What are the tips for keeping hamsters?

Edible food

garden stuff

Vegetables (such as Qingjiang vegetables), carrots and melons (green and yellow vegetables are preferred)

Seed category

Sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts and pine nuts (don't give too much)

fruit

Apples, strawberries, cherries, bananas, grapes (please don't give too much because there is a lot of sugar)

cereal

Chicken feed, pigeon feed, bird feed, wheat, corn, millet.

Plant class

Clover, dandelion, kudzuvine root and plantain

Animal protein

Beef, chicken, egg white, cheese, milk, yogurt, worms, dried fish for pets.

Attention: harmful food

fruit

Seeds of almond, plum, pipa, peach, peach and apple (can cause heart paralysis, gastrointestinal dysfunction and dyspnea)

garden stuff

Onion leaves and stems, onion leaves (which will destroy blood components), garlic, ginger, leeks, celery (which is too irritating), tomatoes and potatoes.

Plant class

Narcissus, tulip, morning glory, azalea, orchid, calamus, hyacinthus orientalis, fern, cyclamen, hydrangea, platycodon grandiflorum, fern and iris.

Other categories

Human snacks, biscuits, chocolate, coffee (these two foods can cause heart paralysis), wine.

Method for making rat staple food

1) Go to the vegetable market or supermarket to buy eight-treasure rice, which is usually used to cook eight-treasure porridge, excluding red dates and lilies (in fact, fresh and clean whole grains are mixed together, and QQCat has tried a good match: barley rice, sorghum rice, buckwheat rice, oilseeds, oatmeal, mung bean slices, purple rice, coix seed, beans and peanuts).

2) Go to the vegetable market where the converter melon seeds are sold to buy raw sunflower seeds-price: about 3 yuan/kg.

3) Mix (1) and (2) fully and evenly, and feed them every day.

4) Feed a finger-sized freshly washed carrot, apple or cabbage every day, and take the rest out after watching the mice eat it to avoid spoilage.

5) Go to the bird market to buy bread worms. Healthy rats and mice are fed one daily, and lactating rats and mice are not limited-price: about 1 yuan/two.

6) If you are really afraid of breadworms (cold), you can cut the protein of boiled eggs into small pieces, or buy raw milk slices and break them into small pieces, and feed a healthy rat and mouse every day. There are no restrictions on lactating mice, but be sure to take out the leftovers in time to avoid spoilage.

7) The above feeding must be carried out at the same time, not just one of them.

eating habits

Can mice eat food that people eat? Maybe you will have one's fingers itch, peel a small snack for the mice and let them share a piece of the action, but be careful, these are not allowed! Don't think, "It doesn't matter if there is only a small piece anyway." Think about it, maybe your "small piece" is already the salt or sugar he needs for a month or a lifetime.

Because the food people eat is heavy, oily, salty and spicy, it is not good for people to eat it, not to mention that mice are so small and need limited salt, which will be a considerable burden for them.

Food with heavy taste will make them lack interest in feed, and over time they will develop the bad habit of partial eclipse, resulting in unbalanced nutrition. In the diet of rats and mice, it is still necessary to give priority to pet-specific feed and snacks. To be a good host, you should give mice and mice good food, not just what they like to eat!

Prepare a special feed basin for the mouse, so that it is easier to observe the appetite of the mouse and know what the mouse likes and dislikes. Food must be fresh, even feed. Because of the hot and humid weather in Taiwan Province, the feed after opening must be sealed to avoid breeding Mi Chong. In addition, the amount provided to rats and mice per meal should not be too much, so as not to stay in the feed basin and affect the freshness. If the food in the feed bowl is not finished, it must be emptied within 24 hours, otherwise ant soldiers may be dispatched.

Drinking water is also sloppy. It is better to give boiled water. If it is raw water, there will be health concerns. Pay attention to the cleanliness of drinking water, so that mice can live a long and healthy life.

Rats have cheek pouches on both sides of their faces to store food, so you can see that their cheeks are bulging and full of food. The owner must pay attention to the fact that the mice can finish the stored food, and don't leave the food in the cheek pouch for too long, otherwise it will cause inflammation of the eye bags. In addition, pay attention to whether the food is too big and too sharp. If the food is too big, the mouse can't push it out. Or if the food is too sharp, it will also cause damage to the cheek pouch. At this time, you must seek the assistance of a professional doctor!

Mice's food-vegetables and fruits

Generally speaking, vegetables and fruits are not recommended as the staple food of rats and mice, because they cannot provide the most basic nutritional needs of rats and mice, but don't ignore the needs of rats and mice for fruits and vegetables! Fresh fruits and vegetables should be given in moderation, which can provide fiber and moisture; But a lot of fruits and vegetables may cause diarrhea.

Hey, change sawdust and water every day!

Clean the cage,

It means changing sawdust. Actually, changing sawdust and changing water, feeding and bathing are best done together. If you have a lot of SS and cages at home, you must master some skills to lay clean sawdust faster. Take my home as an example. There are eight hamsters and eight cages in every corner of my room. Outside my room is the hall, and near my door is the bathroom, so how to get back and forth is also very particular. I change sawdust every two days now, and I also change water and take a bath every two days. Of course, we should give food every day, otherwise the baby will starve to death. So, this is how I quickly allocate my two-day plan. On the day of light feeding, I will start feeding around 10 in the afternoon. At that time, they were a little hungry and ate everything in the basin.

Feeding steps:

First, open the pocket of every grain and wait for the grain. Take my present home as an example. Put:

Self-made miscellaneous grains (castor bean, millet, rice cake, melon seeds), three fingers to grasp the amount of a Contac capsule.

Belgian cereals (synthetic cereals, one grain at a time, one piece at a time, unpalatable, actually hot and bitter, cereals, broken teeth, melon seeds, peanuts, popcorn, raisins, black chunks of unknown substances) grab the amount of three Contac capsules with three fingers.

LM whole grains (few synthetic whole grains, few castor beans, millet, whole grains, rice cakes, corn kernels, peanuts and melon seeds)

Grasp the amount of three Contac capsules with three fingers.

KAYYTE, referred to as KT (fruity and sweet), grab four.

I have observed that this amount can always keep the rice bowl clean and there will be no waste, but we can adjust the amount of food according to the amount of food for each SS, and then give more after eating.

Don't disturb the good habit of biological clock feeding, or they will bite the cage angrily and protest against you!

The next day is a full replacement day with a relatively heavy workload, referred to as "cleaning day". The skill of this day is to be quick, and don't let SS wait around, get lost and wrestle.

Change things faster.

Practice takes time, but I have some good suggestions that I might as well show you:

First, get the SS out safely. The safety here not only refers to the safety of your fingers from being bitten, but also includes the safety of SS. Don't put it in a strange place, you might as well put it on a chair, or make a carton similar to Christine's cake house, put a shower room in it, then cover the carton and close it for a few minutes.

Second, use the pure feeding step to quickly fill the food bowl of the cage you want to change and put it aside. When the sawdust is changed and the cage is installed, put it in quickly.

Third, quickly dismantle the cage. There are many ways to dismantle all kinds of cages. Let me summarize according to my cage:

AB cage, the key point: the two sides are tightly buckled, so break it hard, but lightly, otherwise the water in the water bottle will shake out and wet the paved sawdust. Don't hurry to separate the cage after unfastening the buckle. Take out the things on the second floor first, shake the carpet on the second floor, and if it is wet, cut a clean advertising paper again and put it away. Then put the house, tiles or rice bowls back on the second floor. Press down the carpet at the stairs. When taking out the upper cage, be careful not to drop the stairs when placing it. Prepare a larger plastic bag, pour most of the sawdust connected to the bottom of the cage together, pat it hard, put a napkin box next to it, and wipe it when the bottom of the cage is not clean. Sprinkle sawdust, sprinkle more where you have peed, less where you are clean, and don't sprinkle it in summer. When installing, remember the left and right position of the cage bottom, and don't reverse the direction of the urinating place and the clean place.

Key points of portable cage: Don't disassemble the buckle at the top, just disassemble the two buckles at the bottom, grab the wire railing of the cage with both hands, lift it hard, and remove five walls at once. The roller may exceed the bottom line of the wire, so when it is placed on the ground, the cage will be high and low. Be careful not to tilt it too much and break it. Prepare a bigger plastic bag, pour most of the sawdust connected to the bottom of the cage into it, and make friends with hamsters.

The mouse only trusts his mother, brothers and sisters. For other similar people and strangers, they will be more sensitive and nervous. They even bite each other. Therefore, the first two weeks when the new owner takes the mouse home are the most important moments. If you can't win his trust at first, it will be more difficult to teach him later. This is the timetable for your mouse to adapt to the new environment.

PS: timetable

1 that day, let him adapt to the new environment and don't disturb him at all.

The next day, you can feed him directly with your hands and talk to him softly. Make him familiar with your voice and smell.

You can try to pick him up directly by hand on the 3 rd to 5 th day.

On the 6th day 14, you can take him out and put him on the table, and then gently touch his back with your fingers.

/kloc-You can take him out to play in 0/4 days.

PS: a small way to catch mice

Sleeping mice don't like being disturbed. So before you pick him up, make sure he is awake. If you want to take it out of the cage, you'd better poke its nest open gently so that it can see you. Then he gently picked up his whole body with his hand. Never scratch your ears and feet, and don't scratch your body. He will bite your hand in panic. To be on the safe side, when you and the mouse are still here. Train slowly until he is older.

PS: the correct way to catch hamsters

Carry the fat on your back and hold it in your hand.

The method of making out with SS

Two days before buying SS home, don't disturb them except feeding, and cover the cage with a layer of cloth so that SS won't feel uneasy in the new environment.

On the third day, SS was fed different foods from the gap in the cage to find out their favorite food. Ss were a little scared at first, but if there were melon seeds, Ss wouldn't care so much. She will come at the meeting and take away the melon seeds in your hand, so that SS will not be afraid of her master if she continues to do it for a week.

The next week, you can put your hands and food in the cage. SS is already familiar with the host's taste, and will gather together to eat, but after eating, it will run away immediately or bite your hand, but it won't hurt. This lasted five days.

After five days, SS will crawl into your hand to eat and play, and won't bite.

After making out with SS, spend half an hour playing with your SS every day, so that SS won't forget the master's taste. SS who are intimate with people are generally good-tempered, and will not attack other SSs or bite things indiscriminately.

And several ways to cultivate their feelings.

1, name. Don't underestimate this matter. The name means that the mouse is in your heart, and you can keep talking with it.

2, don't be afraid of others' jokes, love is in your heart, only the mouse knows it, talk to the mouse and the mouse, don't whistle or shout instead of language.

"Mao Mao, come and let me have a look."

Mao Mao, what are you doing?

"Mao Mao, eat melon seeds."

"Mao Mao, don't bite, don't bite your finger."

"Mao Mao, don't pee."

"Mao Mao, come on, comb your hair, don't move, don't move."

……

Stick to it every day, and when you grow up, you will have a name to respond. Think about it. When you are trained to come as soon as you hear your name, what does it feel like to put two small paws on your fingers and stare at you with two big black eyes?

3. touch it frequently. When you are not training, if you want to catch it, just hold it in your hand. If it is afraid of you, it won't dare to bite you. At this time you can talk to it and touch it. You can also buy a toothbrush to brush the baby's plush.

4, often give it some melon seeds to eat, one or two at a time, two or three times a day, no time to feed it once a few days, but you can't get tired of playing for a few days. Put it aside, don't ask, just want to play when you have time. I don't bite you!

5. Once you are injured, you must take care of it like BB, wash the wound and feed the breadworms until you are cured. If there is such an opportunity, everything will be solved. I hope there will never be such an opportunity.

6. Whether a pet is a pet is only known to you, but in the end only mice and mice know. All of the above are external efforts. Or that sentence in "My Pet View":

People who have mice in their hearts will also have mice in their hearts. This is beyond words.

PS: Someone's close contact with hamsters.

I have been raising ss for over a month. I often see friends here complaining that ss is not close to me and always wants to take a bite.

I don't think ss is that hard to get close to. At least my current ss has a good relationship with me, although sometimes I still want to escape when I get it. ...

I only keep the third-line ss to make them docile.

Now I have a lot of kittens (females) and reefs, hawksbill (male), golden fox and bronze (male).

I think the four points of getting close to ss are: spending time, exploring diligently, being patient and not afraid of biting.

My kitten belongs to the type of people who are crazy. Two days before I brought it back, I secretly watched her approach the cage and put my hand on the cage door for three minutes, so that she could smell it curiously, but I couldn't bite it. On the third day, she will not hesitate to lick my hand curiously and open the cage door and come out happily.

Later, I let her go while surfing the internet, and followed her across the mountains and lying on my desk. (Khan, there are many things on my desk .. fortunately, there are no holes to drill ~ ~ ~)

However, such ss is a minority.

Little S born under my own care are basically not afraid of me, because I have been growing up with them, and I am familiar with the smell, and I am not worried about getting along.

Boys are much more timid than hawksbill.

At first, he was very clever. As soon as he smelled me, he hid in the house. When he opened the cage door, he didn't dare to take a step. When he reached my hand, he would keep shrinking back, and even the temptation of food was invalid.

Every day when he plays, I put my hand on the steering wheel.

At first he was very nervous, wondering why there was a hand around him for no reason. Later, he got used to it. It will tentatively put its front paws on my hand and look around, but as long as I have the intention to move, it will immediately retract.

At this time, the most important thing is not to be disappointed or upset, why ss is not in your hands.

I persisted in this way for more than half a month, and last week he dared to step on my hand completely. Now I dare to walk out of the cage slowly. For such a slow-heating ss, we must be patient.

Tong Tong came to my home on Sunday (8th). Now you can get into my hands, and you can adapt quickly.

At that time, I thought his mouth was particularly sharp, and I knew at a glance that he would be bitten.

Sure enough, if you try to get close to him, he will run away quickly, and then he will smell you.

If I don't move, he will bite it off. I don't think I can slap my hand at this time. I'm more afraid of slapping him. I always watch him move his fingers when he wants to open his mouth. Although he will be shocked, he will be relieved to find that this hand has not caught him. I'll know that this smelly finger will move around in the future, and I can't bite it properly.

I put food and change napkins for people who have nothing to do. I do it at night when he is active.

Don't take your hands out after you put them down. When he eats, he doesn't care about you at all He climbed into the basin and began to eat. I touched him very carefully. He may turn around warily and I won't move; Bite me, and I will slowly pull my hand.

When changing napkins, pat him gently on the head or chin. He will get used to it after many temptations.

He bit me, but didn't bite my skin, not as hard as the only two times that the kitten had bitten before ~ hehe.

If I scare him, I will immediately scare him with apples or breadworms. It's like a reflex to let him know that I didn't mean anything by touching him.

This is my way to get close to my ss. Although I know that it is not suitable for the super timid ss of the old-timer and old woman, there are also old-timer and old-timer S friends who are raised very close to their owners. What a good example!

In addition, always let ss go out for a walk, let him walk on you, and always talk to them and blame them.

I often say to the kitten: Oh, why are you eating the cage again! Do what? I'm here, here, and so on.

Later, as soon as I got home, I said a few words to my mother. When she fell asleep, she would get up and chew the cage. She didn't go back to sleep until I went to the cage to say hello to her.

Although it feels amazing, I also know that ss doesn't seem to respond to your call like cats and dogs.

However, Ss have a keen sense of hearing and smell. Knowing your voice and smell, SS will definitely recognize you.

Finally, wash your hands before and after touching ss every time, preferably with transparent soap, because transparent soap soap has little taste.

Ss is very sensitive to other people's smells. The lighter thing is to feel uneasy and desperately want to avoid you; Bite it if it's heavier ~ ~ ~

So, hurry up, be diligent in exploration, be patient and not afraid of biting, please remember that beginners must remember ~

Ss is cute and easy to get close to ~ ~

Looking for the lost mouse

1 Waiting for the rabbit method: turn all the food that SS can get near the indoor ground level to a high place, put your favorite food in a conspicuous place, and then wait for the rabbit ~

2 carpet search method: close the door of each room and search each room carefully. If you don't close the door after searching, go to the next one.

Key search locations: kitchen, bed, wardrobe, all dark corners in the room.

3 chasing method: put the food in a fixed place with a food basin. If he is hungry, he will come over for dinner and find that there is less food in any dish basin, which means where he is.

4 natural enemy method: looking for cats. Now cats don't eat mice, but with cats running around, SS will run around (this method is dangerous and not suitable for the elderly! )

I didn't find a way: I have used tetramine for half a month, where can I find it …

Explanation of different manifestations in rats and mice

When relaxing

Finishing fur:

Hamsters comb their hair in two ways.

-in the first case, it is in a relaxed state.

In another case, after the owner touched them, the mouse wanted to put its own smell on the body. Rats like their own taste!

Ears down:

The hamster's drooping ears indicate that he is low in alertness and in a relaxed state. When rats and mice are alert, their ears are generally upright, and they are very impressed by the weak sounds around them. Because mice have poor eyesight, they will make up for it with sensitive small ears.

Crawl on the ground:

Seeing their lazy appearance, I know they are really at ease! Many hamsters sleep like this.

Tired of bending:

Mice and mice are tired from their sweet sleep. The owner had better not wake them up when he sees this!

Happy time

Climb to the hand:

When the mouse is in a good mood, it will climb to its master to coax him. When the master put his hand into the cage and gently called the mouse's name, the mouse climbed into the master's hand, indicating that they were in a good mood today!

Bite the cage:

The reason for biting the cage is not only to grind your teeth, but also to be dull. On the other hand, mice also use this action to express their requirements, such as going out to play or eating snacks.

Walk back and forth under pressure:

Don't think it's funny that mice and mice often take the same route. In fact, this is a sign of stress. When mice are nervous, they will walk back and forth along the same route. If car owners see their performance, they should pay more attention!

Turn the steering wheel violently:

Some mice will vent their pressure and dissatisfaction by running the wheels violently. So don't think running wheels is a common thing. Actually, Rat is telling you that he feels bad.

When you are angry

Reflexive shout loudly:

Hamsters pose like this when they feel threatened. Sometimes the owner will suddenly put his hand into the cage and scare them. When threatened by their peers, they will also fight back loudly. Because they don't have any professional knowledge to deal with the enemy, they have to pretend to be fierce and scare the enemy away.

Stand up and grab it with your second hand: this means "I don't like it here, I want to run away!" " "If the mouse does this in its own nest, then the owner should pay more attention.

Walk on the ground when you are alert:

Sometimes when mice come out to play, they walk with their bodies down. This means that they are alert, as they usually do in strange places. When something happens, it will go at full speed.

Stand up, second hand forward:

This is usually a sign of curiosity. They stood tall to see if there were any enemies in all directions, or to see if there was anything delicious coming.

Nose kept moving:

As mentioned above, rats and mice have poor eyesight, so they will use hearing, touch and smell to make up for the lack of vision. When their noses keep moving, it means they want to spy on their surroundings.