Dwarf Hamsters and Bird Seed Mix?

[cee]

After reading some recommendations for mixing smaller seeds into existing hamster food..could you mix in bird seed mix designed for wild birds which would have bits like millet/linseed etc into it? or am I better off with something like budgie/cockateil mix?

any help would be appreciated!

[souffle]

Many people add the Trill Budgie mix to the dwarf hamster food and it seems to be well liked. I would go for this rather than the parrot mix as that contains too many sunflower seeds really.

[cee]

Cool I will try that - He gets enough Sunflower seeds from his P@H ham muesli mix so don't want to add anymore. I've gotta go down to Wilkinsons tomorrow and I think my local one does stock boxes of Trill..

Are there other large-ish seeds that I could give to Pikachu rather than Sunflower seeds ie Pumpkin seeds?

[souffle]

Dwarfs tend to ignore the large seeds. You could try lentils, bulgar wheat, soya beans, barley or even the dried 'soup' mix from supermarkets which contains a bit of everything. They like a dried mealworm too.

[cee]

I have ummed and ahhed about dried mealworms, just don't fancy the idea of having a large pot of them in my flat!! I might convince my Dad to start feeding the garden birds with dried mealworm so I can at least share the batch rather than have too many to myself.

Was going to go Wilkinsons today but I've been sent home from work ill, damn food poisoning