Taking Care Of A Hamster In A Cage

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Hamsters And Gerbils

Rodent pets including the easiest to maintain. This animal likes to eat grains, such as corn, peanuts, sunflower seeds, wheat. Also diligent eating vegetables, such as lettuce, mustard greens. Hamsters like to drink, but also not to be too much. In order for an animal to stay fit, provide for roller sports equipment kept in a cage. This tool serves to channel his hobby running long distances.

Not difficult to meet the needs of the hamster cage. Quite prepared cages measuring 30cm x 30cm x 30cm. enter the wood shavings in the bottom of the cage. Feed can be purchased at pet shops. The portion of feed given more at night, because hamsters active at night. In its habitat, hamster used to walking up to 3 miles (4.8 km) per day for food. In the cage, hamsters need exercise.

Provide jog wheel in the cage. This tool is useful for running in place so that the body healthy. Without exercise, hamsters can be overweight so less agile and always sleep. Pinwheel-shaped means that jogging or carousel. Windmill hollow or meeting. Foot hamster could be squeezed when using hollow mill. Adjust the size of the windmill to the size of a hamster. If the mill is too large, hamsters can not be strong enough to play it. 

If too small, hamsters can be squeezed. Hamsters also love toys like the hallway. Similar underground passage in their natural habitat. Fuss, so narrow passage comfortable, hamsters will often silent on the spot. Even sleep and defecate on the spot. Impact toys become dirty quickly and are difficult to clean. If not diligent cleaning, can become disease.

Taming Hamsters

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Sometimes hamsters are very fierce and do not want to be touched. Approximated by a straight hand biting. Bad temper is usually indicated by the newly adopted hamsters. Fierce and biting, because hamsters are still unfamiliar with the presence of new people. Feeling disturbed or threatened, he tried to bite. The reaction was an attempt to defend themselves.

There are a few tricks to overcome

Avoid open arms

 

The first step, introduce your hands on the hamster. Hands should be free from foreign odors, especially food. Hamsters can bite because it thought the food. To quickly familiar, apply your hand with the scent of known hamster. For example, wood shavings for litter.

Squeeze the wood shavings, the smell will disguise 'foreign body' which entered the cage. Put your hands gently with a clenched position. Then palms open. Do not be shocked that hamsters do not run away or bite. Avoid members direct hand in the open state is subjected to being bitten.

Effects on fist bite lighter than the bite on the finger. This approach is done repeatedly every day. Two to three weeks, hamsters have become accustomed and do not bite again. With calm, hamsters are ready to handle. Do not lift it from above, the hamster will be surprised and feel threatened. Try lifting it with the palm of the hand from the side of his body. Repeat if the hamster is still not willing to be appointed, until he 'surrenders'.

Feed meals

 

Persuade hamsters with mouthful of feed is also worth a try. Hold the beans with the index finger and thumb. Slowly handed to him. Hamsters will concentrate on the feed. If it is close and feed bite, try to pull it slowly in order to follow the hand backwards. Do it over and over again every day. Eating habits directly from the hands could make it familiar. About 2 weeks, hamsters feel comfortable eating out of your hand.

The next step, put your hands on a pedestal enclosure, palms facing upwards. Hold the nut in the palm seeds with the tip of the index finger and thumb. Hamsters will propagate to the palm of the hand if you want to take these peanuts. If you still want to bite, repeat again from the beginning. Do it continuously until hamsters comfortably held. If it was used, hamsters can already be held.

Spray with powder

 

Prepare hamster powder for dry bath. Spray powder evenly to the body, and then spray on our hands. Hamsters and hands then have the same scent. Do the introduction and removal, such measures thrusting open arms.

Should be held regularly

 

Each method can be applied, but success is not necessarily the same. The key to success is the willingness to do regularly, patience until the hamster uncomfortable with the presence of the hand. If it is benign, it remains to be regularly held to always remember you.