Gerty's crunchers for hamsters?

cactus · 03-09-2013, 01:10 PM

I've just recently been given a box of gerty's crunchers from a family member, I know they are for guinea pigs but the lady at the store said she gave her syrians one once a week. I've had a look at the stuff in it and can't find anything I think is bad for hammies but I'd rather get a few more opinions.

The stuff in it is:
flour
oats
vegetable oil
sugar
apples
blackberries
apricots
and EC permitted colours

I won't be giving them to my dwarves at all because of the sugar content but I was thinking the syrians could have one every few weeks as a special treat? Is there anything in them that I really shouldn't be giving to the hammies or are the ingredients okay for a once in a while treat?

Just thought I should be sure before giving them anything.

HollyHamster · 03-09-2013, 02:21 PM

Well, vegetable oil really shouldn't be fed too much to a hamster, however, I don't see anything wrong with feeding these crunchers as treats every once in a while.

lisab · 03-09-2013, 02:33 PM

It will be fine as its just a treat

Kaztrekie · 03-10-2013, 02:19 AM

I have some of these left over from when my last piggy died they day on the box ok for hamsters I tried one and sam loved it so I would say ok for a treat every so often.

cactus · 03-10-2013, 03:13 AM

Thank you for the responses everyone, I'll be trying the syrian's on them tonight. I'll only be feeding them one once in a blue moon as a really special treat. They usually have fresh fruit/veg as a treat so they'll get one of these once every 3-4 weeks at most. Glad I can use them at least