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omg asked in PetsRodents · 10 years ago

Is feeding my dwarf hamster with salt saturated foods a good idea? Will she pee a lot?

I feed my hamster with fries snack, made of sunflower oil, potatoes, and salt. I'm taking her quite a lot on my hands and it's disgusting when her crotch is wet from pee. Also she makes pee on everything she's on. One time she peed on my forehead :). Could her consumption of salt make her consume more water, thus peeing more constantly?

Is salt healthy for her?

I feed her with healthy hamster food mix, of course.

Update:

@Paul, I won't do it cuz I'm afraid she'll get dehydrated.

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  • 10 years ago
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    They should get enough salt from their diet, so she's most likely getting way too much. Humans are much bigger (!) therefore we can process a lot more salt, therefore there is more in our food. Dwarf breeds are way smaller (again, !) so they don't need and can't process as much salt as we can, so it shouldn't be in their food.

    Is her "crotch" yellow and "soaked in pee" constantly? It could be a serious condition.

    Stop feeding her so much salt. Dwarf breeds are from semi-desert areas and instinctively limit the amount of water they drink by themselves. If you have her out of the cage constantly, of course she's gonna pee everywhere.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I don't think a LOT of salt is good for ANY living creature. You have to feed a balanced and nutritious variety.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    i have a dwarf hamster my self i feed my one hamster food mix some times a tiny bite of carrot they will also eat biscut just a half thats all you should feed it.

  • 10 years ago

    Just limit what you give him

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  • 10 years ago

    if its peeing just limit its water supply

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