How to contain a Syrian hamster
How to contain a Syrian hamster
Homemade hamsters are among the most lovedPets are loved by adults and children. In modern practice, very often you can find in the houses several types of hamsters. For example, Dzungarian or Syrian. The latter have a number of characteristic features.
A Syrian hamster is one of the most commonpets. Very unpretentious, clean, they are easy to maintain and feed. Care for a Syrian hamster even children will master. The color is usually golden, but there is cream and sand. Size 13-19 cm, weight from 100 to 200 grams.
Contain these hamsters conveniently in a cage withplastic pallet. The cage must exclude the escape of the animal - hamsters are very bright creatures. As a filler, wood sawdust is used, but you can put some hay or paper to make the hamster build a house.
The Syrian hamster will appreciate the wheel for running and will spend a lot of time in it.
As feed use a variety ofcereal mixtures containing millet, oats, flax, barley, canary seed, legumes, corn. Do not mind a hamster to eat a green salad, carrot or an apple. They drink little, but still it is better to install a drinking bowl.
Sometimes it is necessary to give cottage cheese, sour cream, a low-fat piece of meat. This is very useful for the life of Syrian hamsters.
Syrian hamsters can not be fed with sweet, fatty seeds from fruit, cabbage and food from a human table.
This species multiplies easily, but before deciding on breeding, one must think about where to put the numerous offspring.
Syrian hamsters can live peacefully alone, they have enough time to communicate with the owner, they bite extremely rarely.
The life span of Syrian hamsters is two years.
