When raising hamsters, pet owners need to pay more attention to the health of their hamsters, so do pet owners know how to easily check their hamsters at home? Pet owners are at home Various physical examinations can be performed on hamsters. The specific physical examinations are as follows:
1. Teeth: hamster incisors are constantly growing, and sometimes the teeth are too long, which will make it impossible to eat. Animal tooth cutting equipment, if you dare not cut it, you can take it to the doctor to cut teeth;
2. Fragrant glands: exist in the middle of the abdomen of male hamsters, a yellow grain is the fragrance gland, when the male rat is in heat , the smell here will be particularly heavy and sometimes the scent glands will accumulate too much. Remember to use hydrogen peroxide to adjust the saline solution at a ratio of 1:10 and wipe it;
3. Eyes: If the mouse is healthy, the eyes It should be very shiny and shiny. If it is red, oily or have eye mucus, then you should pay attention;
4. Poop: The poop of the mouse should be a little hard, like a grain of rice Size, black and odorless, sometimes it turns green and red, etc. Don't be too nervous at this time, please recall whether there is green or red in the mouse's feed, if there is, it is normal for the stool to be green. Soft stools or smelly stools are at risk of diarrhea. Diarrhea is a deadly disease of mice; If you haven't finished eating, please don't give it any more. If the food is rotten and smelly in the cheek pouch, it is easy to cause buccalitis. Regularly pay attention to whether the cheek pouch has the smell of food spoilage, and regularly help him to clear the food in the cheek pouch. , use salt water to adjust water in a 1:3 manner, and use a feeding syringe to insert into the cheek follicle to rinse;
6. Coat color: The mouse's hair is usually soft and shiny if there is hair loss , please pay attention to whether it is an allergy;
7. Body temperature: The body temperature of the mouse is generally touched by hand, which is slightly higher than our body temperature, but it is not obvious. If it is obvious that the mouse is overheated High, very likely a precursor to heat stroke.