Danger!　Don't give such food to a hamster.

Since a hamster is omnivorous, anything is eaten, but there is food harmful to them.
Since food harmless to man may also be poison for a hamster, cautions are required.

● An onion, a Welsh onion.

These contain the poisonous substance which breaks the red corpuscles of a hamster.
It is the food of danger number one who may cause anemia and renal insufficiency.

● Chocolate.

The caffeine contained in chocolate excites a hamster and causes toxic symptoms.
Heart failure may be caused and it may die.

● Acorn.

A substance called tannin is contained in the portion of a bud, and this does an obstacle to liver and the kidney.

● Avocado.

There is a possibility of causing a convulsive seizure, breathing difficulty, a liver damage, etc.

● Milk.

It becomes a cause of diarrhea.
Let's give the milk for pets.

● The seed of an apple.

The seed of an apple.
Even if it eats the fruits of an apple, they are OK.
But the seed of an apple has a risk of causing poisoning.

● A raw soybean.

A raw soybean has bad digestion and a poisoning ingredient called a red corpuscle agglutinin is contained.

● The peanut in which mold grew.

A deadly poison called an aflatoxin is contained and it is dangerous.

In addition to this.

● Fruit which must not be given.

An apricot, a loquat, a peach, a cherry, Japanese apricot.
The toxicity substance is contained in these and it is dangerous.

● The vegetables which must not be given.

A tomato (the portions of a leaf and a stalk are poisonous), bracken, a potato (the portions of a leaf and a bud are poisonous), asparagus.
The toxicity substance is contained in these and it is dangerous.

● A dangerous foliage plant.

An azalea, a fern, Jobe, a lily of the valley, a morning glory, a narcissus, a poinsettia, a Christmas rose, a hyacinth, a hydrangea, an iris.

● A dangerous foliage plant.

If these foliage plants are eaten, they have a possibility of causing poisoning.
If these foliage plants are placed, when you make a hamster take a walk, please move to somewhere else.

● Food seasoned for man.

Since there are too much sugar and salt and they do not suit a hamster, please do not give the food seasoned for man.
Don't give a dish, sweets, juice, and alcohol.

● Food which mold grew or rotted.

Since the food which mold grew or rotted is dangerous, please exchange a raw thing briskly and prevent decomposition.
Since a hamster has the habit of saving up food, please sometimes check the house of a hamster.
Especially in summer, since food is perishable, let's take care.

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　▼About the meal which a hamster eats.
　How to choose the pellet for the staple food.
　Ways of coping in case a hamster does not eat a pellet.
　What kind of thing does a hamster eat?
　The notes at the time of feeding a hamster.
　Time to give food and the number of times.
　Quantity of food.
　Sick prevention of porch of a cheek of a hamster.　

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