How to feed young hamsters, how to feed baby hamsters

This little hamster is very cute, so the other party must be experienced when feeding it.

After the little hamster opens its eyes, it can already eat a little rat food, and basically can live on its own, at this time, the motherhood of the rat mother is slowly weakening, and I don't mind us getting a little hamster, and it is best to start education during this period. The types of rat food should be as rich as possible, and several hamster foods can be mixed together, and it is best to order more synthetic food. Don't look at the little hamster's tiny one, some synthetic foods are faster than its head, but the little hamster's teeth are very powerful, they will hold the synthetic food and gnaw it slowly.

Method steps.

Hamster picky eating is a big worry for the owner, in order to have less trouble in the future, so it is necessary to cultivate the habit of hamsters not to be picky eaters from an early age. Training hamsters are not picky eaters, you can do it earlier, hamsters will start eating something small in about 9-11 days, and you can start training at this stage. We can give hamsters a little more choice when feeding, or feed something different each time, which can correct the hamster's picky eating habits.

The cage of a hamster is preferably more than 3 times larger than that of a hamster, because hamsters are very active and usually have a range of about 20 kilometers in a wild day. We can use pasture, cork, rice stalks, or shredded newspaper and toilet paper as bedding, and the particles should not be too small. Hamsters like dark and narrow nests, and they have to be cleaned almost every day, but a small amount of litter with excrement should be mixed in the new one, which will reassure the hamster.

Hamsters are naturally afraid of water, and they use their own saliva to wash their bodies every day, so it is not necessary to bathe hamsters. If it's too dirty, just dip a towel in water and gently wipe it off. If the hamster's fur is dull and messy, it is better to pay attention to its health than to bathe it.

There is no need to buy expensive imported bath sand for the hamster, use the fine cat sand or go to the construction site to get some yellow sand filter and wash it for it, and there is no need to sunbathe the hamster.

1. The cage with a larger chassis area. 2. Provide multiple hiding places, the material can be paper or wood, etc. 3. The thickness of the bedding should not be less than 20cm, and the raw materials of the nest should be soft, including dust-free shavings, straw, etc.

4. Dwarfs and bear hamsters need running wheels with diameters greater than 20cm and 30cm respectively, and suitable running wheels should have a closed running surface. 5. If you use a cage made of glass or plastic, be sure to keep the top open for ventilation. 6. Clean the urine bedding, food bowl and drinker every day, and clean the entire cage every month, but it is recommended to keep a part of the old bedding so that the hamster can get used to the smell.

7. For dwarfs and ** hamsters, the entire cage is cleaned every month and every 14 days, and the wind is released regularly (care is required). 8. Dwarf hamsters can be caged or raised alone. However, the cage has high requirements for the adaptability of hamsters to live in groups, and they are kept alone.

Extended information: Taboo 1, other pets in the home such as cats and dogs are close by, they are born to feed on small animals. 2. Disturb hamsters during the day when they are resting, so they are also not suitable for children who go to bed early as pets.

3. Expose hamsters to indoor plants and collect their fallen leaves or petals. 4. Feed Brother Xunzi food to humans (high salt, high sugar, additives).

Hamsters can be kept in a 50 cm square tropical fish tank covered with barbed wire (easy to get stuffy in summer, beware). When using a wire cage, the hamster grabs the wire and climbs up, and there is a danger of falling.

Therefore, it is best that the cage is not very high, and the wire at the bottom of the cage should be removed before use. The bottom of the cage is covered with wheat straw, hay or sawdust.

Hamsters are omnivores, and hamsters eat the first category: yellow-green vegetables (yellow vegetables such as pumpkin; light-colored vegetables such as cabbage and lettuce); Hamster food category 2: potatoes, beans, fruits, weeds, seeds, etc.

Hamster food category 3: protein (boiled eggs, boiled dried fish, boiled chicken and cheese, tofu, etc.) Hamster-specific diet. This is one of the most important and important hamster foods.

But it should be noted that when the diet is food-based, it is also important to pay attention to feeding some vegetables and fruits.

Hamsters have a habit of storing food in their gills. So pay attention to frequent water changes. Clean the food bowl and drinker daily and replace it with fresh food and water.

It is also necessary to change the nest material. Check the nested boxes. Where the hamster stores its food, leave some fruit or solid feed for the hamster to eat.

Change the bottom dressing of the cage once a week, and clean and disinfect the cage once or twice a month.

Contraindications to hamster feeding

1) Do not feed food to people, the salt content is too high, the seasoning is too heavy, it will increase the burden on the body of the rats. Especially foods such as snacks that people eat. But unprocessed coarse grains can be fed, such as corn, broccoli, and barley.

2) Do not touch the sun directly, rats are very afraid of light and heat, summer is coming, please use heat sink or marble to cool them off. For a hamster, being in the sun is like being in the sun at night and someone throws a flashbang at you.

3) Hamsters can only take sand baths, do not wash. Washing with water will make the hamster catch a cold, and in severe cases, it may die.