My robo dwarf hamster will only eat sunflower seeds?

I really just don't know what to do all she will eat is sunflower seeds, the container i put her food in she always goes into it and digs making her cage a mess.


Help please?

My robo dwarf hamster will only eat sunflower seeds?
It's much healthier to feed your hamster a quality lab block. The problem with mixes is that the hamster will only pick out the foods they like, in turn making it so it's not really nutritionally complete. Lab blocks have all the nutrients, so if you feed them in combination with a little bit of treat-stuff (Like grains and sunflower seeds) you don't have to worry about what they're eating.





Making a cage a mess is just kind of how hamsters are. :P they like to sit in their food dish when they eat. Maybe try getting a larger food dish?
Reply:This same thing happened when I brought my robos home. All they would eat from their dish of mixed food was the sunflower seeds. I actually got them to eat other things by hand-feeding them the other items. I just held out a piece of food between my finger and thumb, and they would come and nibble it from my hand.





I also have fed them other things, such as a tiny piece of apple, and this has seemed to help expand their tastes. However, be careful of feeding them too many foods with sugar, because certain breeds of dwarf hamsters can be prone to diabetes. Also, ease into feeding them wet/juicy foods, which can cause diarrhea.





As for the mess, once the robos start eating the other items, the mess should subside. I hope this helps.
Reply:Hamsters are EXTREMLY picky.


I have a male teddy bear hamster who only likes the colourful seeds, corn, and sunflower seeds. I feed him nutra blocks. They're made up of all the vitamins that your hamster doesn't get because they refuse to eat the healthy things. I'm pretty sure dwarfs can eat them too. You may want to break them in half for them. I'v had two dwarfs before and as I recall they use to eat them. If she won't eat them, or ignores them, then you can go to petsmart or any other pet shop and buy mineral drops. It's minerald liquid that you just drop into their water or food, and they can't tell the difference and still get their vitamins.


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good luck!
Reply:well a couple of days ago i got gerbils and they eat the same sort of stuff as hamsters d what you should do is take out the sunflower seeds in hte dish because they are EXTREMLY fatning but they love them so thats probebly why he/she is pickey and jist eatin sunflower seeds cause she knows she can get them and just give her the sunflower seeds as a treat every now and then she would rather eat normal food than nothin if the sunflower seeds arnt there:) hope i helped:)
Reply:well she sounds picky so give her what she wants i guess