Vegetables
Vegetables should be fed as a part of a healthy hamster diet. A small assortment of veggies can be offered every day along with the dry food. An example would be a finger sized each of broccoli, cucumber, and carrots.
Fruits
Hamsters have very little need for sugar. Fruit should be offered no more than once a week, and then only a small finger tip sized piece.
Leaf Spinach
Because of high levels of oxalic acids, feed rarely
Broccoli
Can be fed
Chickory
High in ocalic acids, feed sparingly
Iceberg Salad
Compared to other salads, its very low in nitrates and usually well digested
Cucumber
All types of cucumber can be fed
Pumpkin
All pumpkin types suitable for human consumption can be fed
Ornamental pumpkins may not be fed
Carrots
Feed little carrot green,as it has a lot of calcium, carrots can discolor the urine
Carrots can be fed reguarly
Pastinaken
Nothing notable, can be fed reguarly
Peppers
Red
Green
Yellow
Strunk and “baby” peppers (sometimes found inside peppers) as remove these contain solanine
Rest of pepper can be fed
Beetroot
Because of the high proportion of oxalic acid feed only in small amounts
If fed to much, urine and feces can turn red
Celery
Needs to be thoroughly washed; better fed peeled; leaves can be fed as well
Tomatoes
Remove all green from the tomato plant (including stem and leaves) as it is poisonous. Remove all seeds and only feed the ripe flesh of the fruit with no green spots. Too much tomato can lead to diarrhea.
Zucchini
Can be fed, skin and all.
Corn Cobs
Pesticide free corn leaves can be fed. Cobs can be fed fresh and dry.
DO NOT FEED:
Onions, chives, legumes (beans, lentils) potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, eggplant
Vegetables should be fed as a part of a healthy hamster diet. A small assortment of veggies can be offered every day along with the dry food. An example would be a finger sized each of broccoli, cucumber, and carrots.
Fruits
Hamsters have very little need for sugar. Fruit should be offered no more than once a week, and then only a small finger tip sized piece.
Leaf Spinach
Because of high levels of oxalic acids, feed rarely
Broccoli
Can be fed
Chickory
High in ocalic acids, feed sparingly
Iceberg Salad
Compared to other salads, its very low in nitrates and usually well digested
Cucumber
All types of cucumber can be fed
Pumpkin
All pumpkin types suitable for human consumption can be fed
Ornamental pumpkins may not be fed
Carrots
Feed little carrot green,as it has a lot of calcium, carrots can discolor the urine
Carrots can be fed reguarly
Pastinaken
Nothing notable, can be fed reguarly
Peppers
Red
Green
Yellow
Strunk and “baby” peppers (sometimes found inside peppers) as remove these contain solanine
Rest of pepper can be fed
Beetroot
Because of the high proportion of oxalic acid feed only in small amounts
If fed to much, urine and feces can turn red
Celery
Needs to be thoroughly washed; better fed peeled; leaves can be fed as well
Tomatoes
Remove all green from the tomato plant (including stem and leaves) as it is poisonous. Remove all seeds and only feed the ripe flesh of the fruit with no green spots. Too much tomato can lead to diarrhea.
Zucchini
Can be fed, skin and all.
Corn Cobs
Pesticide free corn leaves can be fed. Cobs can be fed fresh and dry.
DO NOT FEED:
Onions, chives, legumes (beans, lentils) potatoes, radishes, rhubarb, eggplant