Posted: March 27, 2012, 3:55 p.m. EDT
Fresh foods should be offered to your hamster as a treat food only. Offer your hamster one or two pieces total in a small amount two to three days apart. Too much can cause diarrhea.
The only time I give fresh foods more often is in cases where a nursing mother hamster may benefit from the additional moisture or hamster babies may need it because they can’t drink from a bottle.
Fruits
Apple (sweet types, no seeds)
Banana
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Cherries, pitted
Cranberries
Dates
Figs
Grapes
Kiwi
Kumquat
Loganberries
Mango
Melon
Papaya
Peach
Pear
Plums, pitted
Raspberries
Raspberry plant leaves
Star Fruit
Strawberries
Watermelon
Herbs
Basil
Parsley
Sage
Others
Chestnuts
Mealworms
Vegetables
Alfalfa
Asparagus
Avocado, skinned, pitted
Broccoli
Carrots
Cauliflower, leaves and stalks
Corn-on-the-cob
Cucumber
Green beans
Mung beans
Okra
Peas
Spinach
Squash
Soybean sprouts
Sweet corn
Sweet peppers
Sweet Potato
Turnip
Water chestnuts
Watercress
Excerpt from the Popular Critters Series magabook Hamsters with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Hamsters here.