Are Golden Flower Squirrels Easy to Keep? Detailed Guide to Care and Training
As people increasingly love keeping pets, the pet categories on the market today really dazzle the eye. But in everyday life, the pets most people come into contact with are probably just pet cats and pet dogs. Today I want to introduce a kind of pet called the Golden Flower Squirrel. Most people have probably only seen squirrels in zoos or on TV. But that does not rule out the fact that many people really like Golden Flower Squirrels and keep them as pets.
Are Golden Flower Squirrels Easy to Keep
Golden Flower Squirrels are easy to keep. They mainly feed on plant fruits, flowers and leaves, and occasionally take some animal-based food. Besides wild fruits, they also eat tender twigs, young buds, leaves, as well as insects and bird eggs. Once autumn arrives, squirrels begin to store food; a squirrel often stores several kilograms of food in separate caches, and sometimes squirrels are seen drying food in the trees so it does not spoil or go moldy. So keeping one at home is very convenient.
How to Train a Golden Flower Squirrel
Golden Flower Squirrels have a particularly stubborn personality and need to go hungry. Starve them for 1 to 3 days, give them only water to drink, and then feed them by hand, (never let them out of the cage, feed them through the cage bars.) First use food to lure them over. Do not give it right away; hold the food and move it from side to side so they follow your hand and run around. After moving it 3 or 4 times it is about right, then let them eat. You must hold the food yourself, do not let go and let the squirrel snatch it away. While they eat, touch them with your hand. Here it is suggested to use apple or milk.
How to Tell Male from Female Golden Flower Squirrels
1. Male Golden Flower Squirrel: the distance between the anus and the place where it urinates is relatively far, and a normal adult male will show testicles.
2. Female Golden Flower Squirrel: the distance between the anus and the place where it urinates is relatively close, and there will be a slit in between.
How to Keep a Golden Flower Squirrel
1. Environment: Golden Flower Squirrels are suited to living at 20-30 degrees C; if the temperature exceeds 30 degrees C they will get heatstroke and may even die. In the hot summer, measures to cool them down must be taken. In winter they hibernate in the wild, but in a warm home there is no need for hibernation.
2. Feeding: Golden Flower Squirrels are not very picky eaters. You can feed them some melon seeds, fruit, carrots, cabbage, etc. If you are too lazy to prepare food, you can buy ready-made parrot food, because the ingredients of parrot food are similar to the nutrition squirrels need.
3. Teeth grinding: Golden Flower Squirrels are rodents, and their front teeth keep growing, so just like keeping hamsters you need to prepare something for the squirrel to gnaw on. Otherwise they easily get all kinds of terrible dental diseases, and may even die from it.
4. Exercise: Golden Flower Squirrels are extremely active and love darting back and forth in the trees. You need to prepare a large enough space for exercise, and it is best to also have something like a hamster wheel for them to vent their abundant energy. Even so, you still have to let them out for a run frequently.
5. Management: When keeping Golden Flower Squirrels, keep the cage clean and hygienic. Clean every morning before feeding. Feeding utensils should be disinfected regularly, and a sand bath should be given at least once a week, each sand bath lasting about 20-30 minutes.
Above, I have also told you some little training secrets for Golden Flower Squirrels. Have you all learned them? Actually, Golden Flower Squirrels are still fairly easy to keep. If you are a beginner and do not know how to keep a Golden Flower Squirrel, you can also send me a private message.