What is the use of a squirrel's tail? What should be paid attention to when raising?

When it comes to which animals are the most active, squirrels are one of them, jumping up and down non-stop. The shape of the squirrel is very lovely, the head is like a mouse, but with a very fluffy tail, furry, very lovable. So, what's the use of a squirrel's tail? What should be paid attention to when raising?

I. the function of the tail of a squirrel

Yes, many people know that it is balance. Its oversized tail helps the squirrel maintain its balance during the jump, allowing the squirrel to jump farther, making it easy to jump from one tree to another. When a squirrel jumps from a tree, its big tail also makes its long hair fluffy, acting as a parachute, slowing down the fall and maintaining balance, while acting as a sponge pad when landing to avoid injury.

Squirrels can also communicate and communicate by wagging their tails.

Second, what should be paid attention to when raising squirrels?

1. The choice of cage

The squirrel is very active and energetic, so it needs a lot of activity space, so the cage it chooses must be large. Having sufficient activity space will be of great benefit to the life and growth of squirrels. It will help squirrels absorb daily nutrition and effectively avoid the occurrence of some diseases.

Although squirrels use more eyes, their hearing is not so strong. But also try to stay away from electrical appliances. Such as televisions, computers and so on, the radiation of these appliances is relatively large.

Squirrels like to bite things, especially the cushions in cages, so try to use cloth, sawdust, or newspapers when choosing cushions. Instead of choosing relatively soft paper such as toilet paper, once the squirrel eats toilet paper, it is easy to get stuck in the squirrel's upper jaw, making it uncomfortable and may be fatal in serious cases.

2. Living environment requirements

Squirrels are not particularly strict about their living environment, but try to avoid exposure to too much dust. Squirrels exposed to too much dust are prone to respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, allergies and so on. Squirrels also prefer quiet environment, too noisy environment is easy to cause their panic. Too many people and too much noise will scare squirrels because they are so timid that they may even be scared to death.

3. Matters needing attention such as feeding and cleaning

Squirrels like to eat hard-shell foods such as walnuts, melon seeds and pine nuts. Hard-shell fruits are the main food. They have good teeth. Eating such hard food can also help them grind their teeth. This is its living habit.

The squirrel is already very clean, so don't give it a bath often, because it will clean itself, and don't wash it until it has to be bathed.

Like people, squirrels are afraid of the sun and heat, and of cold and cold. Therefore, we should pay attention to sunscreen in summer and heat preservation in winter to avoid symptoms such as heatstroke or cold.