Even such a tiny animal needs good care, which is a lot of work. The content of chipmunks at home begins with the acquisition of the right "living space".
The maintenance and care of the chipmunk supposes also its training. Chipmunk in the home will become tame if you spend enough time playing with it. Particularly good is the animal learning at a young age. Take the animal in your arms, let it climb you and run.
Choose a cage
It is best for a chipmunk to use a low cage with a plastic pallet. As a rule, they are used for guinea pigs or rabbits. Instead of a cage for a chipmunk, you can buy an aquarium. Do not buy a tall big cage with several floors. The animals in it are not comfortable, although it looks presentable.
Be sure to prepare one or two places for food reserves, they are called "birdhouses". The birdhouses are filled with different materials: sawdust, fallen leaves. Do not use wool or artificial fibers for such purposes.
It is very useful to put a running wheel in the cage. This is a very active animal, and therefore a constant movement is vitally important for him. It is better to immediately buy an iron model, a plastic wheel is short-lived, in a week it will have to be bought again. For the consumption of energy reserves it is recommended to let the pet walk in a walking ball "walk" around the apartment.
For flooring use hay, sawdust, straw or corn filler. With this material chipmunk will fill its house or corner. Zverek is clean and smekalist, his toilet is always only in one place, where paper or cloth is preliminarily applied.
What to feed the chipmunk?
At home, the chipmunk feeds on bread, grains and cereals. Very fond of animals are sunflowers, various nuts, apple seeds. What to feed a chipmunk besides dry cereals? Offer your pet a little cottage cheese, milk, flour worms or other insects. You can give a little fruit or greens, chipmunks with pleasure gnaw the kidneys and shoots of branches.
Remember that the ration of the animal must be very diverse. In the pet store you can buy special food for squirrels and chipmunks. Do not forget about the sources of water, which should be several. For these purposes, drinkers with dispensers and bowls are good.