A pickled cucumber (commonly known as a pickle in the United States and Canada or generically as gherkins in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a cucumber that has been pickled in a brine, vinegar, or other solution and left to ferment for a period of time, by either immersing the cucumbers in an acidic solution or through souring by lacto-fermentation. (source)
There are different types of pickle which are;
- Gherkins
- Cornichon
- Brined pickles
- Kosher dill (US)
- Polish
- Hungarian
- Lime
- Bread and butter
- Kool-Aid pickles
So can hamsters eat pickles?
No they can’t unfortunately. They are too acidic for hamsters to eat.