How to raise a silver fox hamster

Silver fox hamster looks very good-looking, the price is not very expensive, many friends rushed to its beautiful appearance and brought it home, daily feed some fruits and vegetables and miscellaneous grains can be. Because fruits and vegetables contain a lot of water, hamsters intestinal tract is relatively weak, feed these foods must be controlled, no just diarrhea will die, let's take a look at how to raise silver fox hamster!

Breeding environment of silver fox hamster

Silver fox hamster optimum temperature 20-28℃, avoid direct sunlight or direct wind blowing to the place, but pay attention to ventilation. Do not be too close to TV, stereo, computer, hamster can hear the sound that human cannot hear, should avoid radiation and noise. Summer is best not to open air conditioning, because you go out when the air conditioning off, into the house and open air conditioning will make the temperature difference is too large, hamster is very sensitive to temperature, easy to catch a cold. Don't leave it outdoors in winter, hamsters will hibernate because it's too cold. Lay wood chips and other matting materials, and configure wooden or straw huts for hamsters to keep warm. Or give hamsters extra napkins to make their own nests. The easiest way is to put the cage in a carton or plastic box, but pay attention to ventilation.

Silver Fox Hamster Breeding Facility

Cage: In summer, please use ventilated wire cages, or half-iron and half-plastic cages, such as wild cages. In winter, please pay attention to keep mice warm. The plastic cage is more suitable for winter.

2. Food basin: Most cages have their own food basin. If you need to buy your own, the general small container 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, the current price of 3~10 yuan.

3, water dispenser: most cages have their own water dispenser, DIY is also the best to install one, because hamsters need to drink water. The general design of drinking fountains has stainless steel beads at the front end, and attention should be paid to testing for leakage when purchasing. Do not take a bowl of water directly, because hamsters will wet their hair when drinking water, or go swimming, easy to catch cold and get sick. If you don't have any, feed the hamster more vegetables and fruits.

4, toilet: the 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. Clean people breed cleaner hamsters.

5, shower room: Some hamsters will bathe in the toilet with cat sand, although not sanitary, but this is the hamster's preference, at this time no longer need a shower room, but some hamsters love clean, the owner should buy it a shower room, put on the shower sand to let the hamster enjoy rolling, play holes. Bath sand should be sterilized, or you can wash the fine sand yourself, put it in the microwave oven for disinfection and drying, and mix it with talcum powder to make bath sand. It is best not to use talcum powder directly, because the irritation is too strong, but also easy to hurt the hamster's eyes.

6, running wheel: most cages have their own running wheel, because wild hamsters run 20 kilometers a day, so the right amount of exercise is very important for hamsters, there is not enough exercise, hamsters will be too much pressure and appear to fight each other, bite cage and other behaviors. So careful owners should give hamsters a running wheel. At the same time, because the current owner to hamster nutrition is very good, often make hamster obesity, easy to make hamster also get cardiovascular disease, so even hamster, also should have a normal healthy body. Pay attention to when buying, should choose seamless running wheel, hamster is not easy to get hurt. The current price is $10-$80.

7, sawdust: as a squirrel cage mat material, many materials can be selected, but most people will choose sawdust, because it is relatively clean and easy to get. When using paper pads, be careful not to use printed paper, ink is toxic, hamster poisoning.

8, molar stone/molar stick: hamster teeth will continue to grow, so you need to use molar stick to grind off too long teeth.

9. Cabin: Cabins are ceramic, wooden, grass, plastic, hamsters are very fond of, because hamsters are animals that love to make holes to live in. If there are conditions, hamsters should be equipped with a cabin. The current price is 10~45 yuan.

Silver Fox Hamster Food Selection

1. Edible food

① Qingjiang vegetables, carrots, pumpkins (green and yellow vegetables are preferred), sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts (do not give too much, 2 a week is the best), apples, strawberries, cherries, bananas, grapes (please do not give too much because of a lot of sugar), chicken feed, dove feed, bird feed, wheat, corn, millet, etc.

② Plants: clover, dandelion, kudzu vine, plantain

③ Animal protein: beef, chicken, boiled egg protein, yogurt, bread worms, dried fish for pets, goat milk

2. Harmful food

① Fruits: almond, plum, loquat, peach, water-tight peach, apple seed (can cause heart paralysis, gastrointestinal disorders, breathing difficulties)

Vegetables: onion, onion leaves (will destroy blood components), garlic, ginger, leek, celery (too strong irritant) tomato and potato leaves and stems

③ Plants: narcissus, tulip, morning glory, azalea, orchid, calamus, hyacinth, fern, cyclamen, hydrangea, platycodon grandiflorum, fern, iris

Other categories: human snacks, cookies, chocolate, coffee (these two foods can cause heart attack), alcohol, milk

3. Supplement series

① bread worm: protein is very high, is the holy product of supplements, one day please do not feed too much.

② dried fish: contains calcium, animal protein, older mice can be ground into powder to eat.

③ Nutritional cream: Available on the market, there are two kinds of deep-sea fish oil and cherry flavors.

4 Nutrient water: There are all kinds of sales on the market, and the price ranges from 100 to 150.

Glucose water: Glucose can be bought at the pharmacy and mixed with boiled water at 1:10 to mix and feed. It can increase appetite.

Artificial baby mud: can be bought in supermarkets, a feeding of about 0.5cc, please put in the refrigerator to save.

7. Small animal milk substitute: Most shops selling rat products have them. One pack is brewed with 10cc of water. Rats drink less. Please consider the dosage at your own discretion and drink it immediately.

Note: Silver fox hamster is forbidden to feed human food. Too much salt and too much seasoning will increase the burden on the mouse body. Please keep the feed and snacks in a sealed container. It can be placed in the refrigerator. Please discard the food that breeds insects and ants. Do not feed too much fruits and vegetables at one time. It is easy to cause diarrhea and death. Most fruits and vegetables contain pesticides. Wash and dry with water before feeding.