How to raise a third-line hamster?

Third-line hamsters, also known as Gakaria hamsters, party rats, etc., are the easiest and most approachable hamsters among small hamsters. They are well-behaved at first, but whether they can bite or not depends on their personality, just like dogs. Not all teddy and bear have a good personality and can't bite. Let's take a look at how to raise a third-line hamster.

Third-line hamster culture environment

1. Food basin: anything is fine, including clean ashtrays, small boxes, etc., pay attention to the edges, do not scratch the rats.

2. Rollers: please choose seamless rollers. Sewn wheels make it easy for mice to get stuck in their feet when running.

3. Water bottle: the steel ball type water bottle is the best, and there is also eyedropper type. The most important consideration is that it will not leak.

4, small nest: you can make it yourself, using a finishing box DIY, or you can choose a small nest sold on the market, with prices ranging from dozens of yuan to several hundred yuan.

5, rat toilet, bathroom: place rat sand, bath sand and so on for rats to go to the toilet or roll sand to take a bath.

6. Relieving heat: marble, radiator, ice cubes in bottle, cold sofa, etc.

7. Keep warm: cotton, warm bag, socks.

8. Cages: please use ventilated wire cages or semi-iron and semi-plastic cages, such as field cages, in summer. Please pay attention to the warmth of rats in winter. All-glue cages are more suitable in winter. (do not use barbed wire on the cage chassis. Mice are prone to fracture.)

9. Cushion materials: pine sawdust, poplar wood, laboratory sawdust and so on, which can keep rats warm and absorb water in winter.

10. Fine cat sand: it is more suitable to be used in summer, cool, condense into blocks after absorbing water, and shovel it up.

11. Corn gongs: used in summer, cool, but not absorbent, the price is a little more expensive.

12. For the wood chip cushion, please try not to use fragrant wood chips.

Health examination of third-line hamster

1. Teeth: the front teeth of mice are constantly growing, and sometimes the teeth are too long to eat. At this time, you can cut your own teeth, please use small animal tooth-cutting utensils, if you do not dare to cut, you can take to the doctor to cut teeth.

2, incense glands: male rats only have, in the middle of the abdomen, there is a yellow thing, that is, incense glands, when male rats are in estrus, the taste here will be particularly strong. Sometimes the incense glands will hoard too much. Remember to regularly use hydrogen peroxide and salt water to mix at 1:10 to wipe them. If you hoard too much, please take it to the veterinary hospital for a doctor to clear.

3. Eyes: if the mouse is healthy, the eyes should be very shiny and shiny. If they are red, oily or have eye droppings, pay attention to them and take them to the doctor.

4. Poop: mouse poop should be a little hard, the size of a grain of rice, black without odor. Sometimes it will turn green, red, etc., do not be too nervous at this time, please recall whether there is green or red feed in the feed of mice and rats, if so, it is normal to be green. If soft stool occurs, or there is a bad smell, please send it to the hospital as soon as possible.

5, cheek pouch: sometimes pay attention to whether the cheek pouch has finished eating, if not finished, please do not give food. If the food is rotten and smelly in the cheek pouch, it is easy to cause cheek bursitis. Regularly pay attention to the cheek pouch for the stench of food corruption, and regularly help him clear the food in the cheek pouch, use salt water to transfer water at 1:3, use a feeding syringe into the cheek pouch to rinse.

6. Coat color: the hair of a mouse is usually soft and shiny. If there is hair removal, please pay attention to whether it is allergic and take it to the doctor for examination as soon as possible.

7. body temperature: the body temperature of a mouse is usually touched by hand, which is about a little higher than ours, but the feeling is not obvious. if you obviously feel that the mouse's body temperature is too high, please send it to the hospital immediately, which is very likely to be a sign of heatstroke!