Because modern people's life pressure is relatively high, they will reduce the pressure by keeping pets. Chipmunk is a kind of squirrel. The proportion of rearing in China is relatively high, so do you know how to raise chipmunk?

Chipmunk

Diet staples

Squirrels are omnivorous animals and can eat almost anything, but the staple food is various nut.

Moisture

Squirrels do not need to drink water. If you want to drink, remember to boil the water! Be absolutely clean. Shishi's squirrels, their mother feeds them vegetables and fruits to get water! Because they are really small, a little water is enough! They love green vegetables, remember that the green vegetables must be rinsed and dried in the wind . Yellow sprouts and cabbage can also be used! But they must be washed! Such as tomatoes, cucumbers, apples and oranges can be eaten by them.

About Sunflower Seeds

There are also various types of sunflower seeds, such as sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, watermelon seeds, etc., which squirrels love to eat.

Squirrels like to eat sunflower seeds, but the fat content of sunflower seeds is too high, squirrels will cause obesity, partial eclipse, malnutrition and other problems if they eat too much, so sunflower seeds can only be used as snacks or as a relationship-enhancing food. Non-essential items, do not feed too much, at most one or two per meal. However, if it is in winter, you can give more squirrels to increase the heat to survive the cold winter.

Inedible food

Although squirrels are omnivores, there are still things they cannot eat. Diarrhea can lead to death, so be careful!!

Spicy (irritating) foods

Such as chili, green pepper, onion, garlic, Ginger, chives, nine layers of culture, etc.

Peach, plum, apple and other kernels

It is said to cause the squirrel's heart rate to increase, which may lead to symptoms such as shock. The detailed reason is not very clear, but it is better to believe it and be careful. The potassium ion content of the above things is high, so it is easy to cause squirrels to eat too much, tachycardia and death.

What people eat

What people eat, cooked, too oily and too salty for squirrels, which is very harmful to health, Especially meat vegetables or other oily snacks should not be eaten by squirrels!!

Bathing

Chipmunks should be kept clean, but bathing is not necessary! Jinhua loves to be clean and will wash herself most of the time. If the owner wants to bathe Jinhua, please make sure that you have a very good relationship with Jinhua, and you are very trusted by Jinhua. If you hold it in your hand, you will not run away. Otherwise, please do not bathe Jinhua. . Jinhua is very afraid of water, and it is easy to have accidents in the bath when it is not matured. Even if it is matured, it will scare Jinhua and cause a crisis of trust. In addition, improper operation by the owner will also cause the golden flower to drown, choking and die, and it is easy to catch a cold after washing!

Don't use bath sand or something, the squirrel has small pores, and the bath sand particles are too fine. Clogged pores!

If you want to keep the chipmunk clean, it is the last word for the owner to clean up! Clean the bedpan, change the bedding, wooden nests, hammocks, water bottles, etc., to ensure the health of the golden flowers. For the owner who insists on washing the golden flower, it is good to give the golden flower water. The water temperature should be kept at 30-40 degrees. If it is too cold, the golden flower will catch a cold, not to mention if it is hot. As for the bath products, don't use them. I heard that there are cases where the squirrels vomited white bubbles and fainted after taking a bath because of the pet shower gel used by the merchants, so everyone pay attention!

Breeding cages

It is necessary to prepare a higher cage, preferably more than 60cm in height, try to choose a metal cage with a gap of less than 1.2cm, and a cage with a gap of more than 1.2cm can be forced Drilled out and injured, if the bird cage is made of wood or bamboo, it is easy to be gnawed by golden flowers and escape. Try to avoid using a grid-shaped cage for the bottom of the cage. It is easy to get stuck on the feet of the golden flower, and even break the golden flower. Some timid and timid golden flowers will even bite off the stuck feet in panic. At the same time, in order to avoid lack of exercise, pedals, platforms, jumping sticks, etc. should be prepared in the cage for squirrels to play sports. As for swing rollers, etc., not every golden flower likes to use it, it can be equipped according to needs. Among them, the rollers should be made of plastic silent rollers as much as possible to prevent tail clipping.

It is necessary to install nest boxes, general wooden nests, cotton nests in winter, and porcelain nests in summer to prevent golden flowers from heat stroke. Conditional owners can equip golden flowers with hammocks, and many golden flowers prefer hammocks. Golden flowers have the phenomenon of hibernation. If they are kept in a warm room or in the south, Golden flowers may not hibernate. Due to poor heat resistance, the cage should be moved to a well-ventilated place in summer, and equipped with tiles, cooling plates, etc. to prevent the death of golden flowers from heat stroke. Sawdust can absorb moisture and deodorize (newspaper is also fine), but please put it on the bottom tray and do not touch the golden flower. The golden flower has a very sensitive nose and is prone to allergies, sneezing and even pneumonia. Due to the rapidity of action, attention should be paid to the escape of golden flowers when changing cages, cleaning and feeding. In case of escape, do not grab the golden flower suddenly and forcefully from behind to avoid being bitten by a squirrel, and be careful not to pull its tail, the golden flower's tail is very fragile and will not grow again after it is broken.

The rollers are used for exercise and play. There are separate ones on the market and some with cages. If they are separate, remember not to buy iron wire. Chipmunks' feet are easily sprained.

Food bowl

The food bowl does not have to be bought for chipmunks, but can also be replaced by a small plate for human use. Just be careful not to overturn it. There have been cases where the food bowl overturned and crushed young and suckling mice.