Make Hamster Food, Water and Bedding Choices

Give your hamster a happy, healthy home.
There are a lot of hamster products out there and a lot of ways to give them to your hamster. This page will help your make the right decisions and make sure your hammy lives a long and healthy life!

1. Choose good bedding. The best bedding is shredded toilet paper or paper towels, or a type of soft bedding (like Carefresh), or aspen bedding. All three are practically harmless. Some types of bedding can be hazardous to your hamster. Any fluffy bedding, such as cotton, can KILL your hamster. If you use wood shavings, avoid cedar. It releases aromatic oils into the cage that can be fatal to your hamster(s). Pine isn't a wonderful choice but it's better than cedar so if those are your only choices, pick pine.
2. Spread the bedding thickly enough that your hamster can burrow in it.
3. Pick appropriate food. Never try to make your own food, because your hamsters will miss out on some of the essential nutrients they need to survive. They like variety, so try to buy food with different food types. Pellets work well too.
4. Feed your hamster every day. Remove old or stale food regularly.
5. Maintain a steady diet. Do not change your hamsters food or diet suddenly; take it slow. Add a little more of the new food every couple of days until all your hamster's food is the new kind.
6. Play with your hamster. Hide the food around the cage for them to find. Don't do this too much, though, as they may not be able to find it, and the food will go stale. Remove any leftover hidden food when you change the bedding. Also have them run around on the ground freely but you must be watching them. always keep them away from corners and wires.
7. Try hand feeding occasionally; it will build a trust bond between you and your little friend.
8. Give your hamster water, ideally in a plastic bottle. If you use a plastic bottle, make sure that the ball is metal, not plastic. Bottles are easier to handle and keep the water cleaner. If you use a bowl, choose one that is about 1 1/2 inch tall and fill it about halfway.
9. Hamsters prefer bottled water, but it isn't necessary for them to survive.
10. Place something in the cage that the hamsters can chew on. Because they are rodents, their teeth continue to grow. They must chew something to wear down this growth. Hamster-safe wood is good

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