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    Friday, February 16, 2018

    TND Group Can Hamsters Eat Cantaloupe?

    A cantaloupe is a small, round melon of a variety with orange flesh and ribbed skin.


    So can hamsters eat cantaloupe?


    Let’s take a look at their nutritional data and find out more.


    In particular, their acidic, water, sugar, fat, salt, calcium and phosphorus content is of most interest as far as hamsters are concerned.


    Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)

    Energy 141 kJ (34 kcal)

    Carbohydrates

    8.16 g

    Sugars 7.86 g

    Dietary fiber 0.9 g

    Fat

    0.19 g

    Protein

    0.84 g

    Vitamins

    Vitamin A equiv.

    beta-carotene

    lutein zeaxanthin

    (21%) 169 μg

    (19%) 2020 μg

    26 μg

    Thiamine (B1) (4%) 0.041 mg

    Riboflavin (B2) (2%) 0.019 mg

    Niacin (B3) (5%) 0.734 mg

    Pantothenic acid (B5) (2%) 0.105 mg

    Vitamin B6 (6%) 0.072 mg

    Folate (B9) (5%) 21 μg

    Choline (2%) 7.6 mg

    Vitamin C (44%) 36.7 mg

    Vitamin K (2%) 2.5 μg

    Minerals

    Calcium (1%) 9 mg

    Iron (2%) 0.21 mg

    Magnesium (3%) 12 mg

    Manganese (2%) 0.041 mg

    Phosphorus (2%) 15 mg

    Potassium (6%) 267 mg

    Sodium (1%) 16 mg

    Zinc (2%) 0.18 mg

    Other constituents

    Water 90.2 g


    source wikipedia


    As you can see, cantaloupe’s contain a lot of water, a hint of salt, phosphorus and calcium, quite a bit of acidic content, and a lot of sugar.


    This means that some hamsters can eat it, but others can’t


    Syrian’s and Roborovski hamsters

    Yes Syrian’s and Roborovski hamsters can eat it in small amounts on an occasional basis. This is because of the amount of water and acidic content that it contains.


    Winter white dwarf, Chinese and Russian Campbell dwarf hamsters

    Unfortunately because of the amount of sugar that cantaloupe contains, they cannot eat it because these species are prone to diabetes and it may harm them. A food to avoid feeding them.


    You can check more information in our Hamster Diet Chart.



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