Raising hamsters at home and their risks

Hamsters 

A breast animal belongs to the rodents, as it is classified as a sub - family of rats Kretsina, where this family contains 18 species classified into seven races.

The first hamsters were discovered in Syria, although this animal is also found in Greece, Romania, Belgium, and northern China. In the wild, it likes to live in warm and dry areas, such as plains, sand dunes and desert edges. This animal is very entertaining and fun especially for children because of its acrobatic movements that it performs and this is when you raise it at home so you must know how it is raised and what risks you may face. .?

How do you raise a hamster in your home?

1. Make your animal always close to you: When raising a hamster at home, always make sure to sit next to his cage, taking into account talking to him in a gentle voice from time to time because hamsters are pets that have a strong sense of smell, which makes them able to recognize their owner by their smell and voice Over time, the hamster gets used to its owner and makes him carry it.
2. Close your hands to the hamster as much as possible:  Try to always keep your hands close to the hamster, when you talk to him, put your hands near him inside the cage, you will notice his fear of it at first, but he will get used to it over time and he will try to approach it, explore it and smell it because animals are a factor You take smell as a way to get to know each other, so after some time the hamster will consider your smell a familiar smell and then he will realize that it is not scary at all.
3. Play with your animal:  After the hamster gets used to your hands, you can take another step, which is to introduce food to the hamster using your hands directly, and this will increase his confidence in you and he will find this act very receptive and he will feel that you are manipulating him, this will help you gain his confidence quickly, especially if the food is from The type that hamsters prefer over others.
4. Carry it with your hands:  When the hamster gets used to eating with your hands, you can start holding it with both hands, and if you notice that he is afraid and hesitant about it a bit, you can give him some food that he loves, and you must hold it very carefully and at a level close to the ground so that it does not fall from a great height, he may be injured Hurt.
5.  Make sure to wash your hands after feeding him: Wash your hands thoroughly after eating and before carrying the hamster so that the hamster does not think that your hands are food for him because of his strong sense of smell, which makes him do some of you in good faith.

The risks of raising hamsters at home?

When hamsters are raised in an unhealthy way that makes them a means of transmitting diseases and a cause of several harm to human health:

1. Bad odors: If the hamster's cage is not always cleaned, it will cause a lot of bad smells in the home.
2. It may disturb you:  that the hamster is a nocturnal organism, meaning that its breeding is not suitable for people who prefer to sleep in peace, because the hamster always prefers to play and wake up in the evening, so it will be a source of annoyance to its owners because of its many movement on its own wheel in its cage and its waking up Frequent at night time.
3. Escape: A hamster may flee several times, and most of the time it is difficult for its owner to find it alive, especially when escaping at night.
4. Exposure to many diseases, including contagious: Hamsters are always vulnerable to infectious diseases, which in turn are transmitted to its owner, and these diseases cause hamsters to die because treatment in these cases is very difficult.
5. Here are most of the damage it causes to human health: 

• It may cause bacterial infection 
• It may cause meningitis
• Worm infestation
• Food poisoning
• Increased humidity 
• Ringworm
• Transferring many dangerous diseases to children due to weak children's immunity

Hamster food 

Hamsters are a rodent animal that lends to all foods and loves to eat fresh vegetables, and you should stay away from feeding hamsters weeds in public parks as most of them are of the poisonous type that infects hamsters with diseases, as well as completely away from mint and parsley as food for hamsters because they are plants That directly causes his death.

Hamster breeding place at home

Raising hamsters at home you need some equipment, the most important of which is to make sure to provide a cage in a quiet and not sunny place for your animal, and hamsters are known to be one of the nocturnal animals that like calm and stay away from the sun permanently. Intense sunlight and high heat, especially in summer.