Decorative rats are amusing and clean small animals. For all day they wash several times. But even despite it, hair of an animal can be soiled and become impregnated with a bad smell. In that case it is necessary to expiate a small animal. It is recommended to bathe rats not more often than once a month. Rodents do not love water procedures therefore it is necessary to wash a small animal accurately, without hurting him and without causing a stress.
It is required to you
- - special shampoo;
- - bath;
- - means for care for wool
Instruction
1. Get a special plastic bath for a rat. Glass it is not recommended to take as it is easy to break it and it is possible to wound an animal. Too it is better not to take metal baths because during washing process the rat begins to scratch metal claws, unpleasant sounds which frighten a small animal even more turn out.
2. Pour a little warm water into capacity - its quantity should not exceed five centimeters. Water temperature can be checked, having lowered an elbow in a bath. If to you it is hot, then add a little cold water.
3. Plant a rat in water, but do not release it, otherwise she will escape. Wait some time in order that the animal got used to this situation. And accurately begin to moisten a hair of a rat. Do not do sharp movements and do not splash water to an animal in eyes and ears.
4. Begin to apply with slow circular motions on wool special means. It is possible to use puppies and kittens shampoo, means also will be suitable for polecats, but, at all, do not wash a rat with the shampoo or usual soap as in it there are unhealthy substances of a small animal.
5. Massage a few hair of a rodent and accurately rinse it with clear water to remove residues of shampoo. You watch that foam and water did not get to an animal into eyes, ears and a nose.
6. Wrap up a small animal in a towel and wipe his hair. Do not cage him immediately, and wait when he a little dries at you on hands.
7. If wool is salted very quickly, then use the following method. Take a usual terry bast, slightly wet it warm water and rub it a back to an animal. Such wiping dries skin much less, than a usual bathtub, so, this procedure can be done several times a month.