Egg yolk is the part of an egg, or just part of the egg cell in non-egg laying animals that feed the developing embryo in animals.

In whole eggs, 43% of the protein in eggs comes from the yolk.

It is also known as deutoplasm and its food material is amassed during oogenesis, together with RNA molecules and other substances. (source)

So can hamsters eat egg yolk?

Yes they can, it is fine for them to eat.

However it is better for them to eat when it is hardened as they can’t eat runny foods easily.

So if you are boiling an egg then over cook it so the yolk is hardened.

Egg Shells are constructed out of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) crystals.

It also has a thin outer coating which is called the bloom or cuticle. What this does is help keep out bacteria and dust. (source)

The egg shell is grainy and bumpy in its texture and is covered by around 17,000 tiny pores.

It serves to protect the inner egg and as a result, maintain its integrity

So can hamsters eat egg shells?

No they can’t unfortunately. They are not good for them to eat and may hurt their throats if the swallow it because it is quite jagged when it breaks.

A food to avoid.

Fine beans are a small, straight, narrow green bean which have a distinct flavour and tender texture.

So can hamsters eat fine beans at all?

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 value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 131 kJ (31 kcal)
Carbohydrates
6.97 g
Dietary fiber 2.7 g
Fat
0.22 g
Protein
1.83 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv. (4%) 35 μg
Thiamine (B1) (7%) 0.082 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (9%) 0.104 mg
Niacin (B3) (5%) 0.734 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (5%) 0.225 mg
Vitamin B6 (11%) 0.141 mg
Folate (B9) (8%) 33 μg
Vitamin C (15%) 12.2 mg
Vitamin K (14%) 14.4 μg
Minerals
Calcium (4%) 37 mg
Iron (8%) 1.03 mg
Magnesium (7%) 25 mg
Manganese (10%) 0.216 mg
Phosphorus (5%) 38 mg
Potassium (4%) 211 mg
Zinc (3%) 0.24 mg
Other constituents
Fluoride 19 µg

source wikipedia

As you can see, fine beans contain quite a bit of phosphorus, a little calcium, a lot of acidic content, and a hint of fat.

This means that they can eat fine beans but only in small amounts on an occasional basis due to their acidic content. They can eat them both raw and cooked but make sure they are cooled first.

Garbanzo beans are also known as chickpeas and are one of the earliest cultivated legumes.

So can hamsters eat garbanzo beans at all?

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

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

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 686 kJ (164 kcal)
Carbohydrates
27.42 g
Sugars 4.8 g
Dietary fibre 7.6 g
Fat
2.59 g
Saturated 0.269 g
Monounsaturated 0.583 g
Polyunsaturated 1.156 g
Protein
8.86 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv. (0%) 1 μg
Thiamine (B1) (10%) 0.116 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (5%) 0.063 mg
Niacin (B3) (4%) 0.526 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (6%) 0.286 mg
Vitamin B6 (11%) 0.139 mg
Folate (B9) (43%) 172 μg
Vitamin B12 (0%) 0 μg
Vit C (2%) 1.3 mg
Vitamin E (2%) 0.35 mg
Vitamin K (4%) 4 μg
Minerals
Calcium (5%) 49 mg
Iron (22%) 2.89 mg
Magnesium (14%) 48 mg
Phosphorus (24%) 168 mg
Potassium (6%) 291 mg
Sodium (0%) 7 mg
Zinc (16%) 1.53 mg
Other constituents
Water 60.21 g

source wikipedia

As you can see, garbanzo beans contain a lot of water, phosphorus, and acidic content, quite a bit of calcium and sugar, and a hint of fat.

This means that some hamsters can eat them, but others can’t

Syrian’s and Roborovski’s

Syrian’s and Roborovski hamsters can eat one or two at the most.

Winter white dwarf, Chinese, and Russian Campbell dwarf hamsters

But they shouldn’t be eaten by Winter white dwarf, Chinese, and Russian Campbell dwarf hamsters due to their sugar content. Because these varieties are prone to diabetes, they may make them sick.

Gelatin or gelatine is a translucent, colorless, brittle, flavorless food.

It comes from collagen that is obtained from various animal by-products.

Gelatin is commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceuticals, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing.

It is best known as a gelling agent in cooking.

Indeed, different types and grades of gelatin are used in a wide range of food and nonfood products.

Common examples of foods that contain gelatin are;

• gelatin desserts,
• trifles,
• aspic,
• marshmallows,
• candy corn,
• confections such as Peeps, gummy bears, fruit snacks, and jelly babies. (source)

So can hamsters eat gelatin at all?

Yes they can eat it very occasionally. But not too much.

Ginger is a flowering plant, also known as ginger root or simply ginger, and is widely used as a spice or a folk medicine because of its many qualities.

So can hamsters eat ginger at all?

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

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

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 1,404 kJ (336 kcal)
Carbohydrates
71.62 g
Sugars 3.39 g
Dietary fiber 14.1 g
Fat 4.24 g
Protein 8.98 g
Vitamins
Thiamine (B1) (4%) 0.046 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (14%) 0.17 mg
Niacin (B3) (64%) 9.62 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(10%) 0.477 mg
Vitamin B6 (48%) 0.626 mg
Folate (B9) (3%) 13 μg
Vitamin C (1%) 0.7 mg
Vitamin E (0%) 0.0 mg
Minerals
Calcium (11%) 114 mg
Iron (152%) 19.8 mg
Magnesium (60%) 214 mg
Manganese (1586%) 33.3 mg
Phosphorus (24%) 168 mg
Potassium (28%) 1320 mg
Sodium (2%) 27 mg
Zinc (38%) 3.64 mg

source wikipedia

As you can see, ginger contains a hint of salt, a lot of phosphorus, calcium, acidic content, sugar and fat.

This means that hamsters cannot eat ginger at all.

It is not good for hamsters on many levels because it will make them sick if they eat it.

As a result, ginger is a food to avoid unfortunately as far hamsters are concerned.

A ginger biscuit, ginger nut or ginger snap is a globally popular biscuit based snack food, flavoured with ginger.

Ginger biscuits are flavoured with powdered ginger and a variety of other spices, most commonly cinnamon, molasses and nutmeg. There are many recipes for ginger nuts.

In the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, Australia, and New Zealand and most of the former British Empire, they are often called ginger nuts. Ginger nuts are not to be confused with pepper nuts, which are a variety of gingerbread, somewhat smaller in diameter, but thicker. McVitie’s ginger nuts was listed as the tenth most popular biscuit in the UK to “dunk” into tea. (source)

So can hamsters eat ginger nut biscuits?

No they can’t unfortunately, they are too sweet for them.

Garden peas are a popular type of vegetable that are popular around the world. They have rounded pods that are slightly curved in shape with a smooth texture and green color.

So can hamsters eat garden 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 value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 339 kJ (81 kcal)
Carbohydrates
14.45 g
Sugars 5.67 g
Dietary fiber 5.1 g
Fat
0.4 g
Protein
5.42 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
beta-carotene
lutein zeaxanthin
(5%) 38 μg
(4%) 449 μg
2477 μg
Thiamine (B1) (23%) 0.266 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (11%) 0.132 mg
Niacin (B3) (14%) 2.09 mg
Vitamin B6 (13%) 0.169 mg
Folate (B9) (16%) 65 μg
Vitamin C (48%) 40 mg
Vit E (1%) 0.13 mg
Vitamin K (24%) 24.8 μg
Minerals
Calcium (3%) 25 mg
Iron (11%) 1.47 mg
Magnesium (9%) 33 mg
Manganese (20%) 0.41 mg
Phosphorus (15%) 108 mg
Potassium (5%) 244 mg
Sodium (0%) 5 mg
Zinc (13%) 1.24 mg

source wikipedia

As you can see, garden peas contain a hint of salt and fat, a lot of phosphorus and acidic content, a little calcium, and quite a lot of sugar in them.

This means that some hamsters can eat them, but others can’t.

Syrian’s and Roborovski’s can eat one or two of them on an occasional basis due to the amount of acidic and phosphorus content that they contain.

However, Winter white dwarf’s, Russian Campbell dwarf’s and Chinese hamsters cannot eat them due to their sugar content. They are prone to diabetes and so eating them will harm them

An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm, that is commonly found living in soil.

They enjoy feeding on live and dead organic matter.

An earthworm’s digestive system runs through the length of its body and it conducts respiration through its skin.

It has a double transport system composed of coelomic fluid that moves within the fluid-filled coelom and a simple, closed blood circulatory system.

Earthworms are far less abundant in disturbed environments and are typically active only if water is present. (source)

So can hamsters eat earthworms?

Unfortunately they cant as they may be carrying parasites that could harm a hamster.

Eggs are a popular staple food eaten in various forms around the world.

So can hamsters eat eggs?

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 value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 647 kJ (155 kcal)
Carbohydrates
1.12 g
Fat
10.6 g
Protein
12.6 g
Tryptophan 0.153 g
Threonine 0.604 g
Isoleucine 0.686 g
Leucine 1.075 g
Lysine 0.904 g
Methionine 0.392 g

Cystine 0.292 g
Phenylalanine 0.668 g
Tyrosine 0.513 g
Valine 0.767 g
Arginine 0.755 g
Histidine 0.298 g
Alanine 0.700 g
Aspartic acid 1.264 g
Glutamic acid 1.644 g
Glycine 0.423 g
Proline 0.501 g
Serine 0.936 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv. (19%) 149 μg
Thiamine (B1) (6%) 0.066 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (42%) 0.5 mg
Niacin (B3) (0%) 0.064 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (28%) 1.4 mg
Vitamin B6 (9%) 0.121 mg
Folate (B9) (11%) 44 μg
Vitamin B12 (46%) 1.11 μg
Choline (60%) 294 mg
Vitamin D (15%) 87 IU
Vit E (7%) 1.03 mg
Vitamin K (0%) 0.3 μg
Minerals
Calcium (5%) 50 mg
Iron (9%) 1.2 mg
Magnesium (3%) 10 mg
Phosphorus (25%) 172 mg
Potassium (3%) 126 mg
Sodium (8%) 124 mg
Zinc (11%) 1.0 mg
Other constituents
Water 75 g
Cholesterol 373 mg

source wikipedia

As you can see, eggs contain a lot of water, acidic content and phosphorus, quite a bit of salt and calcium, and quite a lot of fat.

This means that eggs are not great for hamsters to eat.

They can eat them hard boiled at most, in small amounts on an occasional basis. Runny eggs are not good for them at all and should be avoided.