hamsters
2007-02-22 09:08:08 · 4 answers · asked by tiggerswifey03 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Definitely. I am a show breeder and am always experimenting with different diets to increase the size of my hamsters. The best blend of food will give you a big hamster.
I currently feed a lab block called RMH 3000 (Rat Mouse Hamster 3000) made by Purina Mills. It is a true lab block sold to labratories. It only comes in 50 lb bags for about $22 and I have to have a local feed mill order it in for me. The lab blocks have 100% nutrition. I also suppliment with my own blend of seed and diet blends that the feed store sells. I blend Squirrel Chow (lots of different seeds and nuts by Purina- different than Purina Mills), small animal food (it has uncooked oatmeal and alfalfa pellets, hulled peanuts, black oil sunflower seed and sometimes a parrot or cockatiel mix.
The balanced diet of the lab blocks with the added proteins and fats from the seed/nut blend are giving me some of the largest pups I've ever had.
Back when I first switched to the RMH 3000 from the other lab block that most feed stores sell, I ran a small experiment. I had two litters born a day apart. The parents of both litters were all close to the same size comparitively so the pups could be expected to be similar sizes. One of the litters I fed the "normal" block and the other litter I fed the RMH 3000. The difference was remarkable. Every pup being feed the RMH 3000 was larger than the pups in the other litter. That's all I needed to see. I didn't even finish using the "normal" block I still had, I put it outside for the squirrels.
So there's the long explaination that diet does effect growth.
-Janice
http://www.holmdenhillhaven.
2007-02-22 23:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by radiocricket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what you mean by food group
Your hamster should always be fed a proper hamster food sold at a pet store, with the occasional greens given to it. Changing a brand of food wont hurt it
2007-02-22 17:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by allyalexmch 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No i dont think so hamsters eat almost any food so i dont think it would affect its growth
2007-02-22 17:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by stace 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes of coarse and some stuffl make him die.
2007-02-22 17:12:43 · answer #4 · answered by rabbithorsegirl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋