Would Anyone Be Interested? - Page 2

ashari · 06-30-2011, 12:12 PM

ohhh this is very interesting silver!keep us posted/updated on how this mix goes and all the details.id love a website like rat rations but for hamsters!!that would be fab too!!

**Silver** · 06-30-2011, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ashari

ohhh this is very interesting silver!keep us posted/updated on how this mix goes and all the details.id love a website like rat rations but for hamsters!!that would be fab too!!

Thank You xxx

Jasmine · 06-30-2011, 02:32 PM

I have 3 dwarfs so would be interested too.

amyXlovesXhamstersX · 06-30-2011, 02:41 PM

Sounds interesting! I don't have any dwarfies though...

vanilla-yazoo · 06-30-2011, 02:44 PM

I hope to get robos, I know they dont get diabeties the same as the others, but Ild be intrested in getting some if its good for robos! If you could link the site you sell it on that would be awesome!
I was going to get the burgess, but I read here its got lots of afalfa they dont like

thank you for making something they will acturally like thats good for them!

**Silver** · 07-01-2011, 12:53 AM

Thank You eveyone,

Im waiting to hear back from the website if its something they would like to do, to stock this food along with the pet food they already stock. So the ball's on there court so to speak.

You have all answerd my main question yes you would be interested xxx

racinghamster · 07-01-2011, 04:42 AM

I feel most of the branded commercial mixes are very much alike and people get fed up with the `fillers` that bulk out these mixes like alfalfa, corn/maize and typically, all the fatty peanuts and sunflower seeds. These are fine to feed, but I feel they are placed to high on the ingredients list in favour or many other grains that could be added instead.

Rat rations website is an example of a site where you can buy many grains and seeds in various quantities and add these to a commercial mix as required, which is basically what I do. But I would also like to see manufacturers replacing these bland ingredients with better choices like:

Buckwheat
Puffed rice
Flaked rice
Flaked soya
Flaked barley
Pearl barley
Flaked oats

These sorts of things and of course, smaller seeds within a dwarf mix like linseed, millets, buckwheat, puffed/flaked rice and generally better grains and seeds than alfalfa and corn.

My chinese hamster loves the Burgess Supahamster Harvest original mix as it contains small biscuits and grains and I add other bits and pieces to this for her. Anyone with a dwarf hamster should consider this mix because the only ingredients that need picking out are the corn/maize and banana pieces. Everything else is edible and can be added to. harry Hamster has huge biscuits which are more suited to syrians.

Because manufactureres don`t take the diabetes concern to hand when making these foods, they add banana chips, corn/maize and sometimes fruit pieces to mixes, when they really should NOT be fed at all. So you definately need to be your own detective when feeding dwarf hamsters as it`s so very important to maintian their health and prevent the onset of diabetes. Because diabetes is more prevailant in some dwarf species and not others and can also be spontaneous/genetic, it`s always a good idea to steer away from anything within their diet that could potentially cause diabetes.

**Silver** · 07-01-2011, 06:19 AM

Your right Racinghamster, it goes back to the percentages of each group. Also within this group give a varried range of Seeds/grains.

**Silver** · 07-09-2011, 10:38 AM

Just a quick update

I received my ingredients for the mix this will be the second lot. The first was ok but could of been better. This second mix is brilliant but just need to tweek a couple of things. Its not untill you actually blend the ingrediants together you can see whats right & whats not quiet right

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So it will take a couple more months because I want to get it perfect before selling it, & ive got three dwarfs & you can't introduce food quickly so will take a while for them to get threw this lot before ordering my "hopefuly" last ingrediants.

First taste they love it so thats great as the ingrediants will stay basically the same as this one just 2 tweeks

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**Silver** · 07-21-2011, 01:58 PM

Ok Just another quick update

My three hammy's have been on this mix must be for 12 days now & they are loving it . There are so many different grains & seeds that each day they get a different mix in there food bowl. They love sorting through it.

And the best news is that the only wastage is a little herb & the seed shells, ive cleaned them out since starting this mix & they are not storing anyone thing more that another so almost zero wastage .

My three are well, happy & contented. The output is the same on this mix as it was on the shop brought ones so all is looking good

So because of this I have two mix's which I now know will work great. I will leave my three on this for a month then order my next lot of ingredients to make the last mix before hopefully selling them.

Im so excited