If a Syrian hamster appeared in your house, then with him there were new worries and troubles. After all, now you are responsible for his life, and, therefore, it is necessary to create such conditions under which the hamster will live longer. Let's find out how you can feed a Syrian hamster and how to take care of it.
Syrian hamsters at home
Syrian hamsters are most suitable for maintenance at home. They are unpretentious, hardy and clean. Therefore, they are most often bought by those who have never previously kept these animals.
To contain Syrian hamsters is best in a cage adapted for this. The optimal dimensions are 40x30x30 cm, although they can be large. The cage should have strong metal rods and a plastic pallet. Do not install a wooden pallet, since a hamster can easily gnaw through the hole in it and escape from the cage.
In the cage, you can put a house or just a box of wood, where the hamster will hide, breed. If you decide to do without a house, you need to put in the cage materials from which the hamster can build a nest: filler, paper, various rags, hay or straw. The temperature in the room containing the Syrian hamster should always be above + 10 ° C.
The food of the Syrian hamster should be full and varied. But the lack of vitamins adversely affects the health of the animal. His diet must contain a special grain mixture consisting of oats, flax, millet, lettuce, carrots and even Tradescantia.
In no case do not feed the hamster spoiled food - it can get very sick. You can pamper your pet with milk, but do not get carried away so as not to cause digestion disorder in a hamster. In the cage, he should always have clean drinking water.
As you can see, the maintenance and care of Syrian hamsters are not at all complicated. Therefore, observing all the recommendations, one can observe the happy life of this lovely creature.