Radishes are a swollen pungent-tasting edible root, especially a variety that is small, spherical, and red, and eaten raw with salad.

So can hamsters eat radishes?

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

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

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 66 kJ (16 kcal)
Carbohydrates
3.4 g
Sugars 1.86 g
Dietary fiber 1.6 g
Fat
0.1 g
Protein
0.68 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1) (1%) 0.012 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (3%) 0.039 mg
Niacin (B3) (2%) 0.254 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (3%) 0.165 mg
Vitamin B6 (5%) 0.071 mg
Folate (B9) (6%) 25 μg
Vitamin C (18%) 14.8 mg
Minerals
Calcium (3%) 25 mg
Iron (3%) 0.34 mg
Magnesium (3%) 10 mg
Manganese (3%) 0.069 mg
Phosphorus (3%) 20 mg
Potassium (5%) 233 mg
Zinc (3%) 0.28 mg
Other constituents
Fluoride 6 µg

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As you can see radishes contain a little calcium and sugar, quite a lot of acidic content, and a hint of fat.

This means that Syrian and Roborovski hamsters can eat them without an issue. A few slices at a time is a recommended but too much may make them sick.

However, because of their sugar content it isn’t advisable to give them to WInter white dwarfs, Chinese hamsters, and Russian Campbell dwarf hamsters as they are prone to diabetes.

Walnuts are a large wrinkled edible seed of a deciduous tree, consisting of two halves contained within a hard shell that is enclosed in a green fruit.

So can hamsters eat walnuts?

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

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

Nutritional value per 100 grams
Energy 2,738 kJ (654 kcal)
Carbohydrates
13.71
Starch 0.06
Sugars 2.61
Dietary fiber 6.7
Fat
65.21
Saturated 6.126
Monounsaturated 8.933
Polyunsaturated 47.174
Protein
15.23
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
beta-carotene
lutein zeaxanthin
(0%) 1 μg
(0%) 12 μg
9 μg
Vitamin A 20 IU
Thiamine (B1) (30%) 0.341 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (13%) 0.15 mg
Niacin (B3) (8%) 1.125 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (11%) 0.570 mg
Vitamin B6 (41%) 0.537 mg
Folate (B9) (25%) 98 μg
Vitamin B12 (0%) 0 μg
Vit C (2%) 1.3 mg
Vitamin E (5%) 0.7 mg
Vitamin K (3%) 2.7 μg
Minerals
Calcium (10%) 98 mg
Iron (22%) 2.91 mg
Magnesium (45%) 158 mg
Manganese (163%) 3.414 mg
Phosphorus (49%) 346 mg
Potassium (9%) 441 mg
Sodium (0%) 2 mg
Zinc (33%) 3.09 mg
Other constituents
Water 4.07 g

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As you can see, walnuts contain a little water, a hint of salt, a huge amount of phosphorus and fat, a lot of calcium and acidic content, and a little sugar.

This means that they are not good for hamsters to eat them. However, if they are fed to them they will consume all you give them.

Syrian’s and Roboroski’s can have one every so often but nothing more than that. They are just too full of fat and phosphorus content to have too many of.

Due to their sugar content, Russian Campbell dwarfs, Chinese hamsters, and Winter white dwarf hamsters should avoid them altogether.

Sesame seed is a common ingredient in various cuisines.

It is used whole in cooking for its rich, nutty flavour.

Sesame seeds are sometimes added to breads, including bagels and the tops of hamburger buns.

Sesame seeds may be baked into crackers, often in the form of sticks.

In Sicily and France, the seeds are eaten on bread (ficelle sésame, sesame thread). In Greece, the seeds are also used in cakes.

Fast-food restaurants use buns with tops sprinkled with sesame seeds.

About 75% of Mexico’s sesame crop is purchased by McDonald’s for use in their sesame seed buns worldwide.

So can hamsters eat sesame seeds?

Sesame seeds are fine for hamsters because of their nutritional content.

They will eat as many as you give them so don’t feed them too much as like most seeds, they are high in fat.

The large melonlike fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with smooth green skin, red pulp, and watery juice.

So can hamsters eat watermelon?

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

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

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 127 kJ (30 kcal)
Carbohydrates
7.55 g
Sugars 6.2 g
Dietary fiber 0.4 g
Fat
0.15 g
Protein
0.61 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
beta-carotene
(4%) 28 μg
(3%) 303 μg
Thiamine (B1) (3%) 0.033 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (2%) 0.021 mg
Niacin (B3) (1%) 0.178 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (4%) 0.221 mg
Vitamin B6 (3%) 0.045 mg
Choline (1%) 4.1 mg
Vitamin C (10%) 8.1 mg
Minerals
Calcium (1%) 7 mg
Iron (2%) 0.24 mg
Magnesium (3%) 10 mg
Manganese (2%) 0.038 mg
Phosphorus (2%) 11 mg
Potassium (2%) 112 mg
Sodium (0%) 1 mg
Zinc (1%) 0.1 mg
Other constituents
Water 91.45 g
Lycopene 4532 µg

source wikipedia

As you can see, watermelon contains a huge amount of water, a hint of salt and calcium, a little phosphorus and acidic content and quite a lot of sugar.

This means that unfortunately watermelon is not a good food for hamsters to eat due to its huge amount of water content.

Its a food to avoid feeding them.

Unsalted peanuts are those peanuts that are sold that haven’t been coated with salt.

They are a popular snack food sold in many supermarkets and grocery stores around the world.

So can hamsters eat unsalted peanuts?

Lets take a look at their nutritional data and find out more.

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

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 2,385 kJ (570 kcal)
Carbohydrates
21 g
Sugars 0.0 g
Dietary fiber 9 g
Fat
48 g
Saturated 7 g
Monounsaturated 24 g
Polyunsaturated 16 g
Protein
25 g
Tryptophan 0.2445 g
Threonine 0.859 g
Isoleucine 0.882 g
Leucine 1.627 g
Lysine 0.901 g
Methionine 0.308 g
Cystine 0.322 g
Phenylalanine 1.300 g
Tyrosine 1.020 g
Valine 1.052 g
Arginine 3.001 g
Histidine 0.634 g
Alanine 0.997 g
Aspartic acid 3.060 g
Glutamic acid 5.243 g
Glycine 1.512 g
Proline 1.107 g
Serine 1.236 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1) (52%) 0.6 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (25%) 0.3 mg
Niacin (B3) (86%) 12.9 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (36%) 1.8 mg
Vitamin B6 (23%) 0.3 mg
Folate (B9) (62%) 246 μg

Vitamin C (0%) 0.0 mg
Vitamin E (44%) 6.6 mg
Minerals
Calcium (6%) 62 mg
Iron (15%) 2 mg
Magnesium (52%) 184 mg
Manganese (95%) 2.0 mg
Phosphorus (48%) 336 mg
Potassium (7%) 332 mg
Zinc (35%) 3.3 mg
Other constituents
Water 4.26 g

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As you can see, unsalted peanuts contain a little water, a huge amount of phosphorus, fat and acidic content, and quite a lot of calcium.

This means that they can have one or two, but nothing more than that. The acidic and fat content is just too much for them to have too many. Do be careful how many you feed to them, as they will eat them all.

Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material.

It has an open and therefore soft, white, and fluffy structure, unless subjected to external pressure.

Snowflakes come in a variety of sizes and shapes.

Types that fall in the form of a ball due to melting and refreezing, rather than a flake, are hail, ice pellets or snow grains.

Once on the ground, snow can be categorized as powdery when light and fluffy.

It is also fresh when recent but heavier, granular when it begins the cycle of melting and refreezing.

Eventually ice once it comes down, after multiple melting and refreezing cycles, into a dense mass called snow pack. (source)

So can hamsters eat snow at all?

Unfortunately it is too cold for hamsters to eat and should be avoided as far as hamsters are concerned.

So can hamsters eat soybeans?

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

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

Nutritional data

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 1,866 kJ (446 kcal)
Carbohydrates
30.16 g
Sugars 7.33 g
Dietary fiber 9.3 g
Fat
19.94 g
Saturated 2.884 g
Monounsaturated 4.404 g
Polyunsaturated
omega‑3
omega‑6
11.255 g
1.330 g
9.925 g
Protein
36.49 g
Tryptophan 0.591 g
Threonine 1.766 g
Isoleucine 1.971 g
Leucine 3.309 g
Lysine 2.706 g
Methionine 0.547 g
Cystine 0.655 g
Phenylalanine 2.122 g
Tyrosine 1.539 g
Valine 2.029 g
Arginine 3.153 g
Histidine 1.097 g
Alanine 1.915 g
Aspartic acid 5.112 g
Glutamic acid 7.874 g
Glycine 1.880 g
Proline 2.379 g
Serine 2.357 g

Vitamin A equiv. (0%) 1 μg
Thiamine (B1) (76%) 0.874 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (73%) 0.87 mg
Niacin (B3) (11%) 1.623 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (16%) 0.793 mg
Vitamin B6 (29%) 0.377 mg
Folate (B9) (94%) 375 μg
Vitamin B12 (0%) 0 μg
Choline (24%) 115.9 mg
Vitamin C (7%) 6.0 mg

Vit E (6%) 0.85 mg
Vitamin K (45%) 47 μg
Minerals
Calcium (28%) 277 mg
Iron (121%) 15.7 mg
Magnesium (79%) 280 mg
Manganese (120%) 2.517 mg
Phosphorus (101%) 704 mg
Potassium (38%) 1797 mg
Sodium (0%) 2 mg
Zinc (51%) 4.89 mg
Other constituents
Water 8.54 g
Cholesterol 0 mg

source wikipedia

Summary

As you can see, soybeans contain quite a bit of water and sugar, a huge amount of phosphorus and acidic content, and a lot of fat.

This means that unfortunately they cannot eat soy beans. They are not good for them at all and may make them sick if eaten. A food to avoid.

Snap peas, also known as sugar snap peas, are a cultivar group of edible-podded peas that differ from snow peas in that their pods are round as opposed to flat.

So can hamsters eat snap peas?

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 data

Energy 176 kJ (42 kcal)
Carbohydrates
7.55 g
Sugars 4.0 g
Dietary fiber 2.6 g
Fat
0.39 g
Saturated 0.0039 g
Monounsaturated 0.021 g
Polyunsaturated 0.089 g
Protein
2.8 g
Tryptophan 0.027 g
Threonine 0.099 g
Isoleucine 0.161 g
Leucine 0.228 g
Lysine 0.202 g
Methionine 0.011 g
Cystine 0.032 g
Phenylalanine 0.090 g
Tyrosine 0.099 g
Valine 0.273 g
Arginine 0.134 g
Histidine 0.017 g
Alanine 0.058 g
Aspartic acid 0.228 g
Glutamic acid 0.448 g
Glycine 0.072 g
Proline 0.063 g
Serine 0.125 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
beta-carotene
lutein zeaxanthin
(7%) 54 μg
(6%) 630 μg
740 μg
Vitamin A 1087 IU
Thiamine (B1) (13%) 0.15 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (7%) 0.08 mg
Niacin (B3) (4%) 0.6 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (15%) 0.75 mg
Vitamin B6 (12%) 0.16 mg
Folate (B9) (11%) 42 μg
Choline (4%) 17.4 mg
Vitamin C (72%) 60 mg

Vit E (3%) 0.39 mg
Vitamin K (24%) 25 μg
Minerals
Calcium (4%) 43 mg
Iron (16%) 2.08 mg
Magnesium (7%) 24 mg
Manganese (12%) 0.244 mg
Phosphorus (8%) 53 mg
Potassium (4%) 200 mg
Sodium (0%) 4 mg
Zinc (3%) 0.27 mg
Other constituents
Water 88.89 g

source wikipedia

Summary

As you can see, snap peas contain a huge amount of water, quite a lot of phosphorus, a little sugar and calcium, and a lot of acidic content.

This means that they are not the best foods for hamsters due to the amount of water content that they have.

If any hamsters can eat them, its Syrian’s and Roborovski hamsters due to the amount of sugar that snap peas contain. A small piece won’t harm them.

Because of their sugar content, Russian Campbell dwarf’s, Chinese hamsters and Winter white dwarf hamsters cannot eat them as they are prone to diabetes and the sugar content may make them sick.

Sourdough is a bread product made by a long fermentation of dough using naturally occurring lactobacilli and yeasts.

In comparison with breads made with cultivated yeast, it usually has a mildly sour taste because of the lactic acid produced by the lactobacilli.

Sourdough is a dough containing a Lactobacillus culture in symbiotic combination with yeasts.

It is one of the principal means of biological leavening in bread baking, the others using cultivated forms of yeast.

It is important in baking rye-based breads, where yeast does not produce comparable results. (source)

So can hamsters eat sourdough bread?

Yes they can nibble on it, but it is not a food that has nutritional benefit for hamsters and so it shouldn’t be purposely be fed to them.

Tape refers to any one of a variety of combinations of a backing materials coated with an adhesive.

It is sticky without any heat or solvent for activation and adheres with light pressure.

These tapes usually require a release agent on their backing or a release liner to cover the adhesive.

There are many different types of tape such as teflon, tear, surgical, sellotape, speed, scotch, masking, magic, friction, gaffer, duct, double-sided, and box-sealing tape.

(source)

So can hamsters eat tape at all?

Unfortunately they can’t at all. Tape is quite dangerous for hamsters to chew on or eat as it will harm them if consumed.