Organic food means that the use of conventional non-organic pesticides, insecticides and herbicides is greatly restricted. Organic food is gaining more popularity over the years and even hamster food has gone organic. Currently, not many pet shops offer organic food for hamsters, and those that offer these are normally homemade. A few years ago, I got my first batch of organic hamster food through a hamster enthusiast (she has a hamstery in her office!). I have since progress to mixing my own organic hamster food since it also allows me to be more flexible with the ingredients. The receipe is very simple :
(1) Oats (protein, soluble fibre & cholesterol-lowering)
(2) Flax seeds / linseeds (Omega-3, good for their fur)
(3) Hulled millets (vitamin B, magnesium, antioxidants, fibre, calcium)
(4) Plain popcorn or brown rice crackers
Apart from the above, you can also add in other ingredients which you feel might be beneficial to your hamster. However, I do suggest that you do not add any sharp objects to their food as it might impact their delicate cheek pouch. As a precaution, I will also remove all sharp objects found in their commerical food as I once had the experience of having one of my hamsters with an inflammed cheek pouch (curable by a course of antibodies).
In addition to the organic mix, I also add in commercial hamster food to their diet to give them a more balanced diet.
Bon Appetit!
Oh so there really is organic food for hamsters?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if when will organic food delivered to us? Hope it will be soon.