Dinner is Served

Ever since the commercial brand Vitakraft increased their price by 50%, plus I have 5 hamsters, I decided to feed the brood purely on fresh food.

And so far so good. Esp with Evie nearing her 2.5yrs with me.

These are the brood's staple food.

The white cabbage is said to be too "watery" so purple cabbage is the alternative.

From today onwards, I will adding a half quail egg for that added boost. *cheesy grin*

Kootra: K9 Naturals

Evie: K9 Naturals

Snowie: Organic Goodness

Snowie having an afternoon snack .... in her sleep.
BWahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!

Nova: Organic Goodness

This is where Nova stashes the big organic nut.

Evie: Organic Goodness

A New Organic Mix

All along I have been feeding the brood this organic mix. But when the seller starts getting busy with school that I decided to look for an alternative.

My initial plan was to do the mix myself. Yes, it was a ridiculous & crazy thought. And I was still toying with the idea when someone point me in this direction. It is more costly but I have to try. Cos I dun like the commercial mix which is more costly. So I went ahead and order 1 pack to try.

I received the pack on Tuesday.

Organic Goodness ... and it smells delish too.

The brood's 1st feed.

Digging In.

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This is what's left after two days.

And I also fed them some fresh veges,

Which is dearly missed by the two small ones.

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What we will do for our hammies *cheesy grin*

13 Mar Weigh-In

Juno
21 Jan 2010: 106g
4 Feb 2010: 100g
25 Feb 2010: 100g
13 Mar 2010: 99g


Snowie:
21 Jan 2010: 93g
4 Feb 2010: 91g
25 Feb 2010: 93g
13 Mar 2010: 95g


Zane
21 Jan 2010: 34g
4 Feb 2010: 41g
25 Feb 2010: 49g
13 Mar 2010: 55g


Pixie
21 Jan 2010: 39g
4 Feb 2010: 36g
25 Feb 2010: 36g
13 Mar 2010: 38g


Evie
21 Jan 2010: 29g
4 Feb 2010: 29g
25 Feb 2010: 30g
13 Mar 2010: 27g


Kimchi
(weight of exercise ball is 50g)
21 Jan 2010: 27g
4 Feb 2010: 30g
25 Feb 2010: 28g
13 Mar 2010: 27

I've put them on a diet of organic & fresh food since beginning of March.

At first Kimchi & Juno ain't taking very well to it. But now I can catch Kimchi nibbling at it now & then. As for Juno, she doesn't like such food to begin with.

Altho Juno's previous owner did mention that she has a liking for cooked chicken meat, the first & last time I fed her that (steam chicken meat), she didn't touch it at all. Maybe I shud & will try again.

Like Juno, Zane doesn't like the dry mix too. Instead he prefers the fresh food. Very the much.

Pixie & Evie are the 'normal' ones. Cos they are okay with both the organics & the fresh food.

Last but not least ... Snowie, she'll hoard the organics, as usual. Haiz!

Kimchi: : New Fav Food

Ever since it was mentioned in the forum that the hamsters won't eat the whole bean. Instead, we have to extract the seeds out for them.


Doing that is a great hit with the hamster brood.


Especially lil Kimchi. Cos it's the first thing she'll attack. And she'll finish it off.


This food has officially replace her Pumpkin Delights.

The 3 Munchies

Pixie

Evie

Zane

Nerve-Wrecking Weigh-In #2

It's been two weeks since the last weigh-in. And I was so looking forward to see some growth. Instead, I saw ... a ... lot of ... decline. *pulling hair in despair*

Actually I've weighed the brood last week. But seeing some decline, I panicked a bit. But again, this time might be a more accurate session than the last. But still ... Haiz!

What I do different this time is to place a container before switching on the scale. This will enable the container be weighed at zero-gram, for easy reading. I use this method for all except for Kimchi.

OK ... here goes the result *biting me nails in nervousness*

Juno
21 Jan 2010: 106g
4 Feb 2010: 100g

Snowie:
21 Jan 2010: 93g
4 Feb 2010: 91g

Zane
21 Jan 2010: 34g
4 Feb 2010: 41g

Pixie
21 Jan 2010: 39g
4 Feb 2010: 36g

Evie
21 Jan 2010: 29g
4 Feb 2010: 29g

Kimchi
21 Jan 2010: 27g
4 Feb 2010: 30g

As Zane & Kimchi put on the most weight, this means either the last weigh-in was invalid or there is a decline for most of the brood since then. Haiz!

Upon recollection, Juno & Snowie did eat lesser veges (those household-brand types)... aka dun like what I fed them. Whereas Zane will empty his plate.

And what I did different to the feeding pattern was to leave the food all the way from the previous night to the next. Reason being, it had LOTS of leftover the next morning which is such a waste. But I will definitely remove the leftover leafy-veges.

Well, I shall wait for the next weigh-in to evaluate the situation again.

Haiz!

New Diet Plan

Ever since I started the lil ones on the fresh diet, there's been an adverse result to it. Yes, they are eating their fresh. But not as much as I expected.

And I read in the forum that sometimes it is best to give them varieties - esp in terms of the food item size.

Oh ... ok ... and here is what I've been feeding them the past week. Yes, I've downsized everything - both the food dish and food portion.


And this is what greeted me every morning ... which is both worrisome & surprising. Worrisome cos Juno & Snowie is no longer emptying their plate. Surprising cos Evie is eating more & Zane does empty his plate