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Old 03-25-2021, 05:08 AM   #11
ninaa
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Default Re: My russian hamster only eats seeds

Also, I noticed she lost a bit of energy at night. She used to run all night in her wheel and last night she would only occasionally do so...
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Old 03-26-2021, 04:49 AM   #12
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Default Re: My russian hamster only eats seeds

If the sunflowers are part of the mix I would leave them in, they make up part of the food balance.
I wasn't familiar with that mix, but from what I can see in the pic and ingredients, it looked like a good variety.
I had a quick look at the hamingway foodmix database (Disclaimer - I only use this as a source of information and you may want to do more research on your own but they do explain how they worked out their calculations, taking each type of hamster food on it;s own merit.)

Choosing an Appropriate Foodmix | The Hamingway

They class the food you are using as a high (good) mix. Although it is for syrians. So you may want to look into getting a food aimed more at a russian hamster. Different species of hamster have different needs.
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Old 07-27-2021, 09:39 PM   #13
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Default Re: My russian hamster only eats seeds

The problem with them just eating the seeds and what ever they want to eat out of mussily type type food is there just selective feeding and are not getting the proper nutrition they need. The equivalent is us having a roast dinner and leaving all the veg! If all hamsters need to eat to live on was the seeds in a mix then they wouldn't bother putting any other ingredients with it! Hamsters in the wild have a very varied diet from meat to seeds to fruit to leaves. They have to have a balanced food to keep them in tip top condition and health. I feed complete nuggets mixed with mussily topped with either a bit of fruit/veg/meat/egg and its weighed out everyday! My hamster is 5yrs 3mths old. Iv always fed this way and all my hammys have lived till atleast 6yrs old and died of nothing but old age! My dogs haved lived to atleast 16yrs old and my horse lived till 33yrs - what u feed is key! What u feed an animal and the environment they live in is the most important thing for long healthy life!
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Old 07-28-2021, 09:58 AM   #14
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This might sound bad but don't feed her until she eats it, she needs to learn that she might not like it but she sound have it!

try putting it all in a bowl, and not feeding her till she finishes it, if there's only pellets left maybe add 2 seeds but that's it, she will hopefully learn that she needs to eat her food, good luck!
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