Do hamsters eat rice? How do you raise hamsters?

Hamsters can be fed rice,However, rice cannot be fed to hamsters as a staple food, the nutrition will be insufficient, and the staple food is best fed with professional rat food. If you need to give hamsters more nutrition, you can use rice with peanuts and melon seeds. In addition, pay attention to feeding hamsters raw rice, cooked rice is easy to cause fire.

Morphological characteristics of hamsters.

Hamsters are small to large rodents with compact bodies. The body is short and sturdy, weighing 30 1000 grams. The tail ranges in length from 7 to 106 mm, generally half the body length, scaleless, covered with dense hairs, and a few species (e.g., desert hamsters) are very short, less than half the hind feet; Females are larger than males in some species.

The tail coat color varies greatly, generally gray, gray-brown or sandy brown, and the original hamster coat color is more bright, with a reddish-brown back and a black belly. Hamsters have long, thick fur. They are gray on the back, a pinkish light yellow, light brown or reddish-brown, and on the ventral surface they are white, gray or black.

They also tend to be flanked white, with some having intermediate stripes and sebaceous flanks.

Molars are odontomatous and arranged in two longitudinal rows, with the left and right odontodonts not opposite or nearly opposite. Hamsters have a double-chambered stomach and most do not have a gallbladder. Their large intestine and cecum are moderately complex.

The number of diploid chromosomes in hamsters ranges from 20 to 44. There are 13 thoracic and 6 lumbar vertebrae in the spine.

Hamsters can eat rice. But don't feed for a long time. Golden bears and Dutch pigs and hamsters eat alfalfa grass as a staple food. Although whole grains can also be fed. However, hamsters have a weak digestive system, and if they eat grains regularly, they may cause bowel and bowel disorders.

Hamsters can eat rice.

Hamsters are omnivores and can eat raw rice and whole wheat to supplement the nutrients they need to grow. However, although hamsters can eat rice, they should also pay attention to their feeding methods, and if they are not fed properly, the rice they can eat can become a fatal factor for them.

Feeding rice to hamsters should first cook the rice and cool it, and finally give it to the hamster, because if it is raw rice, it may be hard, and the hamster will not only not be able to absorb nutrients, but will scratch the intestines.

In general, hamsters can eat rice, but at the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the feeding method and the amount of feeding, not as a staple food, hamsters still have to eat rat food.

How to properly bathe a hamster

1. Shake the sand: lay a layer of bath sand in the bathroom, and the bath sand can be freely selected according to the needs, and then gently pick up the hamsters and put them into the bathroom. Some hamsters don't bathe with sand, you can sprinkle a little sand on the back of the hamster, the hamster will automatically shake off the sand on the body, and after repeating it a few times, gradually the hamster will understand something.

2. Rolling: After the hamster learns how to shake the sand, you can guide it to roll in the sand. Stretch your hand to the hamster, usually the hamster will come over and hold your hand with its small paws, then you can gently push it down, move it once to the left and right, and then let go of the hand and let the hamster turn over on its own, after a few times the hamster will feel the joy of rolling and will be moved to take a bath.