Providing a balanced diet for a desert hamster is easy!
(If you do it the way I do!)



Bright Spot likes his balanced diet.


Place fresh food in a small glass hamster bowl daily. Also fill a small glass hamster bowl with fresh water every day. (I wash and dry the bowls, then let them air-dry for a few minutes every day before refilling them with fresh food and water.)

Our desert hamster menu:

    Bright Spot, Puffball, Fluffball, Buffball Dustball's DAILY MENU:
    • regular hamster food
    • uncooked oatmeal, rice, barley
    • millet
    Bright Spot, Puffball, Fluffball, Buffball and Dustball's VARIED MENU:
    • dried fruit - Monday, Wednesday, Friday
    • dried vegetables - Saturday
    • fresh fruit (apple, pear, banana - no citrus) - Tuesday, Thursday
    • hamster treats (like yogurt drops and peanut chews) - Sunday night
    • cooked egg - Sunday morning
    • chicken - when being served for people dinner
    • cooked potatoes - when being served for people dinner
    • freeze dried crickets - Saturday


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