What can hamsters eat fruit and veg wise?
Answer Dear Matthew, thank you for your question. Dwarf hamsters shouldn’t have fruit at all, they are very prone to diabetes, cataracts and other disease caused or helped along by too much sugar in their diet. Syrian hamsters can have both fruit and vegetables, but since fruit isn’t a very big part of their natural diet, it shouldn’t be fed that often. They can have carrots (greens, too), chard (mangold), dandelion (leaves, flowers and root), chickweed, daisies, marigold, pansies, apple, pear, chichoree, fennel, parsnip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsnip), rutabaga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga), beetroots, sunflowers, dried stinging nettle, cucumber, pumpkin (dried seeds make a good treat), celery, zucchini, basil, ribwort, strawberries and as a treat kiwi, melon, oranges, banana, grapes and raspberries/blackberries, currant berries as wel as the leaves and twigs. Leaves, twigs and branches from hazel, apple, pear, oak, willow, poplar, beech, walnut and birch trees make g
