The white rat is an albino. Most often her eyes have a reddish shade. To the color the small animal is obliged to the nature which deprived of it ability to produce melanin. Keeping of white rats has a number of features, they are more sensitive to sunlight and have less acute eyesight.
Keeping of a white rat
The house – a metal cage with a special pallet, certainly, is necessary for a rat. It has to be made of plastic as the tree can absorb unpleasant smells and to become the cause of an infection. Consider that the area of a cage has to be much more, than for keeping of a hamster. For bigger comfort of your favourite it is necessary to get a multy-storey cage: so the small animal will have an opportunity to lead a mobile life. Height of each floor has to be about 20 cm. Track that the lodge of a rat was deprived of the sticking-out dangerous details, and lay a floor of tiers plastic or linoleum. It is convenient to wash it, and the rat will not injure the pads. If you plan to support several rats, then it is necessary "to acquaint" them as soon as possible. Adult individuals can show aggression and wound each other.
Remember that the cell of your pet should not be on a draft, avoid also direct sunshine, you have a white rat. It is the best of all to establish a cage on a table slightly more than a meter high. It is so simpler to protect a rodent from cold air flows and it is more convenient to watch him. Do not forget also about hygiene. Cleaning of a cage has to be daily, and once a week it is necessary to process the dwelling disinfectant. After processing the cage is dried, then carefully rinsed with clear water and again sent for drying. Only after that there it is again possible to place your pet.
Diet for a rat
White rats, as well as any other, eat practically everything, but it does not mean at all that she can be fed, than got. Remember that a rat – rather intellectual being and if you offer her the choice, then she will prefer that it has more on temper. Rats like to eat more and more tasty, but try not to overfeed the small animal. It is necessary to adhere to a certain diet, then your pet will be always healthy and full.Cereals have to make the main part of the menu is various specialized forages, porridges without oil, pasta, grain crusts and boiled corn. Do not forget about fruit and vegetables, they have to be present at rat food daily, in them there are a lot of vitamins. Remember that the excess of proteins is undesirable to rats - enough piece of boiled chicken or cheese two times a week. It is very important that all products were clean and fresh, it is undesirable to give food directly from the fridge - it is too cold. Do not forget to feed a small animal, without food and water the rat can live only two days.