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How to raise hamsters

The optimal temperature is 20-28℃, avoid direct sunlight or places directly blown by strong winds, but pay attention to ventilation Breathable. Don't get too close to TVs, stereos, and computers. Rats can hear sounds that humans can't. Avoid radiation and noise.

Summer: It is best not to turn on the air conditioner, because if you turn off the air conditioner when you go out and turn it on again when you enter the house, the temperature difference in the house will be too large. Rats are very sensitive to temperature and are prone to colds.

Winter: Do not put it outdoors, rats will hibernate because of the cold. Lay out more bedding materials such as sawdust, and set up wooden or straw huts for rats and mice to keep warm. Or give the rats some extra napkins to make their own nests. The easiest way is to put the entire cage into a cardboard or plastic box, but make sure it is breathable.

Basic Supplies for Rats

Cages

Food Bowls

Most cages come with a food bowl. If you need to buy it yourself, any ordinary small container can be used, as long as it is not easy to knock over and the edge is not too high, otherwise rats will not be able to crawl in. Commonly used containers: glass ashtrays, soy sauce dishes, various small bowls, microwave boxes. Current price: 3-10 yuan

Drinking fountain

Most cages come with a drinking fountain, and it is best to install one when DIYing, because rats and mice need to drink water. The general design of drinking fountains has stainless steel beads at the front. When purchasing, be sure to test for leaks. Never use a bowl to fill the water directly, because rats and mice will wet their fur when drinking water, or go swimming in it, and they can easily catch cold and get sick. If you really don’t have any, feed Rat Rat more vegetables and fruits.

Toilet

A common plastic box filled with cat litter is a relatively simple toilet. Remove any clumped cat litter every day or replace it entirely, following personal hygiene habits. Rats raised by people who love cleanliness also love to be clean.

Bath room

Some mice will use cat litter to bathe in the toilet. Although it is unhygienic, it is the preference of mice. At this time, there is no need for a shower room. But some mice love to be clean, so the owner should buy a bathing room for them, put in bath sand, and let them roll around and dig holes. Use sterilized bath sand. You can also wash the fine sand yourself, sterilize and dry it in the microwave, and mix it with talcum powder to make bath sand. It is best not to use talcum powder directly, because it is too irritating and can easily hurt the eyes of rats.

Running wheels

Most cages come with running wheels, because wild rats have to run 20 kilometers a day, so moderate exercise is very important for rats. , without sufficient exercise, rats and mice will be over-stressed and fight with each other, bite the cage and other behaviors. So a careful owner should give a rat a running wheel. At the same time, because the current owners provide Rats with very good nutrition, they often make Rats overweight and easily suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, even Rats should have a normal and healthy figure. When purchasing, please note that you should choose a running wheel with no gaps so that rats and mice are not easily injured. Current price: 10-80 yuan

Wood chips

As a bedding material for squirrel cages, many materials can be used, but most people choose wood chips because it is cleaner and easier. get. When using paper cushions, be careful not to use printed paper. The ink is toxic and can be poisoned by rats and mice.

Molar stone/molar stick

The teeth of mice will continue to grow, so a molar stick is needed to grind off the overly long teeth.

Hut

The huts are made of ceramics, wood, straw, and plastic. Rats like them very much, because rats like to dig holes to live in. There are If possible, Shushu should be given a cabin. Current price: 10-45 yuan

Schedule

When you bring your hamster home, it will take a long time because it has left the environment in which it has been living, as well as its mother and siblings. Time appears to be very sensitive, and tension can lead to loss. Sometimes there will be bites, dazes, refusal to eat, etc. This period is a critical period for you and Rat to build trust. If it is not handled well, it will be difficult to establish a good relationship in the future. It doesn’t matter, it’s possible that your rat will turn into a bad rat that bites people all the time! There is a timetable below, don’t be impatient and get along with your rat little by little:

Day 1: Let it adapt to the new environment. Do not harass it at all, do not touch it, and do not take it away. Come and get it

Day 2: You can feed it with your hands, talk to it softly, and let it get familiar with your smell and voice

Day 5: You can hold it gently Pick up and put it in the palm of your hand (don’t let it fall or get lost)

Day 10: You can play with it as much as you want

Be careful when holding a hamster: a sleeping hamster will not It likes to be harassed, so when you want to pick it up, make sure it is awake. You should first open its nest so that it can see you, and then gently pick it up. If it is unwilling, Qian Don't force it.

Rat food

Edible foods:

Vegetables (such as green vegetables), carrots, and pumpkins (green and yellow vegetables are preferred) ) Seeds sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts (don’t give too much) Fruits apples, strawberries, cherries, bananas, grapes (please don’t give too much because they contain a lot of sugar) Cereals chicken feed, dove feed, for small birds Feed, wheat, corn, millet, plant-based clover, dandelion, kudzu, plantain, animal protein, beef, chicken, boiled egg protein, cheese, milk, yogurt, bugs, dried fish for pets< /p>

Feeding amount: It is easy to provide more food to hamsters than to less, because hamsters have the habit of storing food, and they will be very upset if there is less food. Therefore, if you find that the food bowl is always empty every time you add food, it means that you have added too little food. At the same time, you should also pay attention to cleaning up uneaten food in time, especially fruits and other watery things to prevent spoilage.

LZ, go buy a bag of grain, anything from Lux will do. Don't buy it from a no-name brand, it just doesn't have quality assurance.