Dwarf dietary questions - diabetes and tumors

[HorseyMandz]

September, your local pet store seem to know more or less what they're on about!

[Silver]

Originally Posted by Circe

Thanks for the additional link. I did do a lot of research and went in with a shopping list for their diabetic needs. I was just incredibly confused when I was then told their special diet might cause cancer! Glad to hear it was probably just the staff being misinformed.

I was working off a couple different resources that were not the one you just posted. I had read before that hard boiled eggs can be a good source of protein, but your link specifies for the first time I've seen that it should be egg whites with a small amount of yolk. That is good to know now otherwise I would have given them an equal balance of both.

To be honest I feed the whole egg, I give the egg scrambled. A good sorce of protein

Silver xxx

[Circe]

Originally Posted by HorseyMandz

Silver will be able to advise you best, but really, don't believe anything the petstores tell you. Half of the time it's stuff they make up to make more money, or to sound knowledgeable. But mealworms are a good treat for dwarfies

That's the funny thing about their "advice"... I definitely spent more money today with my diabetic shopping list than I would have just buying a basic hamster mix. So when you think about it, they were trying to talk me out of giving them extra cash. *giggles*

[Circe]

Silver, thank you as well for the comprehensive list! Are all nuts okay? I saw ground up walnuts in the bulk section and was wondering. I also stuck with canary feed for birdseed, but saw a couple other varieties that looked appealing. Are all bulk birdseed mixes generally okay as long as they don't have corn/peas?

[Circe]

Oh, and by the way, Silver... When I was seeing people post about Silver's Mix I thought it was a brand! I feel silly.

[Silver]

All nuts except Almonds. Walnuts are very good.

Most bird food mix's are good. Watch out for fat added you don't want that. The best % For Protein/Fat & Fibre is:

Protein 19%
Fat 6%
Fibre 8%

Harry Hamster/Hazel Hamster is the nearest. But it has corn & flaked peas so you could take those out & add some bird mix.

Or if you can find another hammy food or bird mix near those % then that would be the best

Silver xxx

[Silver]

Originally Posted by Circe

Oh, and by the way, Silver... When I was seeing people post about Silver's Mix I thought it was a brand! I feel silly.

Don't worry, I researched & made the mix's took me a year but got there. And as my user name is Silver people have started to call the mix's Silver's mix's

Silver xxx

[Circe]

I don't worry at all... as a matter of fact, it gives me an even higher opinion of the mix I kept reading about online!

I tend to believe the best things come from the people who live and love... not big corporations!

[Silver]

Thank You

Silver xxx