Dzungarian hamster biography

A hamster is a small mammal from a rodent detachment. They live in captivity for about years. In our country, there are mainly 2 types of hamsters: Syrian and Dzungarian. It is very simple to distinguish them - the Dzungarian hamsters are much smaller than the Syrian, they are gray, with a longitudinal black strip on the back. If the jungarians are simple to distinguish from other breeds, then with Syrian hamsters the situation is much more complicated.

They are short -haired, long -haired and unsteady, that is, bald. The first two types of Syrians can have fur coats of all colors and shades. Syrian hamsters have 4 fingers on the front paws, and 5 on the rear. In his large setting bags, he can tolerate half the weight of his body. In captivity lives little - on average, 5 years. But in good conditions, 3 years and even 4 years can live.

Hamsters, the care and content of the hamster are twilight animals. This means that only in the evening they become truly peppy. This circumstance must be taken into account when buying a hamster. During the bright daytime hours, the hamster is retired in his hole and sleeps. Hams in the cells live, the cells are equipped with houses, a drinker, a feeding trough, ladder, various climbs, etc.

Hams need a very strong wire cage, since they rush all other materials. The wire should lie horizontally so that animals can climb the cage. It is enough to have a cell in size 25 cm in length, 25 cm in depth and 20 cm in height. As the inhabitants of Nor, hamsters are very fond of sleeping place, which should be filled with sawdust in which the hamster could burst.

To ensure a hamster in the cage the ability to move, it is necessary to place a special wheel in it. The hamster can also be kept in terrarium. However, with the help of branches it is necessary to provide him with the opportunity to move enough. On top of the terrarium, it is necessary to cover with a wire net so that the hamster could not get out. If in order to satisfy the need for movement to let the hamster run at large, then you need to constantly look after him.

Only one hamster should live in one cage. Hams are territorial animals. The content of two hamsters in one cage is unacceptable! How to feed the hamster hamster unpretentious in food. But these little brisk creatures do not know what they can and what is not. Never give a hamster, salty and sharp products. As well as sweets and poisonous grasses of buttercups, etc.

It is desirable to feed the hamster twice a day. In the morning, dry crops, in the evening, raw foods. To grind the incisors, the teeth that grow constantly need to buy pressed sticks with food.

The favorite food of rodents - hazelnuts, unsteady peanuts and unsalted, corn, alfalfa, oats, millet, mais, sunflower seeds, oatmeal, sprouted grain, apple, pear, tomato, cucumber, carrots, grapes, cabbage, alas, is impossible. It is necessary to give meat and dairy products. Wonderful yogurt, kefir, milk - all this hamster simply adore. Bread, moistened in milk, is also a treat for them.

In winter, give the pet vitamins, since fresh grass is absent in winter, and direct sunlight too. Do not be surprised if, raking the reserves, you will see a huge number of provisions. Do not throw all the food for anything! It is enough to remove the spoiled. For a hamster, grief will happen if his entire pantry is robbed. Usually they arrange their pantries next to their "bed".

If you cleanse such a hiding place from all reserves, then the hamster will run for a long time with food in looping bags, not believing in the reliability of the hidden. Also, your pet will probably not like if you touch his cheeks. Firstly, it is unpleasant, and secondly, he will think that you are attempted to reserves folded in the hill bags. Breeding hamsters when breeding into a cage to a male plant a female.

Pregnancy in hamsters lasts from days, the number of babies in one litter from 6 - to the mother’s milk from 18 - 20 days. During the first birth, a young mother rarely eats part of the weakened and even healthy babies. Refuses to feed. Hams are born without a wool, blind. They look weak, helpless creatures. But this is not so. Newborn babies can not be touched, touched with their hands, ironed.

Since, the female, feeling someone else's smell, will certainly eat the cubs. The female is better not to disturb. During this period, you can also not be cleaned in a cage. It is better to remove a cage with a female and her offspring in a quiet and calm place. To look at her only in order to feed or change water in a drinker. A few days before childbirth, it is necessary to thoroughly wash and disinfect the cage.

Put fresh litter, food, pour clean water into the drinker, put a house. Remove deep containers from the cell. So that the kids, when they start to crawl out of the house, did not accidentally drown in a bowl of water. For the birth of a female, it is better to use a one -story cage. If in the cage of the drawer and the grate at the bottom, then the bottom of the cell is filled with sawdust.

Do not put perishable products in the feeder! Since the female will definitely hide and the food will deteriorate.During pregnancy and feeding, the female must be given vitamins. Feed vegetable and grain feed. There should always be fresh water in the drinker. Dear visitors to the site of the Fauna Fauna pet store, now you can ask and answer our forum "Questions and answers about pets." This is more convenient than in the comments to log in to enter the site through social networks.