Being Picky

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Originally Posted by racinghamster

It`s frustrating with hamsters because unlike mice, they eat everything in the dish! But hamsters seem to store food a lot and you never know if they are actually eating a lot or just going through the motions of hamster hoarding behaviour!

Maybe we feed too much in one go. I`ve been guilty of this and giving my Russian hybrid daily `top up`s` only to find most of it stashed! So I`ve learned to half what I feed him and check what`s still in the dish the next morning before I give more.

That's a good point and in light of what you said, I checked Madam's food stores. Thankfully she's only got the one at the moment and she'd stashed the sunflower seeds and some mealworms. Possibly in the hope that I'd see her food bowl and top it up so she doesn't have to eat the food she doesn't like so much.

In a way I don't blame her because I think I'd probably try the same thing.

[racinghamster]

It`s a game of cat and mouse! We top up the food and then stash it! I couldn`t get over the stores of millet seed I found inside Chub`s bed area! He sleeps in a long upturned tissue box and the ends are opened up as he likes his doors! But he shoes all the shavings into big heaps and hides all the food underneath, thinking I won`t see or find it! The little minx!!! x