(1) Don't underestimate the hamster. Although thin, it has a long life span, which can reach 8 to 10 years. If you just want to buy it for home, please think twice first.
(2) Hamster is very fertile, from two to four, from four to eight, from eight to sixteen, from sixteen to thirty-two. So, if you want to keep a pair of hamsters, please make a family plan, unless you plan to give them away, or have many old friends to adopt for you, or you want to open a "hamster shop".
(3) Hamsters need to exercise every day, walk 20 kilometers and keep clean.
(4) The hamster's food must be clean and fresh, so as not to spoil its stomach, but the treatment will cost a sum of money.
(5) If the hamster is bought for a child, be careful that the hamster will be killed by the child, so be sure to pay attention.
Hamster is a very active animal, so you must tease it often.
(7) When you have a holiday, remember its existence, find someone to take care of it for you, or starve it for 357 days, and it will die when you get home.
Are there any other animals in your house? If you already have a cat, good luck to it.
(9) One more thing, it has weak resistance, but it must see a doctor if it is sick, and the cost is not cheap!
If you want it to go out to play, be careful that it will scratch your furniture and leave urine on your floor. Besides, once you lose it, it's hard to find it again. So, be sure to be locked in a cage.
(1 1) If you have to go to work in the morning and you are new to raising animals, please keep nocturnal hamsters and animals that are easy to raise. Don't keep a squirrel that moves during the day, because it is wild, difficult to feed and won't take care of people at night.
How to raise hamsters
The optimum temperature is 20-28℃. Avoid direct sunlight or strong wind, but pay attention to ventilation. Don't be too close to TV, stereo and computer. Rats can hear sounds that humans can't. Radiation and noise should be avoided.
Summer: It is best not to turn on the air conditioner, because turning off the air conditioner when going out and turning on the air conditioner when entering the house will make the temperature difference inside the house too large, and mice are very sensitive to the temperature and are prone to catch a cold.
Winter: Don't put it outdoors, because it is too cold, and mice will hibernate. Spread more mats such as sawdust and provide wooden or thatched houses for mice to keep warm. Or give more napkins and let the mice make their own nests. The easiest way is to put the whole cage in a cardboard box or a plastic box, but pay attention to ventilation.
Basic articles for rats and mice
prison
Food basin
Most cages have their own food cans. If you need to buy it yourself, you can use an ordinary small container, as long as it is not easy to knock over and the edge is not too high, otherwise the mouse can't climb in. Commonly used containers: glass ashtray, soy sauce plate, various small bowls, microwave oven box. Current price: 3- 10 yuan.
waterer
Most cages have their own drinking fountains, and it is best to install one when DIY, because both mice and mice need to drink water. Drinking fountains are generally designed with stainless steel beads at the front end. Pay attention to test whether there is water leakage when buying. Never take a bowl of water directly, because mice will get wet when drinking water, or go swimming, which is easy to catch cold and get sick. If it really doesn't work, feed more fruits and vegetables to the mice.
lavatory
An ordinary plastic box containing cat litter is a relatively simple toilet. It is in line with personal hygiene habits to take out or replace all the caked cat litter every day. Mice raised by people who love cleanliness also love cleanliness.
bathroom
Some mice will bathe with cat litter in the toilet. It's not hygienic, but it's their preference. There is no need for a shower room at this time. But some mice love to be clean, so the owner should buy them a shower room, put bath sand on it and let them roll and make holes. Bath sand should be disinfected, or you can wash the fine sand yourself, put it in the microwave oven for disinfection and drying, 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 easy to hurt the eyes of mice.
active wheel
Most cages have their own running wheels, because wild rats run 20 kilometers a day, so proper exercise is very important for rats. Without enough exercise, rats and mice will be under too much pressure, fighting with each other and biting cages. So the careful master should give the mouse a wheel. At the same time, because the current owners give good nutrition to rats and mice, rats and mice are often obese and prone to cardiovascular diseases, so even rats and mice should have normal and healthy bodies. Pay attention when buying, and choose seamless running wheels, so that rats and mice are not easy to get hurt. Current price: 10-80 yuan
Wood chips
Many materials can be used as bedding materials for rat cages, but most people will choose sawdust because it is clean and easy to get. When using paper mats, be careful not to use printing paper. Ink is poisonous, and mice will be poisoned.
Molar stone/grinding rod
Rats' teeth will continue to grow, and they need to be ground off with a grinding rod.
cottage
These huts are made of ceramics, wood, grass and plastic. Rats and mice like them very much, because rats and mice are animals who love to make holes. If possible, rats and mice should be equipped with a hut. Current price: 10-45 yuan
timetable
When you bring a hamster home, it will be very sensitive, nervous and lost for a long time because it has left its living environment and its mother and brothers and sisters. Sometimes I bite, stay in a daze and refuse to eat. This period is a crucial period for you to build trust with rats. If it is not handled well, it is difficult to establish a good relationship. It is possible that your mouse will become a bad mouse that always bites people! This is the timetable. Don't worry, get along with your mouse a little:
Day 1 day: Let it adapt to the new environment, don't disturb it at all, don't touch it, and don't take it away.
2 days: You can feed it by hand, talk to it softly, and make it familiar with your smell and voice.
Day 5: You can gently pick it up and put it in your hand (don't let it fall or run away).
Day 10: You can enjoy it.
Pay attention when holding hamsters: Sleeping hamsters don't like being disturbed, so make sure they are awake before holding them. You should first pull out its nest so that it can see you, and then gently pick it up. If it doesn't want to, don't force it.
Food for mice
Edible food:
Vegetables: green vegetables (such as Qingjiang vegetables), carrots, melons (preferably green and yellow vegetables), seeds, sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts, pine nuts (not too much), fruits, apples, strawberries, cherries, bananas, grapes (please don't give too much because of too much sugar), cereal chicken feed, pigeon feed, bird feed and wheat.
Feeding amount: It is easier to supply hamsters with more food than less, because hamsters have the habit of storing food. If there is not enough food, they will be very upset. Therefore, if you find that the dish basin is always empty every time you add food, it means that you add too little food. At the same time, you should pay attention to clean up the unfinished food in time, especially the water-containing things such as fruits, to prevent deterioration.