Meat and other foods

[Eriklover555]

Originally Posted by Lloydhammy

what about beef?

A small amount of ground beef that the fat has been strained off of is usually listed as an okay food.

[Anthorn]

Originally Posted by crazygal330

They are omnivorous so can have a wide variety of things as long as they have a good base diet you can add healthy supplements.
I a super excited to try my hammies with live mealworms later on tonight

Try to get the young live mealworms around 15mm long. If kept clean by removing skins and changing the oatmeal they last longer if kept cool. When they get too big throw them out for the birds. I get the live mini mealworms from Wiggly Wigglers but more expensive than you would pay at a petshop.

[Snowball]

Originally Posted by Anthorn

Try to get the young live mealworms around 15mm long. If kept clean by removing skins and changing the oatmeal they last longer if kept cool. When they get too big throw them out for the birds. I get the live mini mealworms from Wiggly Wigglers but more expensive than you would pay at a petshop.

I had to deal with mealworms when i owned a lizzard... i dont want to get back into that. yuck, along with Crickets.
I gave her celery and plain chicken the other day and she liked it.
I think that is the only meat i will give her.

[Gazmo]

my boyfriend feeds his beef jerky :L

[Homunculus]

I heard that if you feed your hamsters meat...it'll result in cannilbalism? is this true?

[Amethyst_ice]

Originally Posted by Homunculus

I heard that if you feed your hamsters meat...it'll result in cannilbalism? is this true?

I highly doubt it

[Kaztrekie]

Never heard that one

[Eriklover555]

Originally Posted by Homunculus

I heard that if you feed your hamsters meat...it'll result in cannilbalism? is this true?

Cannibalism is just something that happens, no matter the diet. If a dead hamster is in the same space as a living one, instinct tells the living one to "get rid of the evidence," so to speak, so it doesn't draw predators, disease, or various other pests.

I've not seen any evidence of a hamster killing expressly to cannibalize another's corpse (correct me if I'm wrong, experts!).

[Anthorn]

Originally Posted by Homunculus

I heard that if you feed your hamsters meat...it'll result in cannilbalism? is this true?

I think probably the only time you'll come across cannibalism is when they eat their babies. There are different reasons put forward including not enough protein in their diet. I think the two most likely reasons are that the babies have resulted in overcrowding or the babies have been handled and bear a foreign scent.

[Gazmo]

my hamsters have always eaten parts of what i eat. if i eat a sadwich, they get the seeds off the crust, if i have spaghetti, they get some plain pasta, etc etc