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Old 05-21-2008, 12:12 AM   #11
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i buy 15kg bags of harry hamster from either www.feedem.co.uk or another site i forget

i didn't like the burgess food (yellow bag right?). i got it free with something and i thought it was awful
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Old 05-21-2008, 12:52 AM   #12
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I was first introduced to Burgess Supa Hamster from a breeder a few years ago who i got some Roborovskis from. She said it was the best food to feed Roborovskis on, especially pregnant females and for when they are feeding their young too - apparantly, there is no yeast in it, as in other hamster foods, which can be harmful yo pregnant and nursing Roborovskis.

I am not sure if that is true or not, i completely believed her when she first told me and was that worried about it that i threw out all my other food (even though i had never had problems before that )

Anyway, i have used it ever since then and al of my hamsters love it and the only bits they leave are the small brown pellet type things - which i have noticed they do with every hamster food i have tried them on!

As it is not over expensive and not too cheap and nasty either, i prefer to use it

It works great for me and doesnt cost me too much either, especially when i buy in bulk - which also helps out when i give bags of it to new owners.

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Old 05-21-2008, 01:04 AM   #13
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oh that's interesting, i haven't heard anything about yeast before. The bag i had, the food was flourescent, which made me assume it had lots of artificial colours in. It was like day-glow food!
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Old 05-21-2008, 02:06 AM   #14
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Wilkos still have the 1kg bags of Harry at £1.29 which does actually make it cheaper than the large bag. Some shops have gone on to the 750g bags at loads more (Sainsburys is £1.79!) I guess it depends on convenience too. (souffle imagines BVH coming out of Wilkos with 2 trolleys piled high with small bags of Harry )
It's pain to buy lots of small bags now that we have lots of hams but, as souffle says, unless you can find very cheap HH in a 15kg bag, it's cheaper to buy 15 x 1kg bags from Wilko's (£19.35, I believe, though I'm rubbish at maths).
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Old 05-21-2008, 02:10 AM   #15
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well i only pay about £15 for the 15kg bag i'm sure.... i'll get back to you.

here we are... £18 including delivery cost!!
http://www.ukpetsupplies.com/Details.as ... rentId=175

and www.feedem.co.uk is £1 more.
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Old 05-21-2008, 02:17 AM   #16
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Do you get much wastage in the 15kg bags? Bits crushed to dust in the bottom, I mean?
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Old 05-21-2008, 02:23 AM   #17
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I dont find much has been crushed, no

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Old 05-21-2008, 06:22 AM   #18
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We buy 15kg sacks of Harry Hamster now, the one we have had has lasted a good 6 weeks now so doing better than anything else!

Our Monthly bulk foods are:

15kg Harry Hamster - £21 (ish)
12kg High Protein Wild Bird Food (has suet and dried mealies in) - £10
1 - 2kgs Cat Biscuits - £2-3
2-3 Boxes Dried Babyfood - £6
1 box of Egg Food - £4
2 x ASDA Corn Flakes (sometimes bran flakes or rice crispies) - £3

Not to mention the ammount we pay on vegetables, toast, pasta, rice, eggs and toast etc for *us* that the animals end up eating most of!

Not cheap to feed these wee beasties! We also have to buy frozen foods a lot of the time for the snakes etc, that depends on size of the food as to cost, the smallest being 30p, biggest being £2
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Old 05-21-2008, 08:49 AM   #19
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well i only pay about £15 for the 15kg bag i'm sure.... i'll get back to you.

here we are... £18 including delivery cost!!
http://www.ukpetsupplies.com/Details.as ... rentId=175

and www.feedem.co.uk is £1 more.
wow £18 is good bunsey
i,ll save that to my favourites for next time
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Old 05-21-2008, 08:57 AM   #20
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though I often find I spend loads on ukpetsupplies, just thought to tell you so you are prepared.
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