Rats, mice, it is necessary to take a bath to keep clean! So a bath basin is also necessary! Keeping clean is the first condition for healthy mice!
★ About diet
Staple food:
The life span of mice is only two or three years, so it is not too much for them to eat well. Rats are omnivores and can eat almost anything, but their staple food is whole grains.
Humidity:
Rats don't need to drink water. If you want to drink water, remember to boil it! Absolutely clean. My mice feed them vegetables and fruits to get water! Because they are really small, a little water is enough! They like vegetables best. Remember, vegetables must be rinsed and dried. Bean sprouts and cabbage can also be used! But they all need cleaning! Like tomatoes, cucumbers, apples and oranges, you can eat them.
About sunflower seeds:
There are also various melon seeds, such as sunflower seeds, melon seeds, watermelon seeds and so on. Rats like to eat them.
Mice like to eat sunflower seeds, but the high fat content of sunflower seeds will cause obesity, partial eclipse, malnutrition and other problems for mice. Therefore, sunflower seeds can only be used as snacks or non-necessities to enhance feelings. You can't feed too much, and you can only eat one or two at most. However, if it is in winter, more mice can be given more heat to spend the cold winter.
Food unfit for consumption:
Although mice are omnivores, there are still some things that cannot be eaten. If you eat them carelessly, you will have diarrhea or die. Don't be careless !
Spicy (pungent) food:
Such as pepper, green pepper, onion, garlic, ginger, leek, nine-layer culture and so on.
Peaches, plums, apples and other nuts:
It is said that it will lead to the rapid heartbeat of rats and may lead to symptoms such as shock. The detailed reasons are not very clear, but I would rather believe and be careful. These things have high potassium ion content, which easily leads to overeating and tachycardia death in rats and mice.
What do people eat:
What people eat, cooked, is too oily and salty for mice and very harmful to their health, especially meat dishes or other greasy snacks. !
Feeding:
Feed the mice regularly every day, so that they can get used to your hands and taste quickly. The way to feed is to put the feed in the palm of your hand, put your hand into the cage quietly and stop, let the mouse approach slowly, and don't disturb him when the mouse is eating, otherwise he will be wary of your hand. At first, the mouse may not come near at all, or run away immediately after eating, so don't worry, take your time! !
☆★ About the environment ★☆
It's getting cold. How to keep the mice warm?
1. Replace the rat room with a plastic room, which can be replaced with a napkin tube.
2. Move the squirrel cage to a place where the cold wind can't blow.
3. put more sawdust, about 3-5 cm thick.
You can put a napkin, and the mouse will make a warm bed to sleep in.
When the weather is really cold, you can cover the mouse cage with a piece of cloth to keep out the cold wind, but be careful not to cover it too tightly so as not to suffocate the mouse.
I recommend imported plexiglass cages, which have good ventilation effect. There are many plexiglass cages with different prices on the market. I suggest not to buy something too big and complicated, which is not convenient for cleaning. Secondly, don't buy a cage with wire around it. Rats will be cold in winter. It's best to buy one with ventilation on both sides! As long as you cover one side with cardboard in winter, mice will keep warm!
☆★ About longevity ★☆
It takes a lot of thought to take care of mice. Rats can live longer if they are taken good care of.
The average life span of rats and mice is about two years old, so rats and mice over one and a half years old are considered rats and mice. The situation of rats and mice getting out of trouble is that their physical strength is obviously worse, and they spend most of their time sleeping, stumbling, walking stagger, biting hard objects and so on. So they should pay more attention to care! !
1. Pay special attention to heatstroke prevention and warmth, because the adaptability of rats to the environment is getting worse and worse, so pay special attention in summer and winter.
2. Rats' teeth will get weaker and weaker, and they can't bite the whole grain and sunflower seeds, so their food needs to be specially made. Will help rats with bad teeth to prepare star feed+experimental rat feed mixed with ground food, soaked in milk to make them taste better, and will also cut sunflower seeds and peanuts into pieces for rats to eat, and occasionally feed them some nutrients, so that nutrition is enough. If the mouse's teeth are still healthy, there is no need to prepare special feed for him, just provide the mouse with more nutritious things, but the owner should carefully observe the eating situation of the mouse and slowly adjust and improve it to the best.
3. Because rats are not physically strong, it is best to put all the facilities in the cage on a flat surface (for example. To prevent mice from climbing up and down.
What mice need most is more love, care and patience from their owners! !
(Supplementary)
Important note:
Hamsters are omnivorous animals in nature, and they mostly feed on the seeds or roots of plants and insects. However, the life span of wild hamsters is very short, and pet hamsters can improve their life span through scientific feeding methods, which has a lot to do with their diet. In most cases, rats and mice can take whole grains as the staple food, and nutrition can be strengthened under special circumstances, such as lactation. But one thing must be paid attention to, especially animal protein. The meat mentioned here is without any seasoning. For example, beef and chicken are boiled in water. Seasoned human food must not be given, which will cause hair loss, diarrhea and serious death. Don't give too much fruit, it's easy to eat your stomach. For highly nutritious liquids, they need to be diluted before being given to rats and mice. If milk needs to be diluted with water, the ratio is milk: water, 1: 3.
That's all you need to know. Are you satisfied with my answer? If you have any questions about mice in the future, you can communicate in time.