My family's ss has eaten it several times, and it's all right.

Recently, I've been looking for people who raise ss to tell them about the experience of raising ss.

First, the basic concept and mentality of hamster breeding:

(1) Please don't think that "it" is just a mouse, and life is not important.

(2) Please don't have a fever for three minutes. If you want to raise it, please love it, pet it and take care of it all your life.

(3) Don't abandon it at will, and don't release it. This is tantamount to sentencing it to death.

(4) Please do your best to give your mice and your pets the best enjoyment.

(5) Please don't neglect it because it bites you. Rats need time.

(6) Please don't think it is a burden, spend some time with it!

(7) After the rats die, please don't throw them away at will. Remember not to throw them into the trash can. Please make good preparations for their funeral.

(8) Please don't be unwilling to take care of other rats in the family because of sadness after the rats have left.

2. Eight taboos for hamster breeding:

(1) It is forbidden to feed food that people eat. Too high salt and too heavy seasoning will increase the physical burden of rats.

(2) direct contact with the sun is forbidden. Rats are very afraid of heat. When summer comes, please use heat sinks or marble to cool them off.

(3) If it is not necessary, it is forbidden to wash mice's bodies with water.

(4) Please know your own rat breed. It is forbidden to keep rats living alone or different breeds in cages.

(5) If you are not psychologically prepared or financially capable, please do not keep the female rats and the male rats in cages, because the reproductive ability of the rats is very impressive.

(6) It is forbidden to use feed from unknown sources. Please discard it if it is insect or moldy, and don't feed it!

(7) It is forbidden to use newspapers, which contain too much ink.

(8) It is forbidden to keep rats and mice in too small a space, and there must be at least articles such as water bottles, food pots and nests in the space.

Third, the basic equipment for hamster breeding:

(1) Food basin: anything can be used, including clean ashtrays, small boxes, etc ... Pay attention to the edges and don't scratch the rats.

(2) Rollers: Please choose seamless rollers and wheels with seams, because rats are easy to get stuck on their feet when running.

(3) water bottle: the steel ball water bottle is the best, and there are also droppers. The most important thing is that it will not leak water.

(4) Nest: You can make it yourself, using paper boxes, paper boxes, etc., you can also choose nests sold in the market, and you can also use glass seasoning bottles, just like the ones I shot in Lola's film.

(5) Summer products: marble, cooling fins, ice cubes in bottles of Bote, cold sofas, etc.

(7) Warm products in winter: cotton, warm bags, socks, and facial tissues.

(8) Cages: There are high-grade rat cages on the market, and the price ranges from about 111 to 311. Now I think about it, in fact, the fish tank is the most practical, transparent on all sides, which is convenient for watching rats and mice, and does not need to invest too much money. You can choose freely according to your personal preference and acceptance. But make sure that rats and mice have enough space to play. If you buy a high-grade rat cage, the rollers will be configured in the cage. If you use a fish tank, you can also buy a single roller.

There are rats and mice, cages, rollers and water bottles in the pet market on the top floor of New Mart and the flower, bird, fish and insect market in Xiaojinqiao. Just look there.

★ Don't use barbed wire on the cage chassis, as rats and mice are prone to fracture and injury

IV. Basic consumables for hamster feeding:

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

(2) fine cat litter: it is suitable for use in summer. It is cool, condenses into a block after absorbing water, and can be scooped up. (There are places where you can buy cat products in the supermarket. Don't buy crystal cat litter, ordinary cat litter will do, and small gray particles will do.)

★ Please choose fine cat litter without perfume beads!

(3) Corn root: used in summer, it is cool, but does not absorb water, and the price is a little expensive (not recommended).

(4) For the wood chip mat, please try not to use wood chips with fragrance or wood chips with excessive taste of decoration products.

5. Precautions for mother rats during childbirth:

(1) During pregnancy, the mother rats must be separated from the male rats. Male rats sometimes eat baby rats.

(2) Please help the mother mouse to take good care of her body, because childbirth is very harmful to her health. You can use hemp seed, nutritious cream, nutritious water, dried fish, bread worms, etc. to increase the nutrition of the mother mouse.

(3) During the full moon of mice, please try not to change the articles, cushions, etc. in the mother mouse cage. It's easy to scare the mother mouse, which leads to not breastfeeding the baby or recycling (eating the mouse). Please don't touch them with your hands before the full moon!

(4) After the full moon, the mouse can leave its mother with long hair and eyes open. At this time, try to touch the baby mouse!

(5) It is best for mice to wait until the full moon before feeding the bread worm, which has a shell.

At this time, the baby's digestive system is not complete, so please don't feed the breadworm, which is easy to indigestion.

(6) Remember to pick up the roller when the mother mouse is pregnant. Sometimes, the mother mouse will neglect breastfeeding in order to play with the roller.

6. Self-examination of the body of rats and mice:

(1) Teeth: The front teeth of rats and mice are constantly growing, and sometimes the teeth are too long, which will lead to the inability to eat. At this time, you can cut your own teeth. Please use small animals to cut your teeth. If you dare not cut your teeth, you can take it to the doctor to cut your teeth.

(2) Incense glands: only in male rats. 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 fragrant glands will accumulate too much. Remember to regularly use hydrogen peroxide to mix salt water at 1: 11 to help them wipe!

(3) Eyes: If rats and mice are healthy, their eyes should be very bright and shiny. If they are red, they have oily eyes or excrement, so pay attention to them.

(4) poop: the poop of rats and mice should be a little hard, the size of rice grains, black and odorless. Sometimes it turns green, red, etc. Don't be too nervous at this time. Please think back to whether there is green or red feed in the feed of rats and mice. If there is, it is normal for the stool to turn green. If there is soft stool, or it smells bad, there is a danger of diarrhea, which is a fatal disease of rats and mice.

(5) cheek pouches: sometimes you should pay attention to whether you have finished eating the things in your cheek pouches. If you haven't finished eating, please don't give any more food. If food spoils and stinks in the cheek pouch, it will easily lead to cheek pouch inflammation. Regularly pay attention to whether the cheek pouch smells of food corruption, and regularly help him clear out the food in the cheek pouch, use salt water to adjust water in a 1: 3 way, and use a feeding syringe to reach into the cheek pouch for washing.

(6) coat color: rat's coat is usually soft and shiny. If there is depilation, please pay attention to whether it is allergic.

(7) Body temperature: The body temperature of rats and mice is generally touched by hand, which is slightly higher than our body temperature, but the feeling is not obvious. If you obviously feel that the body temperature of rats and mice is too high, it is very likely to be a precursor to heatstroke!

7. Precautions in diet:

(1) Please don't look at rats and mice too cute. If you give them too much sunflower seeds or high-calorie food, rats and mice will get fat easily and have unbalanced nutrition. Overweight mice are prone to heatstroke in summer, and their skin fat is too thick and easy to shed hair. Sunflower seeds can be used as reward food for training rats. They simply love sunflower seeds.

(2) Please don't think that rats and mice don't need to drink water! Water must be supplied, and drinking water should be changed every two or three days.

(3) Don't feed the fruits and vegetables too much at one time, which may lead to diarrhea and death. Most fruits and vegetables contain pesticides. Please wash them with clean water and dry them before feeding.

(4) Snacks should be mixed with staple food. When snacks are increased, staple food should be reduced. Don't give too many snacks. Fat rats are prone to get sick.

(5) Please keep the feed and snacks in sealed cans, which can be placed in the refrigerator. Please discard the food that breeds insects and ants.

(6) Breadforms are the favorite of rats and mice, but the content of protein is too high. Just give a few at a time, not too much.

(7) Birds' whole grains are the best food for rats and mice, so you can buy some by mixing. Such as corn flakes, buckwheat, cereal, raw peanuts, pockmarked seeds, rice, wheat, sorghum and raw melon seeds, the number of cereal, buckwheat and pockmarked seeds can be appropriately increased. Fruits and vegetables are cautious! ! ! Try to avoid feeding fruits and vegetables with large moisture! ! ! The leaves of Chinese cabbage can be left for a day or two, and then fed when the water in the leaves is almost evaporated, so that vitamins can be supplemented to the mice. Rats and mice like to eat oily wheat dishes very much ~

VIII. Nursing and preventive measures for common diseases of hamsters

Ensuring a reasonable diet structure, keeping the environment dry and clean, and protecting the safety of young pets' lives, and doing this "three guarantees" well is the fundamental way to maintain the health of young pets.

1. Diarrhea and soft stools

Causes: improper diet, stress, sudden change of weather, etc.

Nursing products:

Fresh apples

MR brand intestinal liquid (defecation improving liquid)

Methods: The more apples, the better, as long as rats and mice are willing to eat; Add the whole intestine liquid to the water bottle, and remember to change the water every day.

environment: besides improper diet, stress is also one of the factors that cause diarrhea and soft stools. So during the rest period, try not to disturb the rat as much as possible and give it a peaceful environment.

2. Eye swelling and inflammation

Causes: fighting and humid environment lead to a large number of mold breeding

Preventive measures: separate cages for independent cultivation; Change sawdust frequently, clean cages, and keep the environment dry and ventilated.

Care products:

Sisi eye care cleaning liquid (for small animals only) (which can also be cleaned with physiological saline)

Chlortetracycline eye ointment

cotton swab

Living environment: Please separate cages immediately and isolate them separately if they are closed; Instead of sawdust, the mat material is paved with soft broken paper towels; Rest in peace.

Methods: Use cotton swab dipped in nursing solution every day to help rats and mice clean their eyes, and then apply chlortetracycline eye ointment.

Precautions: Use chlortetracycline with caution. If rats eat too much residual ointment by mistake, it will lead to renal failure, so try not to leave any residual ointment.

3. Toe swelling

Causes:

1) Toe is entangled

2) Running the roller wildly when the toenail is too long

3) Toe is hooked or folded

4) Falling from a height, etc.

Suggestions:

First, check whether there is any wound or bleeding on the toe surface, if there is.

method: dilute the wound with physiological saline+iodine at the ratio of 2: 1 (if this dilution ratio causes great stimulation to rats and mice, the dilution ratio can be increased again), and disinfect the wound.

Note:

1) Rats and mice are easy to lick the wound or touch it with their hands and then grab something to eat, while eating iodine is harmful to the health of rats and mice. Therefore, the diluent can be left on the wound for 2-3 minutes, and then cleaned with salt water after its bactericidal effect is fully exerted.

2) Never use hydrogen peroxide or iodine to disinfect the wound. Their irritation is unbearable for people, not to mention such a weak mouse. Try not to use alcohol, which is too irritating. If you use it, please dilute it!

3) You can't use iodine and mercurochrome at the same time! Because the mixture of the two will produce toxic mercuric iodide, which not only makes the drug lose its germicidal efficacy, but also has a strong stimulating effect on skin mucosa and other tissues, causing skin redness and blistering and wound ulceration.

Secondly, after making sure that there is no wound on the surface or after disinfection,

1) Give soft padding materials (such as broken paper towels, cotton, etc.) instead of sawdust.

2) Remove the roller

3) Rest in peace, and walk after the bone heals

4. Causes of skin diseases

External parasites, allergies, trauma, bacterial or mold infections, etc.

Preventive measures:

1) Selection of sawdust

Most of the sawdust used for rats and mice is imported, and when purchasing. Be sure to identify the wood type of sawdust:

Never use "Cedar" sawdust, because hamsters are allergic to "Cedar Oil", which will lead to large-scale hair loss and skin cracking, resulting in fatal dehydration and infection.

"aspen" (poplar) sawdust also has a certain chance of causing skin diseases.

"pine" (pine) sawdust is more suitable for hamsters, and most compressed sawdust is this kind.

2) keep the environment clean, dry and ventilated

frequently change sawdust and clean cages;

Occasionally, you can get a few minutes of sunshine in the evening;

if there is water leakage, replace it immediately;

Avoid using cages with wire cage bottoms and mesh rollers to reduce the chances of mold growth.

3) Diet

Supplement foods rich in minerals and comprehensive vitamins to increase resistance.

4) If there is a fight, or rats in the same cage have itchy skin and other symptoms, they should be separated from each other immediately.

9. Body language of rats and mice

Rats and mice can't talk, so how can we understand them? In fact, rats and mice have expressed some feelings before you know it. You should observe their body language more to get to know them.

The following is an explanation of different behaviors of rats and mice:

Grooming when relaxing

Hamsters groom their fur in two situations.

-in the first case, it is in a relaxed state.

-In another case, rats and mice want to put their own smell on their bodies after their owners touch them. Rats like their own taste!

Ear down:

The hamster's ear down indicates that his alertness is low and he is in a relaxed state. When rats and mice are alert, their ears are generally upright and high, and they are very impressed by the weak sounds of their surroundings. Because rats and mice have poor eyesight, they will make up for it with sensitive small ears.

Climbing on the ground:

When you see their lazy appearance, you know that they are really at ease! Many hamsters sleep like this.

Tired body:

Rats and mice are tired when they sleep sweetly, so it's best not to wake them when they see this!

When you are happy,

Climb on your hand:

When you are in a good mood, rats and mice will climb on their masters to coax them. When the owner reaches into the cage and gently calls the name of the mouse, the mouse climbs into the owner's hand, which means they are in a good mood today!

Bite the cage:

The reason for biting the cage is not only to grind teeth, but also to be bored. On the other hand, rats and mice will also use this action to express their requirements, such as going out to play or eating snacks.

Walking back and forth under pressure:

Don't think it's funny that rats and mice often walk in the same route, but it's actually a sign of stress. When rats and mice are nervous, they will walk back and forth along the same route. If the owner sees their performance like this, he should pay more attention to it!

Running the wheel violently:

Some rats and mice will use running the wheel violently to vent their pressure and dissatisfaction. So don't think that running the wheel is a common thing. In fact, Rat is telling you that he is very uncomfortable.

When angry,

shout back:

When hamsters feel threatened, they will pose like this. Sometimes the owner suddenly reaches into the cage and scares them. When threatened by peers