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AmityvilleHams · 08-05-2022, 02:21 PM

I really wouldn't recommend Etsy seed mixes, there's just no guarantee that micronutrients are going to be at suitable levels for a permanent staple diet.

The proper diet in the US for all species is Higgins Vita Garden, not Sunburst which has lots of dried fruit that isn't suitable for hamsters since fruit isn't really something they'd naturally eat. To this you'd add flax seed(about a pinch a day - excellent for skin & coat health in particular) as well as Pure Bites or a similar high quality source of animal protein.

08-05-2022, 02:21 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Two questions: cleaning & feed I really wouldn't recommend Etsy seed mixes, there's just no guarantee that micronutrients are going to be at suitable levels for a permanent staple diet. The proper diet in the US for all species is Higgins Vita Garden, not Sunburst which has lots of dried fruit that isn't suitable for hamsters since fruit isn't really something they'd naturally eat. To this you'd add flax seed(about a pinch a day - excellent for skin & coat health in particular) as well as Pure Bites or a similar high quality source of animal protein.