What do golden hamsters eat? A beginner's feeding guide
The golden hamster is an animal with a cute appearance, a gentle temperament, and it is very easy to keep. It is often kept as a pet in our lives, and its market sales are considerable. Many people see business opportunities in this and carry out large-scale golden hamster breeding, but for many novice breeders, they do not have professional breeding techniques for golden hamsters, so many problems often arise. So today, what I want to explain to everyone is what golden hamsters can eat and what they cannot eat? Also, let everyone understand the taboos of golden hamster breeding. Let's take a look at the exciting content below.
1. What can golden hamsters eat?
Golden hamsters generally do not refuse any food, so many breeders are also relatively casual when choosing food. Golden hamsters mainly eat miscellaneous grains as their staple food, followed by vegetables, fruits, and herbaceous plants and seeds. But this does not mean that all foods are suitable for golden hamsters. For miscellaneous grains, it is best to focus on wheat, corn, and millet; for vegetables, it is best to use green vegetables or carrots; for plants, it is best to use clover, dandelion, and plantain; for seeds, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and walnuts, etc., but they should not be eaten in large amounts; for fruits, it is best to use apples, strawberries, and cherries, etc. Of course, animal protein feed is also acceptable, such as beef, milk, and small dried fish for animals, etc.
2. What can't golden hamsters eat?
There are also many foods that golden hamsters cannot eat, so we must be very careful. For example, among fruits, almonds, plums, loquats, and peaches, etc.; among vegetables, onions, scallion-type plants, garlic-type plants, and ginger-type plants and other relatively irritating vegetables, and also potatoes; among plants, narcissus, tulips, and orchids, etc., cannot be eaten. Secondly, we should also note that many snacks eaten by humans cannot be used to feed golden hamsters, such as biscuits, chocolate, coffee, and alcoholic drinks, etc.
3. Precautions for breeding
In the process of breeding golden hamsters, there are many places we need to pay attention to. First, the drinking water for golden hamsters cannot be tap water; purified water or cooled boiled water should be used. Second, they should be kept in separate cages, and male and female hamsters should be kept separately. Also, do not directly let golden hamsters bask in the sun; the temperature in the breeding area should be reasonably controlled to avoid colds and heatstroke. Then, special teeth-grinding tools should be used, there is no need to wash their bodies with water, and there is no need to use sand baths, etc. Finally, do not easily change the feed, as it may cause diarrhea, or even death.
4. Eating habits and living habits
The eating habits of golden hamsters are actually very similar to those of humans. They also need balanced nutrition and cannot be raised on a single feed. We should reasonably combine miscellaneous grains, vegetables, fruits, grains, and animal protein feed for feeding to ensure nutritional supply in all aspects. Second, regarding some habits of golden hamsters after meals, carry out scientific management and do not change them without authorization. Finally, respect the living habits of golden hamsters, for example, do not disturb them while sleeping, so as to avoid stress reactions, and also storing and collecting things, burrowing, etc.
That's all for today's sharing. But I still have something to say to everyone, and that is: although golden hamsters are very easy to keep, in order to ensure the quality of golden hamsters, everyone still needs to do all kinds of preparatory work before breeding, understand the eating habits and living habits of golden hamsters, and pay attention to some detailed issues during the breeding process. These are all reasons that lead to breeding failure.