happened to read this thread, thought it be good that i share my feeding experience with all

though dwarves like campbells and winter whites are said to be more prone in getting diabetics, feeding them moderate amounts of fruits daily will not cause them to have diabetics.

i have reared hamsters for 8 years. i started feeding moderate amounts of fresh food to all my hamsters which include syrians, campbells, winter whites and robos. it soon became their staple diet after seeing the good of it. they have nicer coats, lesser health problems and grow better in size too. btw growing better in size does not mean that the hamster is obese hamsters in US and UK are way bigger than mine and have competed in national competitions to win awards.

compared to my syrians, the portions i gave to my dwarves are 50% way lesser. the idea is to introduce assorted varieties of fruits and vegetables to them in moderate amounts so that they get all sorts of nutritional value of vitamins and minerals etc to live a healthier lifestyle.

i have kept more than 100s of dwarves over these years and i have not had any one of them with diabetics due to this fresh food diet. so feeding half tablespoon of a smoothie blend with only a ratio of 3:1 veges:fruits of a 350ml tub as compared to my portion of 20 cents coin size each of 2-3 assorted fruits is really minimal.

besides myself, i've had many friends who also put their hamsters on this diet and all of them have seen and believe the good of it

for those interested to know what are the list of veges and fruits that can be fed to our hamsters, can refer to these links that i researched and documented few years ago. though not a complete list of all the vegetables and fruits that i have fed, it has covered most of it.

List Of Veges
List Of Fruits

This post has been edited by chipmon: Aug 27 2008, 01:50 AM