Friends run from your home, dropping sneakers, and relatives try less often to look into your room? This means you started a decorative rat, which will become a symbol of the coming year. It is believed that the pet must be certainly cute and so that there is no bald tail! But who said that rats can not be cute? This animal has a whole army of fans, among which the author of this article includes. It is necessary to get acquainted with the decorative rat, and you can not part with it. If you decide to buy a fluffy baby, but do not know how to choose a new friend, and how to care for him, we will give all the necessary recommendations.
Pros and cons of content
The first thing about what people with close contact with these creatures are drawn, their incredible intelligence. Of all rodents, there are perhaps only rats. If it is seriously engaged in the train training, the intelligence of some individuals can reach the level of dog intelligence.
Another advantage can be considered the priestness, attachment to person and non-addiction.
As for minuses, for someone they will not be a problem. First, the rat is a night animal, and therefore be prepared for constant knocks, rustles and the roar of the inverted shelves in the cage, are especially active rodents in young age. Secondly, the rat is necessary for permanent communication. You can not just keep it in a cage like a hamster - she needs to communicate. If you can't spend at least a few hours a day with your pet, take a few individuals to brighten their loneliness.
Boy or girl?
Another serious question before buying: what sex rat do you need? If you think that there is no difference, we hurry to upset - there is, and quite significant. Girls are more active and independent, they are harder to tame their hands and time to her upbringing you will spend much more. Boys are calmer, do not like a hurry, a rat-boy is your perfect companion for walking around the apartment.
Where to settle a new tenant?
Be prepared for the fact that the rat is needed a lot of space. The minimum cell size for one individual is 60 × 40 × 60 cm. As we said, the rat is needed walking and communicating with a person or other rats, and therefore prepare a place in the apartment where you could let a pet walk. Before releaseing a rat from a cell, make sure that the electrical wires will not meet on its path.
The cell must be at least a few floors, so that the animal can freely pull them out, and also move from the shelf to the shelf.
What to feed the rat?
Pomagazines will offer you various options for grain mixtures, it all depends on the preferences of your pet. Periodically, the animal can be picked up home food, but it should be exclusively green vegetables and a boiled low-fat bird. You do not need to overflow the rat, otherwise it will turn into a fluffy ball rolling around the apartment. In no case do not need to feed the rat raw meat - risk infecting the rat with helminths. The main diet of the rat is still a ready-made grain mixture, it is not necessary to completely translate the animal to what you like.
kid can be taken from mother no earlier than 35 days after birth
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What do rats sick and how much do you live?
The average life expectancy of the home rat -1.5 year. To tear off the rat from the mother not earlier than 35 days after birth. Buying Krynka, make sure that it can eat on his own, there are no visible damage on it, its wool is soft, dry.
However, even if you bought a healthy animal, you need to support it. First, it is necessary to remember that the filler of coniferous rocks is categorically prohibited for use in the rat cell. Non-versatile sellers of even major network pet stores may not be prevented about this, as a result, your "rating" may not live to half a year. Prefer the corn filler, to extremely look for wooden granules, carefully reading the composition.
One of the most frequent causes of the death of rats is malignant inflammation.
How to teach a rat to the hands?
It is important not to rush here, give the baby time to get used in the new conditions. A few days later you can start to meet: without making sharp movements and not making loud sounds, sit next to the cage, open the door and offer a rat anything delicious. If she refuses to take, just put in the feeder. Be persistent and bring a piece of fruit every day or offer yogurt without additives. Over time, the rat will understand that you are not going to eat it, and go to contact. In no case, do not scold the Krynka, even if he accidentally pinched you: in this case, hang on it slightly, showing that it is impossible to do so. After a couple of weeks, the rat will look forward to when you find the time to talk with it. And with your friends, if you can lure them back to your apartment.