Alot of people are asking me 'what treats can i give my hamster/s?' So i have decided to do a thread, on what they can Have as treats, twice a week or so. Do not feed your hamster any other treats that arenot listed here.

Fruit & Veg.
Alfalfa
Apple (seedless)
Asparagus
Avocado (skinned and seedless)
Banana
Basil
Blackberries
Blueberries
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts - small amounts occasionally - not all hamsters like the strong taste
Calabrese
Cabbage - should only be fed in small amounts occasionally as too much can cause health problems
Carrots
Cauliflower leaves and stalks
Celery
Cherries - stones should be removed as they can be dangerous if gnawed
Chestnuts
Chicory
Chinese Leaves
Coriander
Corn-on-the-Cob
Corn Salad
Courgette
Cranberries
Cress
Cucumber
Curly Kale
Dates
Endive
Fenugreek
Feijoa
Figs
Grapes
Green beans
Kale - should only be fed in small amounts occasionally as too much can cause health problems
Kidney Beans (cooked)
Kiwi Fruit
Kumquat
Lettuce - small amounts occasionally - in excess it can cause liver problems
Logan Berries
Lychee
Mange Tout
Mango
Marrow
Melon
Mint
Mung
Okra
Pak Choy
Papaya
Parsley - a good tonic
Peach
Pear
Peas
Plums - stones should be removed as can be dangerous when gnawed
Potato (cooked)
Raspberries
Raspberry Plant leaves - beneficial for diarrhoea
Rhubarb (cooked)
Rocket Chard
Sage
Sorrel
Squash
Star Fruit
Strawberries
Sugar Cane - small amounts
Sweet Potato
Soybean Sprouts
Swede
Sweetcorn
Sweet Peppers
Ugli Fruit
Turnip
Water Chestnuts
Watermelon
Water Spinach

Plants & flowers.(make sure you thorughly wash anyof these before feeding to your hamster.)
Alyssum
Asters
Bramble leaves
Blackberry leaves
Burnet
Chickweed
Clover
Coltsfoot
Cornflowers
Cow Parsley
Crosswort
Dandelion leaves and flower
Dock
Groundsel
Hawthorn leaves
Hedge Parsley
Knot Grass
Mallow
Marigolds
Michaelmas Daisies
Nasturtiums
Nipplewort
Phlox
Plaintain
Roses
Salvias
Shepherds Purse
Sow Thistle
Sweetpeas
Trefoil
Vetch
Wallflowers
Watercress
Young grass

Other Tasty Treats.(You should be careful not to feed too much sweetened food as these could cause the hamster to become fat.)
Acorns
Almonds (sweet almonds, shelled)
Beechnuts
Biscuits
Boiled Potatoes
Brazil Nuts
Bread (fresh or stale)
Breakfast Cereals
Cake - but not chocolate cake
Cashew Nuts
Chicken (cooked)
Coconuts
Crickets
Currents
Dog Biscuits
Egg (scrambled or boiled)
Fish (cooked)
Hazel Nuts
Mealworms
Meat (cooked)
Nuts
Pecan Nuts
Peanuts (shelled or unshelled)
Pistachio Nuts
Prunes
Raisins
Sweet Chestnuts
Sultanas
Toast
Walnuts

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I give mine those rotastak treats every now and then but only a little bit because it's hamster chocolate and I don't want them to get overly fat (except Tama because she is tiny lol). I also give them those fruit and nut sticks you can hang in their cage. Thanks for the list I was wondering what fresh food to give them! Oh and sometimes I give them mealworms but only once a week or every other week.

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good info.....waffles LOVES mango...

I wonfer if a Mod will stiky the thread?

Someone go ask i get to shy

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Can they eat potato peelings? I have some of them in the kitchen from dinner last night

Char
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Noo they can only eat cooked potatoe including skin

But inly in SMALL amounts

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will sticky the thread when theres a few more posts on it hun, and see how popular it is. Hope thats ok.

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Okay thanks hun

hopefully more people will post as its such a frequent question thats asked, it starts to get boring!
Lol

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wow, there's loads of stuff thats safe for them to eat! I think thats a great list, it definately deserves to be stickied as it will probably apply to most other rodents as well as hamsters

I'm surprised that they can have cake lol i'd only ever suggest little bits of leftover crumbs and stuff for them though, if it's fattening to us, imagine how fattening it is to them!

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yeah I'll end up with pop bellied robos that can't run away from me when I try to catch them and when they see the cake they will attack it to death lol

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