If you're on a budget, we recommend buying the Rex Chocolate Cage or Strawberry Cage, which cost about 50 bucks and are more cost-effective. These two cages are very suitable for summer use, and in winter, you can use the kind of adhesive paper of the folder wrapped up to keep warm and out of the wind.

2. Basic supplies

Bath sand, teething food

Be sure to buy bath sand, if you do not take a bath, the rat will be sick.

Generally, you need to put the bathtub in the cage and change the sand once every 1-2 days. In order to save the sand, you can not put the bathtub in the cage every day and catch the rats and mice out to take a bath for about half an hour, in this way, the sand can be used for two more days.

Teething food is a must, otherwise the rat's teeth will be very troublesome.

3. What hamsters eat

Staple food, side dishes, snacks and nutrients.

The main food, that is, the general professional mouse food, the main ingredient is also the miscellaneous grain, and people eat rice, pasta, is a must. The proportion in the self-mixing can adjust the proportion appropriately to their own SS preferences, generally the following 1:1 can be, including: rice, wheat, oats, buckwheat, cereals, corn flakes & corn ballast, popcorn, peas, sorghum, millet, yellow rice, safflower seeds & hemp seeds. In addition, for some unclear grains, it is better not to feed, like soybeans, green beans, red beans and other beans, the claims are widely conflicting.

Side dishes, that is, vegetables and fruits, this can be based on personal habits, you can use three times a week to feed, each time to feed a small piece of fresh fruits and vegetables; can also be homemade dried fruit. Homemade dried fruit in general, individuals can only do dried apples, dried pineapple is more convenient, must be made dry dry, otherwise it is easy to rot, SS eat not fresh instead of unhealthy, may also get sick ~ SS fruits and vegetables, try to be different each time, do not always feed SS the same kind of to SS to get a variety of different nutrients. In addition, the dried roses in the fruit tea sold outside can also be given to SS.

Snacks, too, are a favorite of SSs. Although SS love, but eat too much for SS is not good, because SS snacks are mainly nuts, usually sesame seeds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts and so on, these things are very oily, easy to cause SS slippery bowel; and these things are very high in fat content, easy to make the SS long lipoma, then it will be very troublesome.

Nutrients, that is, high-protein food, general SS is not recommended to eat, except for the system is very weak newborn mice or postpartum female mice. Generally it's breadworms (pasta), sliced milk, boiled egg whites, boiled chicken & beef, cheese, and dried fish and shrimp.

For SS food is also these, self-portioning ratio is, the main food: side dishes: snacks = 7: 2: 1. Here the side dishes part of the 2 refers to dried fruits and vegetables, if you are feeding fresh fruits and vegetables, usually three times a week, a rat once about the size of the fingernail can be.

4. How to raise

Don't give things to eat, pay attention to winter warmth, summer cooling, on time to change the bedding, food, water.

Good to go to the hamster bar to see the top, not difficult to raise.

5. Gnawing on the cage

Since the hamster bar was established (I don't know exactly how many years), there has not been a case of hamster death by accidental ingestion of cage paint.

Finally, it is recommended that hamster supplies be bought online, much cheaper, and it is best to find a local store on Taobao, cheap and save postage hamster feeding The second (1) Please do not look at the rat is too cute, to give too much sunflower seeds or high-calorie food, rats are prone to fat, nutritional imbalance. Overfat rats are prone to heatstroke in summer, excessive skin fat and easy hair loss.

Sunflower seeds are enough for a Tuesday to four! It can be used as a reward food for training your rat.

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

(3) Please do not feed too much fruits and vegetables at once, as it may cause death by diarrhea. Most fruits and vegetables contain pesticides, so please wash them with water and wipe them dry before feeding.

(4) Match the snacks with the main food, increase the snacks and decrease the main food, don't give too many snacks, the fat rats will get sick easily.

(5) Please keep the feed and snacks in sealed cans, or put them in the refrigerator, and throw away any food that breed insects and ants.

Edible food:

Vegetables Green vegetables (e.g. Aoji-kai), carrots, squash (green and yellow vegetables are preferred) Seeds Sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts (don't give them too much) Fruits Apples, strawberries, cherries, bananas (may stick to the cheek pouches, so try not to give them to the rats), grapes (don't give them too much as they have a lot of sugar) Grains Chicken feed, dove feed, small bird feed, wheat and other food items. Feed for small birds, wheat, corn, millet Plants Clover, dandelion, kudzu, plantain (Please do not feed plants that may be contaminated.) Animal protein Beef, chicken, boiled egg white, cheese, milk, yogurt, worms, and small dried fish for pets.

Amount of food: It is easy to provide hamsters with more food than they need, because hamsters have the habit of storing food, and they will be very upset if there is less food. So, if you find the food bowl is always empty every time you add food it means the food is added too little, and you should also pay attention to clean up the uneaten food in time, especially the fruits and other things with moisture to prevent deterioration.

Feeding hamsters can use 50 cm square to raise tropical fish with a sink, above the wire mesh made of cover (easy to swelter in summer, to be noted). When using a wire cage, the hamster grabs the wire and climbs upwards, and there is a danger of falling, so it is best if the cage is not very high, and to remove the wire from the bottom of the cage and use it. Line the bottom of the cage with straw, hay or sawdust. The feeding bowl can be made of pottery, preferably heavier. Some twigs can be provided for gnawing to prevent the teeth from growing too long. Nest boxes can be made of wood or paper, etc. Bird nest boxes can be utilized in addition to those that come with the cage. The nest box is lined with hay, sawdust, rags, etc. The sink will not scrape your feet, but it tends to accumulate moisture, so be careful to keep it dry. Also, the sink is deep enough to put in plenty of straw, hay, and other cage substrate that will allow the hamster to dive in, put in dirt, and then lay hay on top. Create a very natural environment where hamsters can dig holes for nests.

Drinking water can be done with a water feeder, mounted at a height where it is easy to drink, and add water to a vessel-type pitcher. In the summer, you can let your hamster play with water, but don't make the cage too wet. Hamsters have the habit of defecating in a fixed place. Put a potty in the place where it often defecates and put urine or feces in it to make the potty smell bad, so it will use it as a toilet. If you don't use the toilet, don't force it, just pay attention to clean the cage often.

Hamsters are omnivores, so you can give them yellow-green vegetables such as pumpkin, light-colored vegetables such as cabbage and lettuce, potatoes, beans, fruits, weeds, seeds, etc. There are also special food for hamsters. There are also hamster-specific feeding grains. However, it is important to pay attention to feeding some vegetables and fruits when the feeding diet is the mainstay. As a source of protein, you can feed it boiled eggs, cooked dried fish, boiled chicken and cheese, tofu, etc. You can also feed some dog food, cat food, etc.

Hamsters have the habit of storing food in their gills. Be careful to change the water diligently. Wash the food bowl and water feeder every day and replace them with fresh food and water. Replace the nesting material as well. Check the nest box and leave some food such as fruit or solid feed for the hamster where it accumulates food. Change the cage bottom dressing once a week and clean and sterilize the cage 1-2 times a month.

The temperature inside the sink is easy to rise in the hot summer, and in summer, it is best to move to the cage to feed. Keep the cage in a well-ventilated place and be careful not to let direct sunlight. When it's hot, hamsters don't like to eat solid rations, and should be fed water-rich foods such as vegetables. Store food in the fall, and don't forget to check the nesting box frequently to prevent the hamster from going into hibernation due to low temperature. When placing it in a heated room, take care that the temperature difference between day and night is not too great. You can put a plastic bag over the cage, or put the cage into a paper-shell box to keep it warm. If you can't, take a cardboard box and put some dried fruits in it