How to Make Your Own Hamster Seed Mix
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2020
- Hi, I made this video to explain how I made a homemade seed mix for my hamster and hopefully this will provide a good basis of understanding for you if you would like to make one too! I go into what kind of ingredients should go into the mix, how many ingredients you should try and aim for and how to use Excel to calculate the percentages of protein, fat and fibre each ingredient would provide to the mix. If you’re completely new to hamster nutrition, my previous video outlines some basics • What Should You Feed Y... but I recommend also doing your own further research as well as checking out the links below.
** Here is a link to download the spreadsheet that I used in my example, I have already input the formulae so you can have a go messing around with proportions and then switching the ingredients/adding more or less etc. I personally wouldn't use the ingredients and proportions as they already are in this sheet because the fibre is pretty low and the fat is pretty high but again this is your call as you will know your hamster and their diet best. Then the second sheet lets you calculate the proportions of your commercial mix with your homemade one, I have linked the cells so once you have calculated the nutritional info of your homemade mix, they should already appear in the second sheet :-) docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... **
Useful Links:
A really great guide to help you understand hamster nutrition - hamsterhideout.com/forum/topic...
The basis of what my knowledge and this video is built on -
www.hamstersociety.sg/hamster...
Variety and quality analysis -
hamsterhideout.com/forum/topic...
A forum discussing mixing commercial foods/making your own -
www.hamstercentral.com/communi...
www.hamstercentral.com/communi...
A German perspective -
www.diebrain.de/hi-futter.html
Commercial food analysis -
dashinghamsters.blogspot.com/2...
USDA -
fdc.nal.usda.gov/
Nutrition Data -
nutritiondata.self.com/
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How i make my hamster see mix-
-100g of small seeds of various herbs and spices
-200g of a mixture of cereals (primarily barley, oats, dicotyledonous wheat, buckwheat)
-100g of dried spices
-100g unsweetened integral muesli without fruit, or cereal flakes
-80g insects / proteins: locusts and dried worms flour, larvae, etc.
-50g of dried vegetables and pea flakes
-50g of sunflower, hazelnut and walnut seeds
-50g of a mixture of pea leaves, rice or corn leaves, dried fruit
Tysm ❤️
God your a life saver
For some reason no one wants to share exactly what they use and do
@@claudiabees lmaoo tysm
No spices
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They can't have that....
@@LovetteKourt well I think it depends (parsley and basil should be fine)
Mabel is such an adorable name for a hamster!!
Accio me thank you so much! I’ve loved it ever since I played animal crossing when I was younger and found out that was the name of one of the hedgehogs😂
Mabel was my friends name
this is one of the most useful things I've found on making hamster mixes. thank you for making this
Mabel is so lucky to have a caring parent like you 😌
proserpine333 thank you so much, I try my best🐹❣️
Ok, but why was the ingredient pouring so satisfying? Also, your hamster is so photogenic. Me hamster literally HATES the camera. And even when she comes out, she doesn't do much.
Aubrey Johnson hahah I’m glad you enjoyed that, it was definitely my favourite part! Aww some hamsters have way more shy/calm personalities but it might help if you give her her food in a boredom breaker (like the ones in my vid from a few weeks ago) then she’ll have something to do and you can watch her work out how to get into them😊
@@happyhamster7213 I love watching her pull the food out of the cardboard thing.
Absolutely adored this video thank you so so much
Thanks for the help! Im not a native english speaker but you explain so well that I understood you perfectly
Very cute little hamster
I love this video! Would you consider sharing...or even selling your spreadsheet? I would love to buy it to calculate my own hamster mix. I currently have 4 hamsters - one adult Syrian female, two adult Winter Whites, and one adult Campbell's. I've had as many as 7 at once because we rescue them when owner's decide they no longer want them. I love them all so much and plan to keep rescuing these wonderful little animals! Please consider sharing or selling your spreadsheet, as it would be of great help. Thank you!
Amazing video!
Thank you so much!
Great Video!
I've been looking for a video explaining this for a month now,
weevils ....thankyou for explaining about how they come to be in the food and how to prevent this .so freezing the food does not damage the seed mix inside ...also i found these wevils in my container that i kept dog biscuits in ...would freezing dog biscuits too be ok .this is a very informative video well done .
I'm glad I could help a little! From my experience and the research that I've done, freezing causes no damage whatsoever and should be fine for your dog biscuits too - I even freeze my pellets now just in case lol
How does the measurements work? if its 8% oats will it be 8g? This video really helped me out and i made my own excel!!
Just wondering do you cook the legumes you give your hamsters? For example I read chickpeas can be dangerous if not cooked so kinda curious about that. 😅
what is that website that you are on? ( Real foods) it wont pop up when i look for it?
Hi, I know this is an old video but I've found it very useful! Can this be fed to young hamsters or just adult? Is there anything you would add or take away for a young hamster? Many thanks...
I have a question how do you convert the percentages to weight I can’t find any converters 😢 please reply ASAP thank you!!
How did you go about calculating the amount of grams based on the percentages?
Hi can you share your spreadsheet? I live in Brazil, can I add nuts?
Wowowoowow
Tom Challinor 😂😂
THANK YOU FOE SHARING.
These other hamster owners are to selfish to share
My hamster and my gerbils wont eat pellets or blocks. I've tried a few different ones. I have taken away the seed mix and only feeding the pellets they still refused and were losing weight
I can’t find the % for dehydrated carrot, beetroot, parsnip, banana or raspberry. Please could you help? :)
my hamster loves this mix, although I'm confused about the chicken, after switching from chicken to turkey (as its Christmas) the protein content has halved so I looked at other sources, and found that chicken is only 45% protein not 80%, how did you get 80% and would this be the same for turkey?
Freeze dried chicken
I am going to get hamster really soon so i wach vids and i am going to make my own hamster food
aw how exciting! I bet you'll have so much fun together, do you have any name ideas yet?
how long does the mix last? I'm concerned that it will be more expensive
I’m still going through the initial mix that I made so I’d say that lasts 4/5 months however I do have all of the ingredients I used leftover (minus the veggies). It’s no doubt more expensive to begin with however I think it’ll even out in the end as you won’t find yourself needing to repurchase many if any of the components used
@@happyhamster7213 thank you! also where did you get your freeze dried chicken from?
Ellen Moore no worries! I got mine from Amazon but you can also get a similar sort from Asda 😊 groceries.asda.com/product/cat-treats/hi-life-100-chicken-breast-treats/910001363424
@@happyhamster7213 ah thank you so much!
No entendí 😢
would you consider selling your mix?
A R because I understand that getting all of the individual ingredients is quite expensive (especially as you have to buy most of them in bulk) I have considered it but I’d need whoever was purchasing to understand that the nutritional levels I’ve calculated are my best estimate and aren’t completely accurate. It’s also a hard one because when you make your own you can tailor it to your hamster’s age, weight and general dietary needs so unless I knew these things about a person’s hamster I don’t know how responsible it would be to sell my exact one
@@happyhamster7213 I see, well if you ever decide to you could always list it as a "topper" for commercial mix! I would definitely purchase if you made an Etsy shop
A R that would be a better idea! Ahh thank you for your support, if it ever happens I will let you know 😊
I thought hamster not allowed eat pellet (every kind of pellet)
No. Who told you that information?
@@thejoshowd6418 I find that information in instagram, i wanna adopt a hamster, and it says " do not feed pellets to your hamster "
@@nica.5752 false information.
@@nica.5752 unless they are bad pellets? Like Oxbow pellets
@@thejoshowd6418 Ouu thanks for the info :)
I am awful at maths
Help
I really want to create my hamster a seed mix but that would probably top me =(
Hey, don't worry I know it can be a bit overwhelming especially if you're not used to using Excel! I've got your back though and have put the link to my example spreadsheet in the description box, all the formulae is already done so you just need to have a play around with proportions to get used to it and then you can add your own different ingredients to it once you've got the hang of things 😊 but if you need any more help, just drop me another comment and I will try my best to answer any questions!
@@happyhamster7213 thank you so much. I really want to give my hammy the best life. I'll try it out. Ps:ur videos are amazing
@@hellohellohellothere2026 no worries at all, it's so lovely of you to try go above and beyond for your little fluff ball, you sound like a wonderful owner! I'm so glad you like my vids, thank you so much for your support 😀
@@happyhamster7213 thank you
Stay safe and have a good day