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Can salt licks hurt your Hamster?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Yes, if you were to, say, drop one intended for cows on him, it would probably cause serious injury.

The point of a salt lick is to provide minerals (not simply table salt) which might be lacking in your pet's diet. It's at least potentially possible that the hamster would consume too much of some mineral, which in most cases is nearly as bad as getting too little.

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