Wire mesh rubber cage

Steel mesh plastic cage is the most common and cheapest rat cage. There are wheels, ladders, water bottles and so on in the cage. It is also convenient to clean and suitable for use in summer. The only drawback is that it is easy to turn blue. When used in winter, the heat preservation effect is poor.

2 food containers

3 drinking water bottles

Rats need to drink water! So please be sure to prepare a drinking fountain and clean water source for him! Never give it to him after receiving water from the tap water pipe. Give him whatever water you drink, or the mouse will easily have diarrhea and die.

4 sawdust

5 grinding rod

Rats' teeth will grow longer and longer, so they need a grinding stick to help them grind off their teeth, otherwise it will make it difficult to eat, which is fatal! But there are many kinds of grinding rods, such as long grinding rods made of mixed grain and honey, khaki cork feed (sold in bird shops), and my popular corn grinding rods.

6 bath powder

If there is no bath powder, you can make it yourself.

First, take the spun yarn and filter it with gauze. Then, take out the filtered sand and heat it in a microwave oven for about 1 min. The exact time depends on the amount of sand. Then, put talcum powder, preferably colorless and tasteless, and use it after cooling.

# If the cage has a large space, you can add a mouse toilet. Rats will concentrate on defecating in the toilet box. It is also convenient to clean the cage.

Hamster food

Edible food

garden stuff

Vegetables (such as Qingjiang vegetables), carrots and melons (green and yellow vegetables are preferred)

Seed category

Sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts and pine nuts (don't give too much)

fruit

Apples, strawberries, cherries, bananas, grapes (please don't give too much sugar)

cereal

Chicken feed, pigeon feed, bird feed, wheat, corn, millet.

Plant class

Clover, dandelion, kudzuvine root and plantain

Animal protein

Beef, chicken, egg white, cheese, milk, yogurt, worms, dried fish for pets.

Attention: harmful food

fruit

Seeds of almond, plum, pipa, peach, peach and apple (can cause heart paralysis, gastrointestinal dysfunction and dyspnea)

garden stuff

Onion leaves and stems, onion leaves (which will destroy blood components), garlic, ginger, leeks, celery (which is too irritating), tomatoes and potatoes.

Plant class

Narcissus, tulip, morning glory, azalea, orchid, calamus, hyacinthus orientalis, fern, cyclamen, hydrangea, platycodon grandiflorum, fern and iris.

Other categories

Human snacks, biscuits, chocolate, coffee (these two foods can cause heart paralysis), wine.

Make friends with hamsters

The mouse only trusts his mother, brothers and sisters. For other similar people and strangers, they will be more sensitive and nervous. They even bite each other. Therefore, the first two weeks when the new owner takes the mouse home are the most important moments. If you can't win his trust at first, it will be more difficult to teach him later. This is the timetable for your mouse to adapt to the new environment.

# Timetable

1 that day, let him adapt to the new environment and don't disturb him at all.

The next day, you can feed him directly with your hands and talk to him softly. Make him familiar with your voice and smell.

You can try to pick him up directly by hand on the 3 rd to 5 th day.

On the 6th day 14, you can take him out and put him on the table, and then gently touch his back with your fingers.

/kloc-You can take him out to play in 0/4 days.

# Small way to catch mice

Sleeping mice don't like being disturbed. So make sure he is awake before you pick him up.

If you want to get him out of the cage, you'd better gently open his nest so that he can see you, and then gently pick up his whole body with your hands.

Hold it gently, not too hard.

Never scratch your ears or feet. Or scratch your body hard. He will bite your hand in a panic.

To be on the safe side, when you are not familiar with the mouse, you can wear thick gloves to prevent being bitten.

In addition, young mice need a sense of security and are easily frightened and break free. So don't hold the baby mouse in your hand for too long. Wait until he is older and train slowly.

# The correct way to catch hamsters

Carry the fat on your back and hold it in your hand.