Many friends have small animals at home, and some of them have hamsters. Hamsters are nocturnal animals and are very timid. They basically sleep during the day and only move at night. The activity time is not long, it is about between nine o'clock and twelve o'clock in the evening. At this time, they have to eat. How to raise silver fox hamsters?

Silver Fox Hamster

First of all, you need a reassuring environment. A reassuring environment requires you to think from the standpoint of a hamster. Is it time to change the sawdust? Will it be cold? Are you hungry? Wait.. .If you can think from the standpoint of a hamster, your hamster can trust you, and you can live happily with your hamster! Each hamster has a different personality, and it can only be well if you feed it with the hamster's personality. living.

Hamster rearing environment

The optimum temperature is 20-28℃, avoid direct sunlight or places directly blown by strong winds, but pay attention to ventilation. Don't be too close to TV, stereo, computer, hamsters can hear sounds that humans can't hear, radiation and noise should be avoided. Summer: It is best not to turn on the air conditioner, because you turn off the air conditioner when you go out, and turn on the air conditioner when you enter the house, which will cause the temperature difference in the house to be too large. Hamsters are very sensitive to temperature and are easy to catch a cold. Winter: Don't put it outside, hamsters will hibernate because it's too cold. Lay more wood chips and other bedding materials, and configure a wooden or grass hut for the hamster to keep warm. Or give the hamster extra napkins to make their own nest. The easiest way is to put the whole cage in a cardboard or plastic box, but pay attention to ventilation.

Basic supplies for hamsters

Cage: In summer, please use a ventilated wire cage, or a half-iron and half-plastic cage, such as a field cage. In winter, please pay attention to keeping the mice warm. All-plastic cages are more suitable in winter.

Food bowls: Most cages come with their own food bowls. If you need to buy it yourself, you can choose a general small container, as long as it is not easy to overturn, and the edge is not too high, otherwise the hamster will not be able to climb in. Commonly used containers: glass ashtrays, soy sauce dishes, various small bowls, microwave boxes. Current price: RMB 3-10

Water dispenser: Most cages have their own water dispenser, and it is best to install one when DIYing, because hamsters need to drink water. The general design of the drinking fountain has a stainless steel bead at the front end. When purchasing, pay attention to testing whether there is water leakage. Never take a bowl directly to hold water, because hamsters will wet their fur when they drink water, or swim in it, and they are easy to catch cold and get sick. Feed your hamsters more vegetables and fruits.

Toilet: An ordinary plastic box filled with cat litter is a relatively simple toilet. Remove the caked litter or replace it all daily, according to personal hygiene. Hamsters raised by people who love clean are also more clean.

Bathing room: Some hamsters will bathe with cat litter in the toilet. Although it is unsanitary, this is the hamster's preference. At this time, the bathing room is no longer needed, but some hamsters love cleanliness. You should buy a bath room for it, put bath sand on it and let the hamster roll and burrow freely. The bath sand should be sterilized, or you can wash the fine sand yourself, sterilize and dry it in a microwave oven, 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 it is easy to hurt the eyes of the hamster.

Running wheels: Most cages have their own running wheels. Because wild hamsters run 20 kilometers a day, proper exercise is very important for hamsters. Without sufficient exercise, hamsters will There will be too much pressure and will fight with each other, bite the cage and other behaviors. So careful owners should give the hamster a running wheel. At the same time, because the current owner's nutrition for hamsters is very good, hamsters are often overweight and prone to cardiovascular disease, so even hamsters should have a normal and healthy body. Pay attention when purchasing, you should choose a seamless running wheel, so that the hamster is not easy to be injured. Current price: 10-80 yuan.

Wood chips: There are many materials available for squirrel cage bedding, but most people choose wood chips because it is cleaner and easier to obtain. Be careful when using paper pads, do not use printed paper, ink is poisonous, and hamsters will be poisoned.

Molar stones/rods: Hamsters have teeth that grow continuously, so a molar rod is needed to remove any overgrown teeth.

Hut: There are ceramic, wooden, grass, and plastic huts, which hamsters like very much, because hamsters are animals that like to burrow and live. If conditions permit, hamsters should be equipped with a hut . Current price: 10-45 yuan.