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06-17-2022, 09:48 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 5
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Can I give my hamster these seed sprouts?
I planted a few seeds from my hamster’s seed mix in a container with coconut fiber. I planted red milo, white millet, sun flower seeds and a few others. I planted them to see if they would sprout, and to my surprise they did! Once the sprouts get a little bigger, would it be ok to feed them to my hamster?
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06-17-2022, 10:41 AM
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Hamster Overlord
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: London
Posts: 763
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Re: Can I give my hamster these seed sprouts?
I don't recommend feeding sprouted milo (aka sorghum) as the sprouts can contain not insignificant amounts of cyanide. Sprouted millet is potentially suspect for similar reasons.
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The average amount (61.3 mg) of HCN obtained in our laboratory from sprouts grown from 100g of seed exceeds the average fatal dose for an adult.
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Sprouted wheat and oats are safe to feed, likely sunflower as well.
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06-17-2022, 11:05 AM
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House of Hamsters
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Posts: 7,103
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Re: Can I give my hamster these seed sprouts?
Wow, that is interesting information. 100g of seeds is a lot of seeds but still, i hadn't expected cyanide.
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06-17-2022, 11:19 AM
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Cosmic Hamsters
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 2,593
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Re: Can I give my hamster these seed sprouts?
I did not know that Sushi, not sprouted sorghum, but i might have sprouted millet once.
Cypher put me on to some awesome hamster seeds which I use all the time, i also grow flax shoots which seem to be the hammies fav
Clefairy How to grow food for your hamster - YouTube link to the seeds is in the description, just in case you want to try growing something else too
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06-17-2022, 11:43 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 5
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Re: Can I give my hamster these seed sprouts?
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Originally Posted by sushi_78
I don't recommend feeding sprouted milo (aka sorghum) as the sprouts can contain not insignificant amounts of cyanide. Sprouted millet is potentially suspect for similar reasons.
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Sprouted wheat and oats are safe to feed, likely sunflower as well.
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Wow, i didn’t know millet would be an unsafe sprout. I guess i’ll grow the unsafe seeds and see if i can harvest them. As for the grains and oats that i’ve planted, are there any unsafe varieties i should avoid?
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06-17-2022, 11:49 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Sep 2021
Posts: 5
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Re: Can I give my hamster these seed sprouts?
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Originally Posted by LunaTheHamster1
I did not know that Sushi, not sprouted sorghum, but i might have sprouted millet once.
Cypher put me on to some awesome hamster seeds which I use all the time, i also grow flax shoots which seem to be the hammies fav
Clefairy How to grow food for your hamster - YouTube link to the seeds is in the description, just in case you want to try growing something else too
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Thank you, i’ll see if I can find any of the safe clover seeds to grow that were mentioned in the description. I have a feeling my hamster would really like clover and possibly the chickweed.
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06-17-2022, 02:00 PM
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#7
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Hamster Overlord
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: London
Posts: 763
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Re: Can I give my hamster these seed sprouts?
Any kind of wheat or oats should be ok.
With millet, I believe it depends on the variety how safe it is sprouted. It's definitely "less unsafe" than sorghum (bear in mind that poisons are all around us and basically every plant contains a poison of some kind - it's the dose that matters) but not having looked into which varieties are safe, I avoid sprouted millet.
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