Cucumber Troubles!

Jolin · 07-12-2019, 01:59 AM

Awe, that's so cute!

I would suggest letting him have those pieces of cucumber for an hour and THEN taking it away. After a while of doing this, he'll probably understand that his food is going to get taken away (At least the cucumber) if he doesn't eat it. The cucumber won't go bad in the time span of an hour, so... Yeah. Oh! I just read the first part about going to bed right after, sorry! I would give him the cucumber a bit earlier so you can do that if you want.

Good luck!

Ria P · 07-12-2019, 02:33 AM

I feed my hamster fresh food in the evening and remove any leftovers in the evening of the next day, mainly because he chucks leftovers in his toilet and it gets peed on. He's a tidy hamster. Its in a hamster's nature to hoard and veg/fruit don't go off that quickly. We keep ours for a few days and not all in the fridge.

Ria P · 07-12-2019, 04:55 AM

Just noticed that you're in California which is a bit warmer than England, UK. I'd give him a small portion like a quarter of a slice he's likely to eat in one sitting if you're worried about it going off and see how that goes. He may even decide to eat it there and then.
Hamsters are strong willed little creatures.....

CharlieHamHam · 07-12-2019, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ria P

I feed my hamster fresh food in the evening and remove any leftovers in the evening of the next day, mainly because he chucks leftovers in his toilet and it gets peed on. He's a tidy hamster. Its in a hamster's nature to hoard and veg/fruit don't go off that quickly. We keep ours for a few days and not all in the fridge.

This made me laugh

Thanks for the replies.

CharlieHamHam · 07-12-2019, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jolin

Awe, that's so cute!

I would suggest letting him have those pieces of cucumber for an hour and THEN taking it away. After a while of doing this, he'll probably understand that his food is going to get taken away (At least the cucumber) if he doesn't eat it. The cucumber won't go bad in the time span of an hour, so... Yeah. Oh! I just read the first part about going to bed right after, sorry! I would give him the cucumber a bit earlier so you can do that if you want.

Good luck!

Great idea! I will do this.
Also, Charlie has a similar pattern to the hamster in your profile picture, hehe.