Member-only story
This article published on Medium contains Amazon affiliate links and links to other relevant affiliate partners. These links do not cost you anything to use and help us to get this information to you for free.
We all love to spoil our pets (some of us a little too much!), and often that takes the form of tasty little treats to brighten up their day and vary up their diet. This is especially true for hamsters, where giving your furry little friend a snack like this can serve as a valuable bonding experience to help you feel closer to them, and them to you.
What you always want to know when giving them that extra treat though is whether they even can eat them safely, whether they are good for them, and whether they would even want them in the first place.
Are walnuts safe for hamsters to eat?
Well good news first off, hamsters definitely can eat walnuts. Natural unadded to walnuts are completely safe for hamsters to eat, just make sure you give them a quick wash in case any nasty pesticides were used in their growing and you are good to go.
You do though want to make sure you only give your cuddly companion only walnuts that haven’t got additional flavouring or salting, and you don’t want to give them any walnut based products like walnut butter. These can all have added…
