Hanlou
06-19-2008, 07:04 AM
I've just pulled up the ingredients list for Harry Hamster:
alfalfa, corn, soy (15%), wheat pellets, wheat, peas, peanuts (4%), sunflower seeds (4%), carob pellets, pumpkin seeds, raw fat, vitamins and minerals, inulin, yeast, EC-approved color.
Based on the usual theory that an ingredient list will have the greatest quantity first etc, then alfalfa looks to be a rather large component of Harry Hamter. I presume that this is what the pellet things are, and perhaps also the coloured chunks. But no rodent I've ever had actually eats the pellet things so why are they put in there and why on earth do they seem to be the major component of the HH food?
Also, I did hear/read (but can't prove that this is still the case!) that vitamins etc were always put in these pellets so if my hamsters / rodents aren't eating them they must be really missing out on a good diet! :?
Do hamsters need alfalfa? If they don't eat it then what's the point of it being in there unless they do? I was just looking at the pellet left-overs in my mice dishes and my hamster dishes and just wondered why they are in there when nothing seems to actually eat them! :P
I was just wondering and thought maybe someone can answer me.
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alfalfa, corn, soy (15%), wheat pellets, wheat, peas, peanuts (4%), sunflower seeds (4%), carob pellets, pumpkin seeds, raw fat, vitamins and minerals, inulin, yeast, EC-approved color.
Based on the usual theory that an ingredient list will have the greatest quantity first etc, then alfalfa looks to be a rather large component of Harry Hamter. I presume that this is what the pellet things are, and perhaps also the coloured chunks. But no rodent I've ever had actually eats the pellet things so why are they put in there and why on earth do they seem to be the major component of the HH food?
Also, I did hear/read (but can't prove that this is still the case!) that vitamins etc were always put in these pellets so if my hamsters / rodents aren't eating them they must be really missing out on a good diet! :?
Do hamsters need alfalfa? If they don't eat it then what's the point of it being in there unless they do? I was just looking at the pellet left-overs in my mice dishes and my hamster dishes and just wondered why they are in there when nothing seems to actually eat them! :P
I was just wondering and thought maybe someone can answer me.
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