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Old 08-18-2019, 04:56 PM  
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Default Re: Is it possible to create your own hamster food mix?

Hi! Congrats on getting Millie and it sounds like she’s already having a wonderfully spoiled life.

Firstly, I’d stop feeding the P@H pellets completely because they’re so processed (it doesn’t have any whole seeds) anyway and the Harry Hamster is considered a great food on its own already. Personally, I would just try and get through the picky eating exclusively with the Harry Hamster and there are tutorials on YouTube that go through dealing with picky eating (maybe someone else will link a good one). I also think the vitamin solution is unnecessary since she should be getting the right nutrients already from the HH (Harry Hamster) and any extras like vegetables and mealworms.

However, if you do want to go down the homemade food route, I will warn you it is expensive and time consuming to research. Personally, I feed a completely homemade mix for my hybrid dwarf, Artemis. Unfortunately, you will have to work out the nutritional information of each ingredient, unless you are feeding a mix which you aren’t changing (aka not removing/adding anything to it). I hope that’s not too confusing. Basically, if you want remove things from the HH mix, you’d need to calculate the protein, fat and fibre quantities of the remaining food, which could be tricky. However if you weren’t changing in the basic mix’s composition, for example using the Nature’s Touch food as it is, you can use the values on the packet. You’d also need to find forage packets with nutritional information, or mix your own individually with nutritional values from the internet and by buying the ingredients separately.

Personally, I think it would be easier to go down the route of just using Harry Hamster and dealing with her picking eating issue. Th artificially coloured bits are usually what contains most of the fibre and added vitamins. Alternatively, I think it would be easier to make a hamster mix from scratch, than start changing the nutritional content of a premixed food (by removing things), although it is pricey and time consuming. I highly recommend making a spreadsheet for your different ingredients and nutritional values, because it makes it easier to adjust and see what you need. Hopefully someone can add what the rough percentages of fat fibre and protein should be because I can’t remember off the top of my head. Anyway, good luck and I hope this helps!
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