{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_hamster_feeding","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_hamster_feeding\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Hamster feeding management — avoid seed mixes, coprophagy, floor feeding\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Hamsters (saved first-hand text)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_hamster.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-29\ntokens_estimated: 71\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"Merck Veterinary Manual — Hamsters (saved first-hand text)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Merck Veterinary Manual\"\n  title: \"Hamster feeding management — avoid seed mixes, coprophagy, floor feeding\"\n  url: \"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/hamsters\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-29\"\n  ref: \"first-hand Merck Veterinary Manual text\"\n  doc_type: \"official veterinary manual (EN)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Hamster feeding management — avoid seed mixes, coprophagy, floor feeding\nVerbatim first-hand facts from Merck Veterinary Manual — Hamsters (saved first-hand text). Each bullet is an exact substring of the cited source and C1-substring verified (second-round nutrition broadening, reusing saved Merck source).\n\n## Nutritional facts\n- Generic seed mixes should be avoided because hamsters selectively pick out seeds and ignore pellets.\n- Hamsters are naturally coprophagic .\n- Because Syrian hamsters have broad muzzles that often preclude eating from feed hoppers, pelleted food should be placed on the floor of their cage.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Hamster feeding management — avoid seed mixes, coprophagy, floor feeding (retrieved 2026-07-29)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Hamster feeding management — avoid seed mixes, coprophagy, floor feeding","url":"https://www.merckvetmanual.com/exotic-and-laboratory-animals/rodents/hamsters","retrieved":"2026-07-29","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual — Hamsters (saved first-hand text)","verification_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_hamster.txt"},"source_document":"Merck Veterinary Manual — Hamsters (saved first-hand text)","source_file":"pdf-raw/exotic-health/mvm_hamster.txt","tokens_estimated":71,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}