There are many good foods such as hazel/Harry hamster, Carefresh complete menu, vita craft vita smart, and hartz Bonanza. However most of these foods have tons of pea and corn so you have to pick most of it out. A really good bedding to use is a mix a wood stove pellets and Carefresh. The Carefresh is very soft and the wood pellets help with absorption. You could also use aspen or kiln dried pine shavings, and knock-off brands of Carefresh. The minimum cage size is 360 square inches.