It’s okay if the rat licks the anthelmintic medicine. Because deworming medicine can help squirrels get rid of trapped bugs. If bugs appear on the rat's body, it will first bite or scratch its skin or develop some pimples on its body.

It may also cause skin changes, redness, swelling, and even hair loss. These are some of the more typical symptoms of bugs in squirrel rats.

How to raise squirrels

Please do not give too many sunflower seeds or high-calorie foods just because squirrels are too cute. Squirrels are prone to obesity and have unbalanced nutrition. Rats that are overweight are prone to heatstroke in summer and their skin is too fat and prone to hair loss.

About 2 to 3 sunflower seeds a week are enough and can be used as reward food for training rats. In winter, 2 to 5 seeds per week is enough. In winter, flowers tend to exercise less and accumulate a lot of fat, so please try not to feed sunflower seeds as much as possible.