The pudding rat is a type of Jakalia hamster (Phodopus sungorus). The Jakalia hamster is a common third-line rat among pet rats. The body color of the pudding rat is yellow, much like pudding, so Called pudding, this was bred in Japan. They have a gentle personality, are highly interactive with people, and are easy to care for, so they are very suitable as small pet rats for novices or children.

Although raising pudding rats is easy, there are still some things to pay attention to:

"Food"

1. Pudding rats cannot eat human food. Because human food contains too much salt.

2. The staple food of pudding rats is whole grains. Never feed them dog feed or cat feed.

3. Pudding rats like to eat sunflower seeds, but they cannot eat sunflower seeds as their main food, because eating too many sunflower seeds will make them angry.

4. Be sure to give the pudding rat a food bowl, which is easier to clean and cleaner.

5. There must be a drinking fountain, which is a container for the pudding rats to drink water. It has a vacuum and a ball.

6. Drinking water should be kept clean and changed at least once a week. The water must be cold and boiled. Do not drink raw water or mineral water.

"Clothing"

1. The rat's cage should be filled with bedding material, such as grass, wood chips, etc.

2. Forage grass should be sterilized.

3. Sawdust is a commonly used bedding material. Be careful not to use self-planed wood chips that contain decorative chemicals.

4. Paper can also be used as a backing material, but newspapers containing ink or photocopy waste paper are absolutely not acceptable.

5. Some pudding rats like toilet paper very much, but you should pay attention to whether the toilet paper contains fluorescent agents.

6. Generally speaking, the amount of cushion material placed is less when the temperature is high and more when the temperature is low.

7. The mat material needs to be replaced after a period of time. In winter, it can be replaced every 2 or 3 weeks; but in summer, it is best to replace it once a week.

"Live"

1. Ventilation is a very important factor when choosing a mouse cage, because pudding rats are temperate rodents that are afraid of heat and can easily die of heat stroke in summer. Use cat litter.

2. There needs to be a rat nest inside the rat cage. You can place one or use thick cardboard to block one, and the rat nest will make him feel safe.

3. Pudding rats are small in size, and their poop is like millet, which is not smelly; but their urine will smell. However, because the amount of urine is not large, it only needs to be kept clear. You can place a rat toilet filled with rat sand inside so that the pudding rats can defecate and urinate in it for easy cleaning.

4. The Pudding Rat takes a sand bath. When clean rat sand or bathing sand is put into the rat toilet, the Pudding Rat will roll in it. This is his way of bathing and cleaning. If you find that the pudding rat's body is wet and oily, it means that the rat sand is not clean, so he did not take a bath.

"OK"

1. Because pudding rats move about 20 kilometers a day in the wild, rollers must be placed to allow them to exercise to avoid insufficient exercise and stress. Too big.

2. There is also a rolling ball, which can lock the pudding mouse inside and let him roll around on the ground. This method is inhumane, because it is a forced exercise method. The pudding rat cannot rest in it, and it is only suitable for 1 or 2 minutes.

"Education"

1. Pudding rats are very interactive with people, so they need to interact with them frequently.

2. It is recommended to give them a name and call them by this name every day. Some pudding rats have a tendency to recognize names.

3. The pudding rat is a nocturnal animal, so it sleeps during the day and only gets up at night to look for food and move around, so if it is sleeping during the day, please do not disturb his sleep.

4. Although pudding rats have a gentle personality, they are territorial, so if there is a fight, they must be separated into cages as soon as possible.

"乐"

When playing with them, don't use too much force, because they will become fragile. Another very important point is that Pudding Rat is a pet with no survival skills. Please do not let him go. That is equivalent to asking him to die, so you must treat him well.

Feeding Points

(1) It is forbidden to feed human food. Too much salt and overly seasoned food will increase

the burden on the rat's body.

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

(3) It is forbidden to wash the rat’s body unless necessary.

(4) Please understand your own rat species. Rats that live alone or of different species are prohibited from being kept in cages together. (5) If you are not mentally prepared or financially capable, please do not keep female rats and male rats in the same cage. The reproductive capacity of rats is very impressive.

(6) It is forbidden to use feed from unknown sources. If it is wormy or moldy, please discard it and do not feed it. (7) It is forbidden for rats to drink raw water. Please let them drink boiled cold water.

(8) It is prohibited to use bamboo chopsticks, popsicle sticks and other things to allow rats to grind their teeth. Please use the teething supplies and feed specifically for rats on the market.

(9) It is prohibited to use newspapers, tissues, etc. as cushion materials. Newspaper has too much ink and contains bleach in the tissue paper.

(10) It is forbidden to keep rats in a space that is too small. The space must have at least rollers, water bottles, food bowls, nests and other supplies.