Hamsters are omnivorous which means they eat both vegetable and insects. Your little furry friend’s wild cousins would eat seeds, grains, and nuts. They will also eat fresh fruits and veggies and small insects. This is very different from the diet that your pet hamster will eat. Your pet hamsters main diet will mainly consist of either pellets or dried muesli but you can give him other things in moderation like seeds, fruit, veggies, chicken and boiled eggs. Below is a list of safe food for your hamster. If you can’t get organic always remember to wash anything you feed to him in case of pesticides etc.
This is safe food for Syrian Hamsters. I will put separate lists up for safe food for Dwarf Hamsters and Chinese Hamsters.
GREENS
Asparagus
Artichoke
Beansprouts
Beetroot
Bell Peppers
Broccoli
Bok Choy
Butternut squash
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
courgettes
Corn or Baby Corn
Cucumber
Green Beans
Kale
Mangetout
Peas
Pumpkin
Runner Bens
Spinach
Sprouts
Sweet Potato (cooked)
Swede
Turnip
White Potato (cooked)
FRUIT
Apple (no seeds as they are poisonous to hamsters)
Apricot
Banana
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cherries
Dates
Figs
Grapes
Kiwi
Mango
Peach
Pear
Raspberries
Strawberries
HERBS
Basil
Dill
Fennel
Mint
Oregano sage
Thyme
Parsley
Wheat Sprouts
SEEDS, NUTS AND TREATS
Baby Food (no onion, garlic, leek, spices or pork)
Beech Nuts
Brazil Nuts
Cat Biscuits
Cereals (non sugary. eg shreddies, shredded wheat, weetabix etc)
Cashew Nuts
Chicken (cooked, no seasoning or oil)
Cheese (low fat. Small amounts)
Crickets (dried is often preferred)
Dog Biscuits (Bonio, Pedigree Denta Rask, Pedigree Milk Bones)
Egg (boiled or scrambled. No seasoning)
Fish (cooked)
Hazel Nuts
Meal Worms – Dried
Millet Seed/Millet Spray
Pasta
Pecan Nuts
Peanuts (Not Salted))
Pistachio Nuts
Prunes
Sultanas
Turkey (cooked, no seasoning, no oil)
Walnuts
Wholemeal Bread (uncooked or toasted, no butter)
Hamsters digestive systems very sensitive so any changes to their diet should be done gradually. If you are changing your hamster’s food to include types of fruit or vegetables he’s never eaten before, only add one at a time and monitor him for any tummy upsets. This way you will be able to identify which vegetable is causing him problems so you can exclude it from his diet. Be aware that not all fruit and veg are safe food for your hamster
