Vegetables and herbs that are safe to feed a hamster are:

Alfafa Apple (seedless) Asparagus Avocado (skinned and seedless) Banana Basil Blackberries Blueberries Broccoli Brussel Sprouts - small amounts occasionally - not all hamsters like the strong taste Calabrese Cabbage - should only be fed in small amounts occasionally as too much can cause health problems Carrots Cauliflower leaves and stalks Celery Cherries - stones should be removed as they can be dangerous if gnawed Chestnuts Chicory Chinese Leaves

Coriander Corn-on-the-Cob Corn Salad Courgettes Cranberries Cress Cucumber Curly Kale Dates Endive Fenugreek Feijoa Figs Grapes Green beans Kale - should only be fed in small amounts occasionally as too much can cause health problems Kidney Beans (cooked) Kiwi Fruit Kumquat Lettuce - small amounts occasionally - in excess it can cause liver problems Logan Berries Lychee Mange Tout

Mango Marrow Melon Mint Mung Okra Pak Choy Papaya Parsley - a good tonic Peach Pear Peas Plums - stones should be removed as can be dangerous when gnawed Potato (cooked) Raspberries Raspberry Plant leaves - beneficial for diarrhoea Rhubarb (cooked) Rocket Chard Sage Sorrel Squash Star Fruit Strawberries Sugar Cane - small amounts

Sweet Potato Soybean Sprouts Swede Sweetcorn Sweet Peppers Ugli Fruit Turnip Water Chestnuts Watermelon Water Spinach

Vegetables and herbs that should not be fed are:

Kidney Beans (raw) Onion Potato (raw) Potato tops Rhubarb (raw) Rhubarb leaves Tomato leaves

Wild Plants and flowers which can be fed to hamsters are:

Alyssum Asters Bramble leaves Blackberry leaves Burnet Chickweed Clover Coltsfoot Cornflowers Cow Parsley Crosswort Dandelion leaves and flower Dock Groundsel Hawthorn leaves Hedge Parsley Knot Grass Mallow Marigolds Michaelmas Daisies Nasturtiums Nipplewort Phlox

Plaintain Roses Salvias Shepherds Purse Sow Thistle Sweetpeas Trefoil Vetch Wallflowers Watercress Young grass

The following should not be fed as they are poisonous to hamsters:

Bindweed Bluebells Bulbs Buttercups Clematis Crocus Deadly Nightshade Elder Evergreen Plants

Hemlock Henbane Horse Chestnut Laurel leaves Oak leaves Privet Ragwort Scarlet Pimpernel Speedwell Toadflax

Other titbits that can be fed to your hamster include:

Acorns Almonds (shelled) Beechnuts Biscuits Boiled Potatoes Brazil Nuts Bread (fresh or stale) Breakfast Cereals Cake - but not chocolate cake Cashew Nuts

Chicken (cooked) Cheese Coconuts Crickets Currents Dog Biscuits Egg (scrambled or boiled) Fish (cooked) Hazel Nuts Mealworms Meat (cooked) Nuts Pecan Nuts Peanuts (shelled or unshelled) Pistachio Nuts Prunes Raisins Sweet Chestnuts Sultanas Toast Walnuts

You should be careful not to feed too much sweetened food as these could cause the hamster to become fat.

Never feed a hamster any of the following:

Buttercups Chocolate Garlic* Onions Rabbit Mix (containing antibiotic ingredients) Raw Kidney Beans Sweets Toffee