Djungarian hamsters: care and maintenance at home, photos, reviews

Charming miniature rodents, which the owners affectionately call congarinni, appear frequently in the homes of animal lovers. Moreover, it is considered the most popular pet from the family of rodents that is Djungarian hamster. Care and maintenance, review owners of these babies, burdensome, and at the same time and adults and children get great pleasure in watching the habits of your petite pet.

Djungarian hamster – a cute animal, possessing a kind and cheerful disposition, easy going on contact with the person. These hamsters are extremely clean and have no unpleasant smell inherent to many of their brethren. This is an indisputable advantage of simplifying the content of Djungarian hamsters. The photos posted in this article will help you get a General idea about these fun kids.

Despite the fact that many owners believe that the care congarinni simple, beginners, in whose house there was such a newcomer need to know the basic rules for its content.

Distribution

Djungarian hamsters have a fairly wide habitat. The species occurs naturally in southern Transbaikalia, Tuva, in the Aga, Chui and Minusinsk steppes, in Altai, the steppes of Western Siberia. In addition, members of the species occur in the North-East of China and in Mongolia.

Dzungaria build their homes-burrows in the steppe or desert landscapes, much less — on the outskirts of the forest. These kids are not afraid of saline, sandy, gravelly soil. In the Altai they are found at altitudes of up to 3 thousand meters above sea level.

Character and way of life

To ensure proper care of the Djungarian hamster at home, you need to know how these animals behave under natural conditions. Hamsters of this species are primarily nocturnal or crepuscular lifestyle. Hibernate these kids not to fall, but long-term storage temperature is below +16 °C their fur becomes much lighter.

Adults lead a solitary lifestyle. If you are planning to put two hamsters together, then try to take those who were next to each other since birth. If you try to settle someone else's hamster, it is quite probable conflict. Some owners in this case, use a cage with a removable partition. Over time, the animals get used to the neighbor, and the partition can be removed.

Dzungaria — peaceful and quite aggressive creatures. At home they practically do not bite, get along well with children. Buy Djungarian hamster for yourself or for a child to teach responsibility, can be in almost any pet store. But about where to settle in this lovely kid, the views of the owners and veterinarians vary — some believe that the maintenance and care of the Djungarian hamster is easier to implement in an aquarium or glass jar, others believe that Djungarian more suitable normal metal cage.

External features

This is a very active animal with a beautiful fur coat, the maximum size of which does not exceed 10 cm and weight-45 grams. The features of appearance of Jungaria include a dark strip on his back that distinguishes it from most counterparts.

The Fur of the hamster of this species are mottled with white patches. This helps the rodent under natural conditions perfectly to camouflage and hide from predators. Among domestic Djungarian hamsters are particularly common following colors:

• Mandarin;
• Pearls;
• Sapphire;
• Standard.

The Winter coat of the animal moults, and becomes almost white. Specks become almost invisible, and the gray strip on the back still stands out. It's funny that even at home, when the animals have no shortage of feed, they are storing food, collecting her chubby cheeks.

Djungarian hamsters: maintenance in the home

We already talked about the fact that these adorable babies low maintenance. Nevertheless, it is necessary to create comfortable conditions for living.

• Equip a home for a hamster.

And while the owners and veterinarians argue about where is more convenient to contain Djungarian – in a cage or aquarium, we offer to equip the house a hamster incell. When it is selected remember that hamsters love to chew everything that is available to them. Do not buy cells with colored bars: they look more attractive than usual, but very soon the paint part will be in the stomach of Jungaria, and who knows what will be his reaction.

If you want to put the baby in the aquarium or terrarium, cover the top tightly. Rodents need air, so leave it open top. If the sides of the terrarium low and you fear that a hamster will jump out, cover the houses with metal mesh.

And yet it seems to us that the care and maintenance of the Djungarian hamster (the photo you see below) to implement in a cage. In the first place because it is well ventilated and the hamster has no shortage of air. Another argument in favor of cells is the fact that the cell is not formed, the humidity to which rodents are negative. In a cage you will avoid the appearance of an unpleasant smell, which not infrequently formed in the terrarium. Moreover, in such house is easier to mount toys, waterers, feeders.

A Cage for the hamster this species should be quite spacious, despite the diminutive size of its inhabitants. The fact that it should be filled with a variety of “constructions” and items necessary for a comfortable life of Dzungaria.

• Sanctuary.

In the natural environment, hamsters live in burrows, which serve as rodent shelter from prying eyes and predators. Put in a cage is compact, cosy house in which gungari going to sleep or just relax when he wants to be alone. Today, the stores will offer you to purchase ceramic, plastic, wood and cloth houses. From the last two options we recommend to decline, as the fabric and wood absorb odors.

Plastic house too fragile – your pet eats it for a few days. But the ceramic is perfect because the baby is difficult to budge. On the bottom you can put small pieces of fabric to make your pet warm and cozy.

Drinking

Water is essential for any living creature, so care Djungarian hamster at home requires a cage waterers. Some models are equipped with built-in water tanks, in others they are attached to the bars of the cage. In a bowl pour just boiled water and change it every 2 days. Don't put it in the sun so that water does not “bloom”.

It is Not recommended to use cups of water – the hamster will easily overturn them, and in the cell will be damp, which can lead to mold formation.

Feeder

Dzungaria should be two containers for food – fresh fruit and vegetables and dry food. The wash trough should be with warm water without using detergents.

Bedding

In the cage should be snug and soft. The correct Mat will save you from unpleasant odors, will absorb moisture. You can use sawdust or toilet paper. Sprinkling sawdust the first time, carefully observe the reaction of an animal – some types of wood in rodents can cause allergic reactions.

Do Not use newspaper as bedding – the printing ink is toxic to the animal. When wet it sticks to the paws and bottom of the cells. It is not necessary to use cotton wool – jungert just confused in it, which can lead to the death of the clamped limbs.

Toys

It is Impossible to imagine housing a hamster without a wheel. This is the most effective device that can satisfy the need of the animal in motion. The wheel must be greased to hamster spinning it effortlessly. But him in a cage, you can set the horizontal twigs, branches, and different toys.

Particular care

These clean animals do not need special care. They carefully wash their paws and clean fur. It is only important to change dressing filler and once a week to clean the cage. Once a month you should with soap to wash the bottom of the cage. Bathe Djungarian, but sometimes they need to hold sand baths. This procedure is usually carried out if the fur of the hamster is dirty – it matted and not shiny.

Sprinkle a little fine clean sand in a container and run in her hamster. He would be happy to wallow in the sand, cleaning his fur.

Power of Djungarian

As you can see, pretty easy to care Djungarian hamster. The nutrition these babies require special attention. To feed this pet twice a day andnecessarily at the same time. In the morning it is necessary to do when a hamster wakes up and in the evening — when it begins to show activity. Females expecting offspring, feed four times per day at equal intervals of time.

In the Morning gungari needs to obtain protein, steamed vegetables, succulent feed. Evening – dry food, cereal and treats. The basis of the diet of hamsters this type is:

• Dry food;
• Does not contain starch, cooked without salt vegetables;
• Fresh fruits and vegetables;
• Grits;
• Berries, pitted;
• Seeds and nuts (except almonds);
• Dried twigs and fresh leaves are deciduous and fruit trees;
• Fruit of the carob tree and crackers as treats.

There are products that are strictly forbidden to feed Jungaria:

• Salami
• Sour cream;
• Conifer branch;
• Cream;
• Butter;
• Milk;
• Potatoes;
• Fruit;
• Onions and garlic
• Mushrooms;
• Watermelon;
• Mint;
• Chocolate, biscuits, ice cream;
• Citrus;
• Honey;
• Spices.

You Should carefully consider the choice of feed for a miniature rodent in a pet store. He doesn't fit the mix, designed for large hamsters. They have a completely different composition, which will harm your Jungaria.

Reviews

The Majority of owners contain in their homes these rodents think it's a great, fun and active pet – Djungarian hamster. Care, keeping and feeding of this baby should be aimed at creating as close to natural habitat conditions of the animal. Make it very easy and reward you for your works will become healthy and strong jungert, with the habits which are very interesting to watch.