 03-08-2013, 07:20 AM

iv just purchased some of this online and it has come today and i have accidently ordered the dwarf hamster one, can i still use this for my syrian or will i need to throw it out?

kjwc92 · 03-08-2013, 07:24 AM

If it helps I have the normal hamster one and it says on the back that it is suitable for dwarfs. I too wondered this when I was buying it but as far as I could see the ingredients were pretty much the same.

shiny · 03-08-2013, 07:25 AM

We give our Syrians dwarf mixes if we run out of the regular mix & they don't seem to mind. They actually seem to like the bit of variety this gives them! I know sometimes people say that Syrians may not like all the bits in the dwarf mixes, some are not so keen on the mealworms but ours are ok with it. You could keep the bag of dwarf mix, get another back of regular mix & mix them both up maybe so you're not wasting the bag you bought. Or see if you can exchange it maybe.

Ultimately, you need to feed what you are happy with to your hamster, so have a little think about it all & maybe look on the Burgess website or call their customer service to check, the big companies are normally happy to answer questions like this.

Hope this is helpful,

shiny

katjacks · 03-08-2013, 07:26 AM

iv just looked on the back of the harry hamster food and nutrition isnt much different it also says on the packet that its smaller because dwarfs have smaller mouths, but hes getting hh with it aswell so will get the big stuff in with it so it might be ok im such an idiot lol

katjacks · 03-08-2013, 07:28 AM

iv spent £80 on my hamster this week so no offence to him but i really cant possibly spend any more on him lol i cant really excange the food as its off ebay and im housebound so cant get to a post office, think ill ring them like you say see what they say about it, thankyou for the advice

shiny · 03-08-2013, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by katjacks

iv just looked on the back of the harry hamster food and nutrition isnt much different it also says on the packet that its smaller because dwarfs have smaller mouths, but hes getting hh with it aswell so will get the big stuff in with it so it might be ok im such an idiot lol

Don't worry, it's not like you bought cat food or something

at least you can still use it.

katjacks · 03-08-2013, 07:34 AM

just rang them they said it will be fine they are both the same nutritionally just they wouldnt advise feeding dwarf hamsters the syrian mix as the bits may be too big for them but they other way round is fine especially when im giving him the harry hamster mix aswell because hes getting the bigger bits out of that

Tutu · 03-08-2013, 08:07 AM

I give my Syrian actually burgess dwarf hamster and Harry hamster 50/50 mix. Normal burgess hamster bits as big as Harry hamster and some Syrian hamster doesn't like big bits so might only pick smaller bits from Harry hamster and not get all nutrients. So giving dwarf hamster smaller bits encourages them to try everything. And top dwarf hamster mix is apparently slightly less fattening than normal hamster food which is bonus too. Actually vet told me all these and am sticking to giving my hamster 50/50 mix of normal and dwarf hamster mx

katjacks · 03-08-2013, 03:03 PM

thanks tutu i put some into the tupperware box with his rr and hh mix and he normally jumps into it when hes out free range so i left the box open and he jumped straight into it and went straight for the small parts, i tried him with the syrian mix before and he wouldnt touch it and now iv tried him with this hes gone for it straight away so much actually prefer the dwarf mix lol