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Old 08-21-2016, 06:40 PM   #11
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You're welcome!Hopefully that works
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Old 08-21-2016, 10:18 PM   #12
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I'm not sure where Amity gets the idea the Rodipet mixes are add ons tbh, they are well thought out, species & age specific complete foods, the Germans do feed their hams rather differently not depending on things like wheat biscuits or grass/alfalfa pellets the way most UK foods tend to.
The dwarf mixes are fine as I said above, I don't have syrians or experience of feeding them so I can't really speak for the syrian mixes but then this is about a dwarf ham so it's not really relevant!
I have used the Bunny dwarf mix, it's a good complete food & while I used it my hams did well on it & enjoyed it. Amity does have a thing about certain ingredients lol! but there really is nothing wrong with it. The JR farms dwarf mix at zooplus is quite a good mix too & might be worth trying.
I used to use the Burgess mix originally but I found I had a fair bit of picky eating too, it is quite a good mix but a lot of hams to do leave bits unless you're really tough on them! It is unusual for a dwarf not to like millet so much but there is rather a lot of millet in the Burgess.
Some people do feed Harry Hamster to their dwarf hams but it's not ideal, the bits tend to be a bit big for them & I've found they generally do better on a dwarf specific mix.
I've probably tried just about every dwarf mix out there over the years & none of them are perfect which is why I decided to make my own but some of them are good & quite adequate nutritionally , hams vary in their likes & dislikes just like we do so sometimes you do have to experiment a little to find which mix suits them best.

Getting back to Rodipet, I've bought lots of different things from them, houses, water bottle holders, food, treats, tubes.... loads of things lol! I've generally been happy with everything I've bought, hard to say what's best as there are quite a few categories but if you're looking at something specific I'd be happy to let you know if I've had it & what I think,
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Old 08-22-2016, 12:35 PM   #13
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Ok. Thanks. I really like the look of the Rodipet hybrid mix because it has things she'll be more happy to eat in it and it says in the description that it's made with the knowledge that hybrids are prone to diabetes. Also she's not too keen on the 'biscuit' parts of most mixes either so it would be perfect for her.

Mischief is just a very picky ham, lol. She'll take the millet to her hoard but won't eat it. I've tried leaving her with it before feeding her but she just won't touch it. She doesn't really like sweet treats either unless it's fresh blueberry or apple. She loves vegetables, chicken and egg though.

I was thinking of getting the ceramic tubes/hides beccause I like the look of the dark brown ones but they are a bit pricey. I don't know if you have bought these for your hamster. I was also wondering about the cork wheel. Are they wooden wheels heavy? Are they quite easy for dwarfs to run in?
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Old 08-22-2016, 12:48 PM   #14
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The biggest problem is that Rodipet foods don't even have ingredient lists.That does give a certain degree of riskiness,and it isn't really worth it when you could just get something that you know is safe even Harry Hamster.You could just break pieces up as mentioned and have extra add on forages instead,that way you can at least know exactly what is in the food.
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Old 08-22-2016, 08:13 PM   #15
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I'll probably try her on Harry Hamster for the meantime. I'm going to attempt to write an email to Rodipet and ask for an ingredients list. If they reply then I'll post the list on the forum for everyone.

I'd rather that she was on a food specifically for dwarfs though.
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Old 08-22-2016, 08:18 PM   #16
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I had the two Syrian mixes from Rodipet. The Junior and Senior. They are good quality mixes and they state some ingredients but don't list nutritional quantities. But they are hamster experts and they have a good reputation. Our Syrian didn't like the junior mix, the senior one was better. The protein comes from dried crickets and silkworms and insects, but some hamsters don't like them lol.

I found the same on delivery. The last few times things arrived within 2 days. Someone else bought a rodipet house on Amazon uk and it took ages to arrive so it sounds like ordering rodipet things via Amazon isn't as quick (and costs a pound or two more I think).

Everything they sell seems excellent quality and the houses are great. Expensive though - you could make something similar out of shoe boxes cheaper
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Old 08-22-2016, 09:04 PM   #17
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Having used these foods I would say you don't really need to worry about an ingredients list even though I normally won't touch anything that doesn't have a clear, comprehensive list! The ingredients are all entirely natural & based on a lot of research into what hamsters eat in the wild.

I would say though that you may find the hybrid mix a bit too much of a change for her, it contains a lot of herbage which she may or may not eat, it's less nutrient dense because of this so you do need to feed a bit more & it may take a bit of tough love to get her to eat it all if she's a picky ham, any change would need to be gradual so she can adjust to the different diet.
The other dwarf mix isn't so different, it does contain herbage but not such a high percentage & is rather more similar to the type of diet she is used to, the only down side is that not being aimed at diabetes prone species it does contain some dried apple but I used to just take that out, other than that it's fine for a hybrid really.

I do have some of those ceramic items & I love them, so do the hams!
The only thing to bear in mind is that they are very heavy. I had a problem with my Chinese ham who refused to use doors & would burrow under her ceramic house! This would probably be less of a problem with a Russian but still something to think about.
You do need to be careful with the tubes too as they are heavy, I have one of the dark brown ones with no holes along the side & decided it would only really be safe in the play pen.
I do use these in the cage & my ham loves them, his favourite place to hide his treasures!
I also have the sand bath which is very expensive but has been such a big hit with the two hams that have used it so I'm really glad I splashed out on that.
I also had one of these which I tried with a few hams in the cage & play pen but they were totally unimpressed & more or less ignored it for some reason.

Wooden wheels aren't heavy at all, I have had the rodipet wheels but I prefer the Karlie wooden wheels with or without cork tbh, the rodipet ones have no lip on them so it is easier for the hams to just slide out & both hams I tried with them got a bit obsessed with trying to climb up on the wooden bit in the middle of the wheel, with no lip they would just fall off & out of the wheel so while they are really well made silent wheels for me the design doesn't work, before I switched to the silent runner wheels I did use the Karlie wheels & was really pleased with them.
Cork wheels are lovely & probably a great idea for an older ham but there is less wear on the nails than if they run on a harder surface which is maybe something to think about too.
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I do love the wider range of wheel sizes that Rodipet has!Some are even over 30 cm,which pretty much never happens from other brands.
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