仓鼠可以吃什么？

仓鼠很可爱，很小，相对容易照顾，如果能进行社交和温柔的对待，它们也会对啮齿类动物非常有感情。这使它们成为非常受欢迎的“口袋宠物”。但就像任何宠物一样，无论大小，喂养正确的饮食对于保持毛茸茸的朋友健康和感觉良好至关重要。您想要提供仓鼠食物来滋养您的宠物的整个生命阶段。

在野外，仓鼠是杂食动物，这意味着它们既吃植物材料，也吃偶尔的昆虫来获取蛋白质。它们经常将食物塞进颊囊中，这样可以轻松地将食物带回洞穴以安全食用。当然，不可否认的是，看到你的宠物仓鼠的颊囊塞得满满的，这无疑是可爱的，即使在安全的笼子里，这也是一种本能行为。

宠物仓鼠可以吃颗粒、种子混合物、新鲜食物和零食的混合物。宠物的大部分饮食应由商店购买的优质食品组成专为仓鼠设计的食物（不是为了 老鼠, 老鼠， 或者猫）。但宠物店的食物选择可能令人眼花缭乱，即使将范围缩小到仓鼠食物也是如此。当您回到家并想为您的宠物提供新鲜食物和零食时，这些决定并不会结束。

以下是您应该了解的关于仓鼠食物的信息，包括喂养宠物仓鼠的商业产品和新鲜食物，以及一些需要避免的食物。

仓鼠颗粒食品

喂养仓鼠最简单的方法之一是颗粒状食物。仓鼠颗粒食品每一口都能提供完全均衡的饮食，因此经常被推荐。颗粒状饮食有多种形状，但通常看起来像小饼干、饼干或麦片。大多数仓鼠喜欢咀嚼它们，而颗粒可以防止仓鼠挑剔并在食物中挑选最喜欢的食物，同时拒绝不喜欢的食物，这通常是种子混合物的问题。然而，完全由颗粒组成的饮食有点单调，一些仓鼠最终会拒绝它们。

为了防止这种情况发生，并为您的宠物提供全面的饮食，请使用颗粒作为仓鼠食物的主要基础，但也可以补充其他更美味的食物。请务必阅读包装上的喂养说明，但一般来说，每天应该为仓鼠提供几汤匙颗粒。

仓鼠种子

仓鼠喜欢混合种子，但往往会挑选出自己最喜欢的，而可能会拒绝其余的。因此，最好给仓鼠喂食颗粒和松散种子相结合的饮食，或者选择包含一些颗粒的种子混合物。好的仓鼠种子混合物含有多种成分，包括谷物、种子和干蔬菜或水果。大多数还添加了维生素和矿物质。

When feeding a loose seed mix, make sure your hamster empties the food bowl before adding more, rather than allowing your hamster to eat only its favorite things, which can lead to a nutritional deficit. And be sure the seed mix is formulated for hamsters (many such products are for both hamsters and gerbils), not for other types of rodents or for birds.

Follow the package guidelines, but as a general rule, you can offer around 1/8-cup of seed mix each day.

Fresh Foods For Hamsters

Hamsters love fresh vegetables and fruits. As a rough guideline, your hamster's diet should be made up of around 75% pellets and seeds, 20% fresh foods, and only 5% treats.

Feed your pet small bits of fresh, clean produce each day. Wash the food before offering it, and remove any uneaten foods by the end of the day so it doesn't spoil.

Some of the best fresh foods include greens, such as kale, dandelion greens, romaine lettuce, Swiss chard, and raw spinach. Fresh fruit is a definite favorite, but don't go overboard with the sweet stuff, as your pet can become overweight. Liven up your pet's diet a few times each week with small offerings of apples, bananas, berries, grapes, and melons. Stay away from citrus, however.

Your hamster should have a small "salad" of fresh vegetables each day, as well. Some especially good offerings include bites of carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, peas, squash, and cooked potatoes (other vegetables should be raw)

Feeding Your Hamster Grains, Nuts, and Protein

While the bulk of your hamster's food should be pellets, seeds, and fresh produce, you should also offer small bites of other foods each week to provide a diet more similar to what your pet would eat in the wild, as well as stave off boredom.

Most hamsters enjoy snacking on whole grains in the form of bits of whole-grain toast, whole-grain cereals, cooked pasta, and cooked rice. Avoid sugary cereals or breads with added sugar.

Like most rodents, hamsters also like nuts, but these should be offered no more than once per week, and only one or two small nuts per feeding. Give your pet only unsalted nuts, including peanuts, cashews, and walnuts. No almonds, however, which are not good for hamsters.

Hamsters also usually love peanut butter, but it must be fed carefully (as with any other sticky food) since it can get stuck in their cheek pouches and cause severe problems. A very thin layer on a piece of wood is okay as an occasional treat, but peanut butter must be given with caution. Choose peanut butter without added salt and sugar.

Like other rodents, hamsters need protein in their diets, and they do enjoy non-plant-based proteins on occasion. You can give your hamster an occasional treat of a bite or two of scrambled or hard-boiled egg, dried mealworms or crickets, or plain, cooked chicken or turkey.

Foods You Should Not Feed Hamsters

• Apple seeds
• Raw beans
• Raw potatoes
• Almonds
• Citrus fruit
• Garlic
• Onions
• Rhubarb leaves or raw rhubarb
• Chocolate
• Any sugary or salty foods
• Any junk food
• Red meat

The Best Hamster Diet

The ideal diet for a hamster is a pelleted diet supplemented by a seed mix, and with occasional additions of fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, nuts, and protein. There is no need for commercial treats if you feed your pet the above foods, as the extras are more than enough "treat" for your hamster. Of course, your hamster should always have access to fresh, clean water.