Register FAQ Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Navigation
Front Page
Forum
Gallery
Wiki

Ads by Google


Go Back   Hamster Central > Hamster Central Forum Topics > Feeding/Nutrition

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-04-2019, 12:19 PM   #1
jhxamy
Newborn Pup
 
Join Date: Dec 2019
Location: UK
Posts: 8
Question Feeding a Syrian hamster in the UK

Does anyone know what the best food in the UK is for Syrian hamsters? I tried Harry Hamster but he didn’t like that, switched to the Pets At Home hamster Muesli and he likes that a little bit more, but I don’t know if there’s something better for him?
I’m also open (and would really like to try) making home made hamster mixes if someone could help me with that, I just want to make sure his diet is the best it can be.
Any treat recommendations would be great as well as fried herb mixes and where to find them in the UK? I’ve had a look but I’m struggling to know what’s best for him.
jhxamy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-04-2019, 01:23 PM   #2
AmityvilleHams
PM Fluffy for custom title
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 4,545
Default Re: Feeding a Syrian hamster in the UK

Rodipet unfortunately only make one Syrian appropriate food, since all the others are low in protein. It could in theory be fixed with extra protein in the diet, but since many hamster owners would likely either want to avoid the complicated math or don't feel confident enough with having to balance a diet the mix I've linked works out very well.

That diet:
https://www.rodipet.co.uk/pet-foods/...che=1575487607

I would avoid making entire mixes on your own. It isn't a very straight forward process and you can do endless harm providing an unbalanced diet, and not all damage unbalanced diets cause can be reversed. In the UK you're especially blessed with a balanced, biologically appropriate, and even better yet organic mix, which gives even more incentive to not take an unnecessary risk!

If you really want to make nice things for your hamster, consider making treat mixes instead out of whole high quality seeds, nuts, etc. This won't cause a dietary imbalance if fed in reasonable amounts however it gives you the very important opportunity to even further increase the dietary diversity of your hamster. You can pinpoint safe ingredients that would be beneficial to add which aren't included in the main diet, while being able to avoid adding ingredients which are already in the main mix(as these won't add any dietary diversity and therefore would not be very beneficial in comparison).
AmityvilleHams is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-05-2019, 12:03 PM   #3
flowerfairy
Fluffy Hamsters
 
flowerfairy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 4,231
Default Re: Feeding a Syrian hamster in the UK

I buy rodipet hamster food. Both my hamsters like it (a syrian and a roborovski).

I also give a bit of harry hamster and mr johnstons food as extras/variety but msinly rodipet.
__________________
flowerfairy is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
hamster, syrian, i’m, home, mixes, diet, make, fried, i’ve, what’s, struggling, find, recommendations, treat, great, herb, switched, didn’t, pets, likes, muesli, harry, food, hamsters, bit

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.43 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright © 2003-2022, Hobby Solutions
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 02:24 AM.