Dwarf

Hamster one of the smallest rodents, which seems to spit in the mouse: the head with small ears and eyes like beads, woolly hair, symmetrical, round little body with short legs, but which is in contrast to mice (mostly) short tail. To do this the friendly and curious nature and minimum entitlements to care ... Not surprisingly, his magic failed breeders worldwide.

My hamster and

The first day we let hamster to get accustomed to new surroundings. To proceed to the next day mutual acquaintance.
Near the hamster while doing fast movements, which might startle. Feel free to let him sniff your hand. Gradually, the hamster to get used to our smell, voice and movements. To reach you prepare raisins or sunflower seeds. Dwarf are curious - and curiosity is stronger than fear.
If we repeat the same ritual several times a day, a hamster to get used to us soon. Then it will depend only on us how far you want to domesticate him. Definitely worth a hamster so tame that they allowed as necessary to pull out of the cage and check teeth or ears.

Not only in acquainting us can hamster bite.Lead him to do so may be several reasons: either scared, or we've given him inconsiderately, or feel our fingers are different animals, food, or something unknown. Similarly, the hamster may be ill, under stress from something in the neighborhood, or had not paid much care.

Dating hamster

If we want to get more hamster, depending on the selected species. If you want to dzungarskeho hamster, two specimens total minimum. Dzungaracci are a social breed that is accustomed to living in a group. We can not just buy a couple, but if we have to worry where the offspring is better to stay for two individuals of the same sex.
Campbell's dwarf are accustomed to live in pairs, in groups of multiple problems arise.And, while dwarf Roborovskeho are easygoing in the pairs in a group, the opposite of the Chinese dwarf: generally intolerable to anyone and have to act separately.

The hamster females are usually more aggressive. Therefore, if we choose for two hamster one sex rather than the two females I get two males. For life in groups is recommended to treat again with one more male than the female or vice versa. As with all living creatures, however, there are between one kind of hamster behavioral differences so that the first moments or days of cohabitation, and two more hamster watching closely and are prepared to intervene if the excess of the usual dating of disagreement in defining the relative positions.

Sometimes the hamster may break out and fight for a long time,since we're almost certain that the situation is stabilized. Reallocation of positions, the struggle for food grain, little place for all - whether they are any reasons, the animal must move more aggressively.

Getting used to hamster

If we manage to get from one litter of pups, poridime individuals at least as large and as old, is the ideal age to three months. Rather more nekombinujeme hamster species: not only have different behavioral differences, but also live at different speeds

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