Hamsters can eat watermelons; They mainly eat plant seeds, tender stems, leaves and fruits, and occasionally eat insects. No hibernation. Live by eating stored food in winter. In addition, some species are omnivorous and can be vertebrates, such as frogs. They stuffed food into their cheeks and took it back to store it in their caves. As many as 90 kilograms of hamster caves were found to store food.

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artificial feeding

situation

Cage with 1 and chassis area greater than 0.5m2

2. Provide multiple hiding places, which can be made of paper or wood.

3. The thickness of the padding is not less than 20cm, and the raw materials of the nest material should be soft, including dust-free shavings and straws.

4. The diameter of the running wheel required by dwarf hamster and bear hamster should be larger than 20cm and 30cm respectively, and the suitable running wheel should have a closed running surface. ?

If you use a cage made of glass or plastic, please make sure that the top is open for ventilation.

habitat

Widely inhabit grasslands, farmland, deserts, shrubs, farmland, gardens and orchards in foothills and valleys, and occasionally enter houses. Hamsters can be found at an altitude of 3600 meters.

morphological character

Hamsters are small to large rodents. Short and thick, weighing 30 ~1000g. The tail length varies from 7 ~ 106mm, which is generally half of the body length, without scales, covered with dense hair, and a few species (such as desert hamster) are very short, less than half of the hind feet; In some species, females are larger than males.

The color of tail hair varies greatly, generally gray, taupe or sandy brown. The original hamster has bright fur, reddish-brown back and black abdomen. Hamsters have long and thick hair. Their backs are gray, pink, light yellow, light brown or reddish brown, and their bellies are white, gray or black. Their flanks are usually white, and some have stripes and sebaceous glands in the middle.

The odontoid process of molar is tumor-like and arranged in two rows, and the left and right odontoid processes are not opposite or almost opposite. Hamsters have a double-cavity stomach, and most of them have no gallbladder. Their large intestine and cecum are quite complicated. The diploid chromosome number of hamster is between 20 and 44. Thoracic vertebra 13, lumbar vertebra 6.

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