Can a hamster eat green and black grapes?

The introduction of succulent feed into the diet of a rodent is a prerequisite for its health and longevity. However, not all treats will benefit your pet. Consider whether a hamster can take grapes.

Useful and harmful qualities

Grapes are a nutritious product (calorie content 75 kcal per 100 g). It contains a lot of carbohydrates, organic acids, vitamins and microelements. Eating it is good for:

• improving the work of the heart;
• maintaining normal function of the urinary system;
• treatment of anemia, normalization of hematopoiesis.

But these berries also have negative properties. The peel causes increased gas formation, digestive disorders. A large amount of sugar leads to an increase in body weight (especially if your hamster is constantly in a cage and does not move much).

Based on all this, to answer the question of whether hamsters can take grapes, it’s better like this: yes, you can, but with restrictions.

Rules for introducing into the diet

You should treat your furry friend with juicy sweet berries, following simple rules:

• Do not give large grapes – the baby will not master all the delicacy and put aside a part “for later” in his bins. Soon the leftovers will spoil, and the pet will be seriously poisoned if he decides to try his stocks.
• Try to choose ripe berries, because unripe grapes will cause diarrhea. They are also very acidic, and this is harmful to the rodent’s stomach.
• It is better to buy green grapes for a pet, not black, and seedless.
  

  It is forbidden to feed rodents with seeds of this berry.

• Black varieties can be given, but with restrictions – only seedless and a very small amount, because these varieties are sweeter than green ones.
• In order for the berries to benefit and not harm the hamster, offer them to your pet no more than twice a week, one at a time, and only if the baby has not yet eaten sweets that day.
• Wash the treat well.

If you give grapes to hamsters, following these recommendations, the berries will give them pleasure with a pleasant taste and will not only not harm their health, but will bring benefits.

Grapes for Syrian and Djungarian hamsters

Tiny pets of the Dzungarian breed require a special diet, as they are often prone to diabetes. It is better to include sweets (fruits and berries) in this diet in very moderate amounts so as not to provoke a disease. Grapes can be given to Dzungarians quite a bit.

Syrian babies can eat berries as usual – one a day, twice a week. For them, the use of grapes is especially useful, since the substances contained in this product help prevent joint diseases, which these rodents often suffer from.

Сonclusion

Feed your pets correctly, do not forget about common sense, take into account the health characteristics of a particular individual. Sweet berries are not contraindicated for rodents, but if there is any doubt that your baby is obese or diabetic, it is better not to risk his health and not aggravate the situation.

Read also our articles about whether it is possible to feed a hamster with strawberries and watermelon.