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Old 09-21-2018, 06:20 AM   #1
Ophenia
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Post How to introduce a new diet?

Hello!

My Hamster is coming soon and I want to know how I should introduce my diet to her?
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Old 09-21-2018, 06:30 AM   #2
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Default Re: How to introduce a new diet?

It depends a bit on how different the new food is to what your ham has been fed previously but you need to do it slowly, if it's not too different you could probably do it in a week if it's very different then a couple of weeks.
Begin by giving the food your ham is used to with just a tiny bit of the new food added then after a couple of days give a bit more of the new & less of the other gradually increasing until you're just giving the new mix.
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Old 09-22-2018, 10:24 AM   #3
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Default Re: How to introduce a new diet?

it depends on the ham, as well. my robo adjusts immediately to diet changes and doesn't care at all as long as there's food in the bowl. my syrian is less happy about it.
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Old 09-22-2018, 10:29 AM   #4
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adrien you should never make sudden changes to the diet, even if they seem to take to the new food you still have to allow time for their digestive system to adjust, if there's only a minor change in the mix that won't take long but some mixes are very different & it is important to give it time.
Any other extra foods should be introduced gradually too.
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