Children's laughter and a good mood of the child lead to the delight of the parents and make the family full. At some point the child begins to take care of others, he needs to take care of someone. As a rule, everything ends with the purchase of a pet. The easiest way is to start with small pets, because most of the care will fall on the shoulders of parents, and what could be easier than caring for a hamster? Caring for a jungar hamster is not much different from caring for any other small rodent. They refer to dwarf hamsters, grow about 10 cm in length and weigh only 45 grams. You can distinguish a jungar hamster by a characteristic strip on the back. Their tail is very short, it is practically invisible. Wool has characteristic white impregnations, in the wild it helps a lot in disguise.
Care for a jungar hamster at home
Contain a hamster should be in a spacious cage or aquarium (size 30x70 cm). For dwarf hamsters, constant movement is very important, so take care of the running wheel. The choice of such a wheel should be approached carefully: give preference to the product with a solid surface - so you will avoid injury to the foot of the animal. Lay a layer of sawdust a few centimeters to the bottom of the cage, do not forget about the house, the trough and the water bottle for the animal. The cell should be cleaned about once a week, this kind of hamster is practically odorless, but timely cleaning is mandatory.
Can I bathe the Dzhungar hamsters?
Very often children perceive an animal as a new member of the family and are often inclined to "humanize" it. When the child washed the cage and put everything in order, it is logical to assume that the small inhabitant should be cleaned. Can I bathe in the water of Djungar hamsters? Definitely not. Bathing of this rodent in the water is simply dangerous for the health and even life of the animal. In the cage you need to install a special "bath" and fill it with clean sand. With the help of sand, hamsters clean their wool.
Breeding of Dzhungar hamsters
Before you start breeding Djungar hamsters, make sure that you can attach about 20 individuals. The female after the birth may need a vet. For the offspring, at least two cells are needed: when the kids grow up, they will need to be resettled according to gender. The childbearing age of the female dzhungar hamster comes in 4-6 months and lasts up to 10-12. Do not overstretch the first birth, you need to have time to 6 months, then complications can arise. Between childbirth let's have a rest for the female not less than 4 months. Be attentive to the state of the future mother: her weight should be at least 35 grams, to feed the pregnant female you need very well. Mating occurs during the estrus of the female and only in neutral territory. Courtship and mating process lasts for 15-20 minutes, then hamsters simply lose interest in each other. Pregnancy of Dzhungar hamsters lasts from 19 to 22 days. At the first birth count on the appearance of 6 kids, and the second time the female will please you with an offspring of 10 individuals, and maybe more. To disturb the female during the second half of pregnancy and after childbirth is impossible, this will have a detrimental effect on the offspring: the female can simply eat her children.
Feeding Djungar hamsters
Dzhungar hamsters are rather unpretentious in food, it is absolutely not necessary to get special expensive fodder. They perfectly eat vegetables and fruits, twigs of fruit-berry trees, greens. Do not give up bread and cereal, you can offer chicken. The basic diet should be a normal food for rodents. As a treat, you can offer dried apricots or raisins. Once a week, give the hamster protein food. Boil a piece of chicken, offer cottage cheese or boiled egg.
How to tame a dzhungarian hamster?
Never hurry with this case. Let the pet settle in a new place. Some individuals are very sociable by nature and jump themselves into the palm of their hand. Offer a hamster a treat in the form of candied fruits or dried apricots, let the animal take it directly from the hand. Do not rush to grab him right away, let the hamster get used to your hand in the cage.