Higgins Sunburst Gourmet Blend Gerbil & Hamster Food, 25-lb bag

My dwarf hamster’s diet is 50% this and 50% the Mazuri rat and mouse blocks, along with some dried herbs, oat sprays, dried mealworms, and fresh vegetables on the side. This diet has worked incredibly well for all of my hamsters and keeps them healthy. This seed mix is probably the most important of these, and I think it is the best seed mix on the market. It has an amazingly high variety that can give hamsters almost all of the nutrients that they need. I just add the pellets and mealworms for a bit of extra protein. All in all, this seed mix is amazing!

Higgins Sunburst is probably the highest quality “pet store” hamster food you can find. A variety of seeds and nuts are in the mix, it is very enriching and my dwarf hamster absolutely adores it. The only downside is that it does not contain enough protein that hamsters need. To supply the protein my hamster needs, I mix in dried mealworms and Kaytee lab blocks in with the mix and it balances everything out perfectly. I would recommend buying this food!

My daughter got her first hamster and we did tons of research before we got her. This hamster has the life... she has a giant tank with tons of hiding spots a wheel and bunches of other stuff. A YouTube hamster expert said she feeds her hamsters a 50/50 mix of this food and mazuri rat/mouse food ... along with a container of dried mealworms. So we put this and the mazuri food along with the mealworms in a container and mixed it up well and feed her 2 tablespoons of the mix every couple of days until she finishes it all... we also give her a tablespoons worth of fresh fruit/veggies daily with a pinch of brewers yeast on it for her coat and stress. She is a happy healthy and sweet hamster who seems to be loving her life!! I 100 % recommend this food...I also recommend the mixing like I just wrote we took the hamster to our vet for a check up and she said the diet is perfect! :) Lola has a great life and we want to make sure my daughter has her hamster for as long as possible. If you are reading this and plan to get a hamster or already have one I plead with you to please make sure you have a giant cage for them or at best a giant aquarium glass tank that you set up for them with good bedding hiding spots and toys and chewers. It stresses hamsters so much to be in tiny spaces. They may be tiny but they need lots of space to play and burrow in.

I’ve been using the Higgins Vita Garden for my mice for a couple years, now, and I had originally planned to get the hamster version, but I wasn’t able to get to a store, so I decided to try this one, and I’m glad I did. My hamster really seems to like the variety, and I feel good feeding this to her.