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Toxic Food Hamsters
Natural foods are foods that have been minimally processed. Natural foods do not include ingredients such as added salt, refined sugars, refined flours, milled grains, hydrogenated oils, sweeteners, food colors, or flavorings. Nearly all natural foods, cooked or raw have chemicals and nutrients that are essential for growth and health including carbohydrates, sugars, proteins and vitamins. Some natural foods do contain natural and potentially harmful toxins produced by the plant to ward off pests. Most of these foods listed above are commonly eaten foods that may contain natural toxins and will rarely cause any problems for humans. But for animals these same toxins can, and may have adverse health issues. Most of the food in the list above are foods that may be toxic to hamsters and therefore should be avoided.
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Some toxins may not take immediate effect, some may take several weeks or months to accumulate in the body before manifesting themselves. Some of these foods do contain toxins that animals are unable to filter out naturally. These can have serious adverse health issues and side effects, in the long or short term.
Toxic food hamsters
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