1. Hamster feeding method
1. Install hamster-specific drinking fountains. Install the hamster-specific drinker at a height where it can easily drink, and then regularly add clean water to the drinker.
2. Hamsters are omnivorous animals. The following foods can be fed to hamsters: whole grains: wheat, barley, rice, buckwheat, sweet potato, etc.; seeds: melon seeds, peanuts, flaxseed, sesame, Pine nuts, etc.; vegetables: broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, lettuce, pumpkin, cucumber, zucchini, corn; fruits: apples, strawberries, watermelon peel, dried pineapple; meat: chicken breast, dried shrimp, dried fish ; Insects: mealworms, silkworm chrysalis, dried grasshoppers and crickets, tank bugs, etc. But pay attention to the following points: Seeds contain a lot of oil and should not be fed too much; vegetables should choose vegetables with little water, not potatoes, leeks, eggplants, tomatoes, iceberg lettuce and other vegetables; try to choose vegetables with low water content Fruit feeding can be properly dried and then fed to hamsters to prevent hamsters from diarrhea; the meat to be fed to hamsters needs to be cooked in water, dried and cut into small pieces before feeding; hamster-specific food should be used as the staple food of hamsters. Other foods should be supplemented in moderation.
3. Hamsters have the habit of hiding food, so in order to avoid hamsters accidentally eating some rotten food that has been hidden for too long, resulting in diarrhea, the owner should pay attention to often replacing the hamster with fresh food. And clean the hamster’s food bowl and drinking equipment every day, and change the drinking water in time.
Second, hamsters can’t eat anything
Although hamsters are omnivorous Animals, but there are also many things that cannot be eaten, otherwise it will cause diarrhea and even death of hamsters. The following foods cannot be fed to hamsters:
1. Spicy and irritating foods, such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, green peppers and garlic, leeks, etc.
2, peaches, apple kernels, etc. Hamsters eating these cores can easily lead to rapid heartbeat and even shock.
3. What people eat. Foods eaten by humans generally contain a certain amount of oil, salt and additives, which are very greasy and salty for hamsters, which can easily cause harm to them, so owners try not to feed hamsters their own food.
3. Precautions for feeding hamsters
1. Prohibit feeding Feed human food to avoid burdening the hamster’s body.
2. It is forbidden to feed hamsters with unidentified feeds. Feeds such as worms or molds should be resolutely discarded and cannot be used for feeding.
3. It is forbidden for hamsters to drink raw water. The water that hamsters drink must be boiled cold water.
Other precautions:
1. Avoid direct exposure of hamsters to the sun. Hamsters are very afraid of heat. When the weather is hot, pay attention to helping hamsters to cool down and relieve the heat in time.
2. It is forbidden to bathe hamsters with water unless necessary.
3. Hamsters have a strong reproductive capacity. If there is no idea of hamster breeding and certain economic strength, do not keep female mice and male mice in cages.
4. It is forbidden to use bamboo chopsticks, popsicles, etc. to grind the teeth of hamsters. Be sure to provide special teeth grinding supplies and feed for hamsters.
5. It is forbidden to use newspaper and tissue paper as bedding material.
