The hamster is an unpretentious, entertaining and interesting pet. Taking care of him will not be difficult, you just need to adhere to a few rules. Then the hamster will delight you with its friendship and willingly run to your hands.
Feed
The basis of the hamster's diet is dry grain balanced food, which is sold at the pet store.
However, the hamster needs to be given juicy food, cut into pieces beforehand. The hamster loves fruits and vegetables, excluding citrus fruits. Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, etc. will do.
You can not give the hamster food from your table: fatty, fried, salty, spicy are prohibited. The exception is porridge cooked without salt. It is categorically forbidden and pasta.
In the summer, you can give fresh washed grass.
Content
A hamster's cage can have several floors, and they love to climb ladders. The cage must be at least 30 cm wide and 45 cm long, and at least 30 cm high.
In the cage you need to buy:
- automatic drinker;
- house;
- running wheel;
- two bowls (for dry and juicy food);
You can use as bedding:
- sawdust;
- wood filler;
- corn filler;
- cellulose filler;
- hay;
You can put a small amount of paper napkins in the house (without pictures and fragrances), so the hamster will sleep more comfortably.
Advice
The hamster must live alone in a cage, it is not recommended to keep pairs of animals, they can fight or even kill each other. Even for breeding, hamsters are lodged together for only a short time.
It is also important to take into account when choosing a pitmot, that males are less aggressive and get used to the owner faster.
It is better not to walk the hamster on the street, it is very difficult to keep track of him, and he can also get infected with some kind of infection.
Bathing your hamster is also not worth it, they maintain the cleanliness of their fur on their own.
The water in your hamster's drinker needs to be changed daily.
Popular types of hamsters that can be found in any pet store:
Dzungarian Hamster and Campbell's Hamster
These are the most common and popular types of hamsters. Small, no more than 10 cm in length.
The color of the Dzungarian hamster is smoky gray, and in the middle of the back to the very tail, such a hamster has a pronounced dark, most often black stripe. The abdomen is light.
The color of Campbell's hamster can be different, ranging from an albino with red eyes to black, although red specimens are more common. The dorsal stripe is much less pronounced than that of the dwarf relative.
But the nature of the rodents is noticeably different. Dzungarian is considered a more peaceful variety, bites less often, and is more quickly tamed.
These kinds of small pets can be found in every pet store.
A nice advantage of small hamsters is that the cage is much smaller than, for example, an angora hamster.
Left - Campbell's hamster, right - Dzungarian hamster
Angora hamster
The coat color can be of any color. The body length of an adult is 12-14 cm. They are unpretentious, rarely show aggression, and are perfect as a pet.
