What if there are worms in rat food?

Hamster is a very small and lovely animal, but also many people as pets to raise, in the breeding process, improper storage of rat food is easy to give birth to insects, then rat food insects how to do?

1. Habits of hamsters

Hamster is a rat-shaped rodent of the hamster family, widely inhabiting grassland, farmland, desert, foothills and river valley shrubs, farmland, gardens and orchards.

Hamsters feed mainly on plant seeds, eating tender stems and leaves, fruits, and occasionally insects. No hibernation. Live on stored food in winter. In addition, some species are omnivorous and can be vertebrates such as frogs.

Hamster is mainly distributed in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, Syria and Iran, Mongolia, Siberia, northern China and Korea. In China, hamster is mainly distributed in provinces north of Yangtze River, including Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

II. What about rats and insects?

Rat food can be placed in the sun for exposure, which can kill insects; rat food can also be placed in the refrigerator frozen overnight, which can kill eggs. If the worm situation is more serious, mouse food should not be used again, so as not to affect the health of hamsters.

3. How to store rat food?

After the rat food is bought back, if the quantity is relatively large, it can be stored in a cool and dry place without opening the package. If it is already opened, prepare a sealed container and put the rat food into sealed storage. At the same time, use it as soon as possible, because the opening time is relatively long, and the rat food is also easy to deteriorate and produce insects.

Feeding hamster is best to choose special mouse food, do not easily feed hamster other food, especially some human food, high salt, high sugar, additives are not allowed to feed.