Hamster – tiny creation, but with ambitions. Very few people know that the Asian hamster prefers to live one, he does not need the workmate. The small animal alone feels protected in the own territory, has no excess stresses, so, and duration of his life increases.
Instruction
1. Many owners of hamsters make a big mistake when they support several small animals in one room. Cohabitation for hamsters is a constant fight, is so put by the nature. If you want your pet to be happy, support him alone.
2. There is one more rule of keeping of a hamster - it is the spacious dwelling. The movement – guarantee of health of your pet. Asian hamsters need a wheel. If your pet constantly sits motionless, then sooner or later will get sick, most often obesity becomes the reason for that. In the nature the hamsters run in a night on several kilometers, trying to find to themselves food.
3. If the cage for some reason too small, then you can help out a special walking ball for hamsters. In it your pet can safely walk on a floor, so it will not be lost and will not be wounded. Remember that time of one walk should not be more than thirty minutes. After that the hamster needs to allow to drink and have a bite, provide deserved rest.
4. Except a wheel, in a cage special lodge, a drinking bowl and a feeding trough have to be established. It is necessary to give to a hamster material for construction of a nest, for example white napkins without the drawing. Vatu and different rags cannot be used, in them pads of your pet can get confused.
5. As filler for a cage it is undesirable to use sawdust or hay, it is better to buy the special granulated filler, it is safe, and you will get rid of an undesirable smell. From a branch of a fruit tree, for example cherry, it is necessary to make a special stick in order that the hamster could grind off the teeth. Do not forget to boil for disinfection and to properly dry a stick.
6. It is the simplest to feed a hamster with special mixes, especially it is convenient for the beginning fans of Asian hamsters. One more important element of a diet are fresh vegetables and fruit. At the same time it is necessary to know that cabbage, onions, garlic and a citrus it is impossible to give to hamsters. Except carbohydrates and cellulose also protein is necessary for your Asian hamster. He can receive it from boiled meat, and it is even better – from a chicken. Give a small piece of this proteinaceous delicacy to your favourite 2-3 times a week.
7. If you give to a hamster perishable products, do not leave the food remains in a feeding trough, otherwise the Asian hamster can get poisoned. Do not forget to clean regularly a hamster cage, health of your pet depends on quality of hygiene.