Plums an oval fleshy fruit that is purple, reddish, or yellow when ripe and contains a flattish pointed pit.
So can hamsters eat plums?
Let’s take a look further by checking out their nutritional content.
In particular, their acidic, water, sugar, salt, calcium, phosphorus, and fat content is of most interest as far as hamsters are concerned.
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 192 kJ (46 kcal)
Carbohydrates
11.42 g
Sugars 9.92 g
Dietary fiber 1.4 g
Fat
0.28 g
Protein
0.7 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
beta-carotene
lutein zeaxanthin
(2%) 17 μg
(2%) 190 μg
73 μg
Thiamine (B1) (2%) 0.028 mg
Riboflavin (B2) (2%) 0.026 mg
Niacin (B3) (3%) 0.417 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5) (3%) 0.135 mg
Vitamin B6 (2%) 0.029 mg
Folate (B9) (1%) 5 μg
Vitamin C (11%) 9.5 mg
Vitamin E (2%) 0.26 mg
Vitamin K (6%) 6.4 μg
Minerals
Calcium (1%) 6 mg
Iron (1%) 0.17 mg
Magnesium (2%) 7 mg
Manganese (2%) 0.052 mg
Phosphorus (2%) 16 mg
Potassium (3%) 157 mg
Sodium (0%) 0 mg
Zinc (1%) 0.1 mg
Other constituents
Fluoride 2 µg
source wikipedia
Syrian and Roborovski hamsters can eat them in small amounts on an occasional basis, but other pet hamsters can’t.
As you can see, plums contain a hint of salt and fat, a little acidic content, but a lot of sugar content.
This means that Syrian’s and Roborovski hamsters can eat plums in small amounts on an occasional basis.
However, Winter white dwarf hamsters, Russian Campbell dwarf’s and Chinese hamsters cannot eat them as they are all prone to diabetes and eating plums will make them sick. If you want to find out more foods for your hamster, you can read “Hamster diet chart“
