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I give my Russians freeze dried chicken pieces. I buy the Wilko brand ones but they should be easy to find in the cat treat section of pet stores as well. You can also give hamsters small amounts of the plain chicken Applaws/Encore wet cat food (it’s 100% chicken breast in broth). They can have small amounts of cheese as a treat but I wouldn’t recommend it as a regular protein source.

Dried shrimp are also a good protein source but you’ll need to keep the, in an air-tight container because they smell horribly. Hamsters can have most dried insects as well.

This is the freeze dried chicken I buy, I like thst they’re already in hamster size pieces. https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-na...-17g/p/0471628