The method of raising hamsters

Hamsters are tiny and cute animals, strong solitary animals and popular pets. There are many species of hamsters, such as golden bears, three-line hamsters, first-line hamsters and so on. Let's take a look at how to raise hamsters

Methods of Raising Hamsters

feeding environment

The most suitable temperature is 20-28℃, avoid direct sunlight or direct wind blowing, but pay attention to ventilation. Do not be too close to TV, stereo, computer, hamster can hear human can not hear the sound, should avoid radiation and noise.

Summer: It is best not to turn on the air conditioner, because the opening and closing of the air conditioner will make the temperature difference too large, hamsters are very sensitive to temperature and easy to catch a cold.

Winter: Hamsters placed outdoors will pseudo-hibernate because they are too cold. Lay wood chips and other matting materials, and configure wooden or straw huts for hamsters to keep warm. Or give some more cotton hamsters to do their own nest, absorbent cotton can, preferably with natural cotton. The easiest way is to put the cage in the carton, but pay attention to ventilation. Don't give them cotton thread woven goods as nests. Although warm, hamsters bite through cotton and burrow into it to sleep, so some unbroken cotton threads can easily cause hamsters to suffocate.

hamster food

Vegetables vegetables, carrots, spinach, cucumbers, cabbage, squash (green and yellow vegetables are preferred)

Seeds Sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts

Fruit apples, strawberries, cherries, etc.

Cereal chicken feed, bird feed, wheat, corn, millet

Plants Dandelion, Pueraria, Plantain

Animal protein Beef, chicken, boiled egg protein, cheese, milk, yogurt, bread worm, barley worm

basic supplies

Cages: Use ventilated wire cages in summer, or half-iron and half-plastic cages, such as field cages. Keep warm in winter. Plastic cages are more suitable for winter. Cage chassis do not use barbed wire, rats and mice are easy to fracture injury.

Food basin: General small containers can be selected, as long as it is not easy to knock over, and the edge is not too high, otherwise the hamster can not climb in. Commonly used containers: glass ashtrays, soy sauce dishes, all kinds of small bowls, microwave oven boxes, small fresh-keeping boxes.

Drinking fountains: drinking fountains are generally designed with stainless steel beads at the front end, and attention should be paid to testing for leakage when purchasing. You can't use a bowl to hold water directly, because hamsters get wet when they drink water, and they are easy to catch cold and get sick.

Toilet: general plastic box loaded with cat litter is a relatively simple toilet. Take out the caked cat litter every day or replace it all, which is in accordance with personal hygiene habits. Some hamsters will use it, not necessary.

Bathroom: Some hamsters will bathe in the toilet with cat litter. Although it is not sanitary, this is the preference of hamsters, so there is no need for a shower room. However, for hamsters who love cleanliness, the owner should buy a bathroom for them and put bath sand to let hamsters roll freely.

Running wheels: Wild hamsters run 20 kilometers a day, so exercise is very important for hamsters. Without enough exercise, hamsters will be stressed and bite cages. At the same time, hamsters are prone to overnutrition and obesity. So careful owners should give hamsters a running wheel, buy attention, should choose seamless running wheel, hamsters are not easy to hurt.

Sawdust: Many materials can be selected, most people will choose sawdust, because it is relatively clean and easy to buy.

Teeth grinding items: hamsters have teeth that keep growing, so use a teething stick to grind off long teeth. Many hamsters grind their teeth in other ways, such as biting into cages. Don't worry too much about not using the teething stones/sticks you provided.

Cabin: Cabin ceramic, wooden, grass, plastic, hamsters are very fond of, because hamsters are love hole living animals, conditional hamsters should be equipped with a cabin, can be self-made.

hamster rearing skills

1. After the hamster opened its eyes, it could already eat a little rat food. It could basically live on its own. At this time, the maternal instinct of the mouse mother was slowly weakening. She didn't mind us playing with the hamster. It was the best time to start educating her. Rat food types as rich as possible, you can use several kinds of hamster food mixed together, it is best to multi-point synthetic food. Don't look at a small hamster, some synthetic food is faster than its head, but the teeth of small hamsters are very powerful, they will hold synthetic food, slowly gnaw. Large hamsters can eat grain food, sunflower seeds are a good choice.

2. Hamster picky eaters for the owner is a big trouble, in order to worry less later, so from an early age to cultivate hamster not picky habits. Training hamsters not picky eaters, can be carried out earlier, hamsters about 9- 11 days will start to eat small things, you can start training from this stage. We can give hamsters a little more choice in feeding, or we can feed them something different each time, which can correct hamsters 'picky eating habits.

3. Hamster cage is preferably three times larger than hamster, because hamster activity is very strong, wild day activity range is usually about 20 kilometers. We can use grass, sawdust, rice stalks, or shredded newspaper and toilet paper as bedding materials. The particles should not be too small. Hamsters like dark and narrow nests, which should be cleaned basically every day, but a small amount of pad materials stained with feces should be left mixed in the new nest, which will make hamsters feel at ease.

4. The general plastic box loaded with cat litter is a hamster relatively simple toilet. Every day to take out the cake cat litter or replace all, diligent owners always keep clean hamster.

5. Hamsters are naturally afraid of water, and they wash their bodies with their saliva every day, so it is not necessary to bathe hamsters. If it is too dirty, as long as a towel dipped in water gently wipe it can be. If the hamster's hair is dull and messy, it's better to pay attention to its health than to bathe it. There is no need to buy expensive imported sand for hamsters, fine cat sand for use or to get some yellow sand on the construction site to filter and wash it clean. There is no need to sunbathe hamsters.

6. It is best to buy a cage with wheels so that the hamster can play and the owner can save some expenses.