Hello frnds i'm a beginner

[punith]

Hello frnd i'm punith and i am from india, bangalore. I bought a chines hamster on this year christmas, in my state the chewing toys are not available and there is no "Chinchilla Bath Sand".
1. So plz can any one tell me how to make chewing toys or else what to give instead of chewing toys.
2. Is there is any way to make a homemade sand bath for hamster.
3. In a month how many times shell i give treats (which is contain of sugar) to my hamster because chines hamster will get diabetes, shell i stop treat permanently
4. Dose wheat contain any amount of sugar

Thank you

[XRubyRoseX]

Hi and welcome to HC
You can make lots of homemade DIY toys out of cardboard and toilet roll tubes, have a look on YouTube and in the DIY section of the forum for ideas. I'm not sure if this is available for you, but you could always use child's play sand (like what you would put in a sandpit for a child). If not you could always see if you could order some sand online, make sure it's sand not dust though as dust can cause respiratory problems. As they are treats I'd give them occasionally, for example I give my hamsters treats as a reward when I'm taming them or after they have been out the cage if they've been good. You can give them things like sunflower and pumpkin seeds as well as things like mealworms as treats too, they have less sugar in. I have a hybrid dwarf who is prone to diabetes, so if I give him a hamster treat I snap it and give him a tiny piece, or I give him a seed instead. Wheat does contain sugars, it depends what you're using though, for example if you wanted to feed your hamster a piece of bread or pasta try to feed them the brown varieties in as they have less refined sugar in them than white.

[Thin Lizzy]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

[cypher]

I think RubyRose has pretty much answered your questions so I'll just say hi & welcome to HC
Look forward to seeing some photos of your ham

[punith]

Thank you very much XRubyRoseX. I have vitapol economic food. Mixed of lots of seeds, in that i wont give corn and flakes because it is a high sugar. Can You plz tell me which is a good seeds for my hamster. I will write down a list of seeds which is contain in my vitapol food( only this brand is available in my state )
seed names
1. wheat Bran
2.sunflower extracted meal (my hami wont eat this)
3.wheat
4.barley
5.alfalfa meal
6. grass meal
7. corn ( im not giving this one seed)
8.red sorghum
9. oat groats
10. wheat flakes
11. carob
12.striped sunflower seed
13.Black sunflower seed (giving only 5 or 6 daily)
14.dried crrot
15.flax seed
16.peanut
17.raisin
18.pea
19.Rye bran
20.beet pulp
This are the seed which is inside the vitapol ecomonic food for hamster
My hamster look like whinter white and its tail is very little bit long and it has long hears
Thank you very much for replying me XRubyRoseX and plz tell me which seeds are good for my hamster, this will be a great help from you

[XRubyRoseX]

I'm not great with seeds but they all sound ok to me, if you're worried about sugar I'd watch out on the raisins though. I feed my hamsters a mix of hamster museli (like the pre made hamster food), mixed with budgie seed mix and lentils. I'll find a link to a safe foods guide which might help you out.

[XRubyRoseX]

Safe and Unsafe Food and Plants - Hamster Central WIKI
Common fresh foods for your hamster - Hamster Central WIKI

[punith]

Hi cypher and Thin Lizzy thanks for welcoming me. this is my hamster photo i did not took a good photo because she is still a 1 and half month old and i bought her on a christams day. So let her settle 1st and than i will take a good photo, i dont want to scare her. Here is my hami photo

[punith]

Thank you this was very useful. This hamster central is great i love it

[XRubyRoseX]

She's lovely does she have a name?