The pudding rat has a very gentle personality, is highly interactive with people, and is easy to care for, making it a great pet rat for beginners or children. So what should we pay attention to when feeding pudding hamsters?
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(1) It is forbidden to feed human food, too high salt and too heavy seasoning will increase the burden on the rat's body.
(2) Direct contact with the sun is prohibited. Rats are very afraid of heat. When summer is here, please use heat sinks or marbles to cool off them.
(3) It is forbidden to wash the rat's body with water.
(4) Please understand the breeds of your own mice. It is forbidden to keep mice that live alone or of different breeds together in cages.
(5) If you have no psychological preparation or economic ability, please do not keep the female and male mice together in cages. The reproductive ability of the mice is very impressive.
(6) It is forbidden to use unidentified feed, please discard the worms or mold, and do not feed.
(7) It is forbidden to let the rats drink raw water, please let them drink boiled cold water.
(8) It is forbidden to use bamboo chopsticks, popsicles, etc. to make the mice grind their teeth. Please use the teeth-grinding products and feeds specially designed for mice on the market.
(9) It is forbidden to use newspapers, tissue paper, etc. as bedding materials. The newspaper has too much ink, and the facial paper contains bleach.
(10) It is forbidden to keep mice in a space that is too small. The space should at least have rollers, water bottles, food bowls, small nests and other supplies.
(11) Mice have strong reproductive ability. Try not to mix them. Pay attention to separate male and female cages.
Notes about eating:
1. Pudding rats cannot eat human food, because human food contains too much salt, which exceeds the consumption of pudding rats standard.
2. The staple food of pudding rat is whole grains, never feed dog food or cat food.
3. Pudding mice like to eat sunflower seeds, but they cannot eat sunflower seeds as the main food.
4. Be sure to give the pudding rat a food bowl, it is easier to clean and it is cleaner.
5. Be sure to have a drinking fountain, which is a vessel for the pudding rat to drink.
6. The drinking water should be kept clean, and the water should be changed at least once a week.
Residence:
The rat's cage should be put in bedding materials, such as grass, sawdust, etc.
2. Forage grass should be sterilized.
3. Sawdust is a commonly used bedding material. Be careful not to use self-planed wood chips that contain decorating chemicals.
4. Paper can also be used as a pad, but newspapers containing ink or waste paper for photocopying are absolutely not acceptable.
5. Some pudding mice like toilet paper very much, but pay attention to whether the toilet paper contains fluorescent agent.
6. The amount of mat material placed, generally speaking, the temperature is high and the temperature is low, and the temperature is low.
7. The pads should be replaced after a period of time, basically once a week.
8. Ventilation is a very important factor in the selection of rat cages, because pudding rats are temperate rodents, they are afraid of heat, and they are easy to die of heat stroke.
9. There needs to be a rat's nest in the rat's cage, which can be placed in one or covered with thick cardboard, and the rat's nest will make it feel very safe.
10. The pudding rat is very small, its stool is like millet, and it does not smell; but the urine will smell bad, but because the amount of urine is not much, it is good as long as it is clear. This can place a rat toilet with toilet sand inside, allowing the pudding rat to urinate and urinate in it for easy cleaning.