The mouse or mouse family is small in size of animals of mammals, belonging to the rodent detachment, which is not finally classified. A huge family includes 4 subfaming, which includes 147 genera and 701 views. The animals are found everywhere, this applies to the form of mice called. The attitude of people to these representatives of the fauna is ambiguous. Someone struggles with them, trying to save their home from the unborn "guests", while others are specifically bred and tame small rodents.
General characteristics of mouse representatives
The numerous mice family is not fully studied. In Russia, there are 13 species of animals from the rodent squad, which are representatives of 5 genera. All of them have a similar appearance, and lead almost the same lifestyle. Possessing a unique ability to adapt to any living conditions, the mouse feels perfectly in all natural zones. The exceptions are areas of the Far North and Antarctica. The widespread spread of various types of rodents allows us to talk about the numerical dominance of their representatives among other mammals.
Interesting!
All familiar Word "Mouse" translated from Indo-European language means "Thief", which is fully justified by the habsties of the Orthi animal.
Appearance:
- The mammal has a small elongated body. Its dimensions, depending on the species of individuals, are in the range from 5 to 20 cm. This parameter is doubled due to the tail.
- The mouse torso is covered with short wool, the color palette of which is presented in gray, brown, red or brown range. In nature there are striped and motivated individuals, as well as snow-white rodents albinos.
- The average mouse weight is calculated 20-50 grams.
- Animals have a short neck.
- On a pointed, triangular shape, a small black eye-beaches and semicircular ears are located, providing good sounds.
- Due to the sensitive thin mustache - vibrass growing around the nose of the mouse, it is able to perfectly navigate in the surrounding environment.
- Short paws are equipped with 5 chain fingers, allowing to overcome significant obstacles and dig holes.
To get acquainted with representatives of the rodent squad, it is advisable to carefully examine the photo of the mouse posted on the site.
At the animals, like other representatives of this family, there are two pairs of large cutters located on the upper and lower jaws. They are very sharp and constantly grow - up to 1 mm per day, so they are subject to compulsory. The lack of ability to pursue this procedure can lead to the death of the mouse, if the length of the organs reach 2 cm.
Rodents are distinguished by high fertility. At the age of 3 months, the female is capable of conception and childbirth. Wild mouse, inhabitants in natural conditions, in the warm season, living in heated indoors of animals - year-round. It lasts a pregnancy approximately 20-24 days and, after this time, the light appears from 3 to 12 young.
Mice are born absolutely helpless - blind, toothless, naked. Mouse feeds from about a month milk. By 10 days, the offspring is completely covered with wool, and after 3 weeks - it becomes independent and spread. Under favorable conditions, the population is growing rapidly. The average is calculated 1-1.5 years. Genetically, they are able to exist within 5 years, but how much the animal will live, depends on the specific circumstances.
On a note!
Bats do not belong to the mouse family. They are representatives of the detachment of the manwork, which occupies the second seats in magnitude after rodents.
Lifestyle
The mouse is able to cause huge damage to man. Rodent by nature and food addictions is a predator. But the pest mainly uses plant food and therefore its diet consists of seeds, trees, trees or shrubs and grain cereals. Mice living in a swampy terrain, in wet or fuel meadows, feed on the kidneys, foliage or flowers of various plants.
The herbivore creation with appetite eats helpless chicks, pulls eggs from the nests, racks with worms, various insects, an amazing protein stock of the body. Setting in a person's dwelling or near him, mice with pleasure destroy potatoes, sausage and bakery products, eggs and other foods to which it is easy to get. They do not discern with soap, candles, toilet paper, books, polyethylene.
Interesting!
The strong smell of cheese is able to scare the rodent.
Different breeds of mice, settling almost all over the planet, placing their habitat, can have nests from grass stems, borrow abandoned holes, old hollows, or digging complex underground systems with many strokes. Once in a person's house, rodents settle under the floor, in attics, between the walls. Unlike representatives living on the swamps and near the reservoirs, steppe, mountain and badly float.
The active livelihood of animals coincides with the evening or night time of the day, but they try not to remove the long distance from their home. The mouse has many enemies, they include predatory birds, reptiles, mangone, foxes, cats, crows and other fauna representatives.
Mouse make huge reserves for the winter, but they do not fall into hibernate.
Basically, the voracious and omnipresent rodents are harmful, but there is one area of \u200b\u200bscience, in which the omnivorous mouse is useful and indispensable. These are a special laboratories of a scientific and medical profile, where animals become experimental. Thanks to these little animals, they managed to make many important discoveries in genetics, pharmacology, physiology and other sciences. Amazing is the fact that 80% of genes, which are endowed with a live mouse, are similar to human structures.
Diversity of Mice Family
Animals are adapted to any existence conditions in the best possible way. Clesh, prompt in movements, rodents are able to quickly run, jump, climb, penetrate through the most narrow holes, and if there is an obstacle in front of them, then sharp teeth are there. The mouse description will not be complete, if you do not mention that they are pretty smart and careful, but at the same time shameless, slyers and bold. Possessing an excellent sense of smell and hearing, they are able to quickly respond to the danger.
The names of mice, which are often associated with the habitat, as well as their varieties, are distinguished by a great variety. Most often in nature there are such types of rodents:
- african;
- mouse-baby;
- mountain;
- houses;
- forest;
- herbal;
- striped;
- clear and other individuals.
In Russia, such 3 types of mice are the most common, forest, forest and field.
Interesting!
Most mice live in flocks. Relations are subject to a strict hierarchical system, at the head of which stands the male and several "privileged" females. For each mouse, a certain territory is fixed, where they can extract food. The offspring is raised together, but at the achievement of "majority" is smoothly expelled from the family to independent accommodation.
The varieties of mice differ in nature differ in size, color, habitat. Consider in more detail some representatives of Rodent detachment.
African mouse
This subgroup includes 5 varieties of animals. The average length of the adult is a mouse is within 10 cm. The color of the backrest is chestnut, and the stomach is most often represented in white tones. The mouse with a long tail, the length of which is 1.5 times more torso, settles on the trees and suits himself a nest in old dumps. It feeds rodents only vegetable food. Lifestyle at the mouse - night.
Herbal mice
Mostly representatives of this kind in Africa in the eastern part of the continent. The rodent mouse settles in the thickets of shrubs, occupies foreign minks or digs them on their own, but it can penetrate the houses of people. Animals are one of the largest and can reach 19 cm long (with a tail. This parameter is 35 cm), with a weight of more than 100 g. The fruit and sides of the mouse are painted into dark gray or gray-brown tones. Separate rigid bristles have a darker color.
On a note!
The roast mouse lives by large colonies, making devastating raids on agricultural products.
Forest inhabitant
Animal lives in natural conditions, drawing up its home in shrub thickets, on forest edges, in the floodplains of rivers. The main places of placement of mice are mixed and broad-sized forests of the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Altai, Eastern Europe. The length of the body is 10-11 cm, the tail is 7 cm, and the weight is approximately 20 g. The mouse with large ears of the round shape, which is its main difference from relatives, is characterized by a sharp face, two-color colors. The upper part of the body and the tail are painted in red-brown or even black tones, and the tummy, legs and fingers of the brushes - white.
The winter mouse in the holes located at a depth of 2 m and with the onset of thaws comes out. The main feed - grain, seeds, young seedlings of trees, but do not refuse rodents from insects.
Yellow-torn mouse
These rodents are listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region. The main characteristic feature of the animals is an unusual grayish-red color of mice, and around the neck they have a yellow band. The body size of an adult individual is in the range of 10-13 cm with the same tail length. The mass of the mouse is about 50 g. The wide range of resettlement includes forests of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Altai, the northern provinces of China. Yellow mouse feeds vegetable and animal food. Causes great harm to gardens, destroying young shoots of fruit trees
Gerbil
On the territory of the Russian Federation, the mouse fell from the United States. It was delivered for laboratory research, but quickly settled as a pet. The mouse is characterized by an unpleasant smell, although it looks very cute, friendly creation. There are more than 100 subspecies of gerbils in the world, of which the dwarf and Mongolian rocks are inhabited from us. The animal at the animal is almost white, and the brown-red back is decorated with a bright black stripe located along the entire body. Rodent neat small ears, pink spout, stupid face and large peaks-beads. The mouse with a tassel on the tail can be quite often found among lovers of exotic animals.
Harvest mouse
Externally, the mouse is very similar to the sandbank, and in everyday life it can be known. In natural conditions, she lives in the fields, meadows and harm to agriculture. In the sleepers, the nests on the shrubs can have nests. Dark, reddish-brown with black stripes color of the top of the body sharply contrasts with white belly and mouse legs. The body length varies from 7 to 12 cm, the tail in the animal is not very large.
Mice are active at night, as the day they have to hide from numerous predatory animals, to which such reptile refers as well. The diet of rodents consists mainly of vegetable food, but they can be touched by various insects. High fertility allows you to maintain the number of field mice population. They feel great in Europe, Siberia, Primorye, Mongolia and other places. The mouse in the photo posted on the site will allow you to carefully consider a small animal.
Mouse houses
The most common type of rodents. Gray mouse, making facing the apartments of people, brings many problems, spoils food, nibbles furniture, electrical wiring, walls, things, and other interior items. The habitat area of \u200b\u200bpests is all landscape and natural zones, with the exception of the territory of the Far North and Antarctica. SEROGORBY MOUSE (one more name of the mammal) independently roet holes, but may occupy and abandoned housing.
- The dimensions of the animal do not exceed 9.5 cm, taking into account its total length is 15 cm.
- The weight of the mouse varies from 12 to 30 grams.
- The main foods are seeds and juicy greens, however, hitting the man's house, the mouse becomes omnivorous.
One of the varieties of animals is a black mouse.
People ambiguously belong to rodents. As a result, it is quite often at home can be found unusual mice, which are real family favorites of family members. Manual pets can be dresser, perform simple tricks with small objects. The numerous squad of rodents is capable not only to cause damage, but also to give joy.
Capibara
In the rodent detachment, a different range of body sizes. One of the smallest rodents is a marsh hamster ( Delyanymys Brooksi.) Completed in swamps and mountain forests. It weighs from 5 to 7 grams and has a length of 5 to 6 cm. The largest rodent is Capybara ( Hydrochoeerus Hydrochaeris) From the central and, which weighs from 35 to 66 kg and has a height in withers from 50 to 60 cm, and a body length from 100 to 135 cm. Some extinct species were even larger, achieving size or small rhino. The largest rodent ( Josephoartigasia Monesi.), lived about two to four million years ago, in the era and; According to some estimates, it had a length of about 3 meters and weighed almost 1000 kg.
Description
Ordinary flying
All rodents constantly grow inappropriate cutters with a rigid enamel layer in front of each tooth and softer dentin. Solid food praises constantly steps the cutters. The lack of rodents of fangs leads to a gap or diasthem between the cutters and indigenous teeth. They have from 12 to 22 teeth
The structure of the jaw ensures that the cutters do not meet, the upper and lower premolars, and the molars are not in contact until the animal gnaws. Powerful muscles attached to the jaw and skull provide chewing strength, and splashes.
The shape of the body of wood protein can be a model for the earliest and already extinct rodents from the kind Paramys.. With their ability to hold on his claws, proteins skillfully climb the trunks of trees, run on the branches and jump on neighboring trees; But they are equally agile on Earth, and some are capable swimmers.
Specialized forms of the body of other types of rodents tie them to certain. Some strictly wood species have a tenacious tail; Others plan from wood to the tree, with the help of lethal leather membranes located between the front and rear limbs (for example,). Highly-specialized roding rodents, including choppers, excavators and earth proteins, have a cylindrical body shape, strong cutters, small eyes and ears, as well as large front limbs with powerful swing claws.
Semi-water rodents, such as, ondatras, nutria and water rats, have special features that allow them to be fed in aquatic environments, but at the same time live in earthen nonorah. Ground jumping species, such as kenguric jumpers, tushkars and gerbils, have short front limbs, elongated and powerful hind limbs, and a long tail used for equilibrium.
Regardless of the shape of the body, all rodents have the same devices that can be used for different purposes: cut the grass, open nuts, kill their prey, dig tunnels, pour trees, etc.
The main characteristics of rodents
The main characteristics of rodents include:
- one pair of cutters on each jaw (upper and lower);
- the cutters grow continuously;
- the cutters do not have enamels on the back of the tooth (and wears using);
- large gap (diasthem) for cutters;
- no fangs;
- complex chewing muscles;
- there is a fully developed bakutyum.
Food
Rodents eat a variety of food, including leaves, fruits, seeds and small. Pulp food is digested in a blind intestine (the bag in the digestive tract, which contains capable of destroying the solid plant material into the digestible shape). The food is either eaten where it is collected, or it is listed in storage holes (for example, the amateur, Gambian rats, hamsters, etc.). Views living in dry habitats and on can receive the necessary liquid from their food.
Behavior and reproduction
Some rodents are capable of building a wide variety of homes; They range from holes in the trees and rocks, simple holes in nests, designs from leaves and sticks in crowns of trees, to complex underground tunnels, and the construction of dams on rivers, and streams.
Rodents can conduct a daily or nightlife, or sometimes they are active part of the day and night. Representatives of this detachments can be active throughout the year, but some species occur to rest periods or a deep winter hibernation.
The time and frequency of reproduction, the duration of pregnancy and the size of the brood is greatly different from the type of point. For example, gray rat ( Rattus Norvegicus.) can be on the light up to 22 young at a time, and a home mouse ( Mus Musculus.) It can produce up to 14 draft annually. The size of populations may remain stable or flucta, and some species, especially lemmings, migrate when populations become excessively large.
The value of rodents
Where rodents were not, people often belong to them as pests, but they play an important role in which they live.
Biologists have long known that rodents of rainforest plays a key role in stimulating the growth of new trees in the forest by spreading seeds.
Many rodents dig extensive holes and tunnels that not only create a habitat for many other animal species, but also provide important advantages for soil. The digging of the tunnels turns the soil, mixing the upper layers of bedding and faeces with deeper layers. This process fertures the soil and burned carbon necessary for plant growth. Tunnels allow water to fall into the soil, and not to drain.
Plants in forests have mutually beneficial relationships with in the soil. Mushrooms provide plants with nutrients, while plants give energy mushrooms to grow and multiply. Seeds of some plants, such as orchid, will not even germinate without attaching to the mushroom. Rodents, such as ordinary proteins and voles, can distribute their disputes. Underground mushrooms are almost completely relying on rodents to dispel disputes and multiply. When rodents eat mushrooms, they distribute their disputes with feces, contributing to the creation of a generation of a healthy forest.
Rodents are the most numerous and widespread detachment of mammals. It includes about 1600 species, which is more than 40% in the total volume of world mammalian fauna. The origin of rodents is associated with primitive insectivores.
Rodents are common throughout the globe (except Antarctica and some oceanic islands). Meet various zones, high-rise belts and landscapes. In many places, rodents settled after a person.
Most rodents are small and medium-sized beasts that feed mainly or exclusively vegetable food. Large forms among them are few. Peculiar to them toothed: no fangs, cutters one at each half of the jaw, are very developed; They are whiskers of grass, bark or seed seeds. The natives have a flat chewing surface with enamel baccorps or hinges and many have no roots. Cutters and indigenous grows all life.
Rodents have long intestine and developed blind intestineperforming the role " brodyl Chana" It is especially developed in species, nursing grass and bark of trees (for example, forells). On the contrary, O. miceMostly seeds, the blind intestine is weaker.
For most species, the ability to quickly multiply is characterized, which is associated with early sex ripening and a large number of cubs born.
Rodents are very large practical importance. Many species are important functions of fur fishery. Among rodents there are many pests of agriculture and species that spread hazardous diseases, for example, - plague.
The dissemination latitude and variety of life conditions determined the large systematic and environmental diversity of rodents. Among them are terrestrial, underground, wood and semi-wheeled species.
The detachment distinguish about 35 families.
Extensive family beliche (Sciuridae) includes protein, burundukov, suslikov and surkov.
Proteins- Wood representatives of the family, common in the forests of Eurasia and North America, only more than 150 species. In the forest zones of Russia lives ordinary protein (Sciurus. vulgaris). It was artificially acclimatized in the Crimea, in the Caucasus and Tien Shan.
Proteins - Movable animals. In the trees they live in duples or arrange nests on the branches (" guino"). We multiply more often than two times a year and give rise to 10 cubs. For the winter in a hibernation, they do not fall, but the color of their skins changes - the squirrel from redhead becomes gray. Throughout an extensive range, the color of the summer skirts of ordinary protein changes from the red (in the west) to the black (in the east).
Food mainly by seeds of coniferous trees, less often berries and mushrooms. In connection with the inconstancy of the crop of coniferous seeds, the number of proteins by year is very changing. In the minor years, the proteins are widely wounded in search of food and often run in the surroundings of the villages, in the parks and gardens. Squirrel - An important view in the russian fishery of Russia.
Close to proteins chipmunks (Tamias.), the inhabitants of coniferous, mixed and partly of the deciduous forests of old and new light. Most species are common in North America. The lifestyle is mostly ground, they face trees well, and hide in the nora. For the winter fall into the hibernation. In Russia lives asian chipmunk (Tamias. sibiricus.), He inhabits forests of Siberia and the northeastern part of Europe. The protein has smaller dimensions, striped colorful and less fluffy tail.
The terrestrial group of the family represent numerous species suslikov and surkov. They are common in steppe and mountainous areas. All species live in Norah, usually colonies. Unlike protein multiplied once a year. Feed grass and seeds, mainly cereals. Most of the species bring harm to grain cultures, and the struggle is underway with them. In addition, Susliki and Surki are distributors of hazardous diseases, such as plague and tularemia. For the winter fall into the hibernation. Most species it begins in the second half of summer. Related to drying feed vegetation. Especially prolonged hibernation, about 8 months, is observed yellow Suslika (Citellus fulvus.), inhabiting the Volivzhsky and Kazakhstan steppes and semi-deserts of Central Asia. This Suslik lives usually far from crops and a serious agricultural pest is not. Higher than other species appreciates his fur.
In the steppes of the European part of Russia, in the Caucasus, in Kazakhstan is distributed small Suslik. (C.. pigmaeus.); In the European part of our country (east to the Volga) are also common print Suslik (C.. suslicus.).
In the way of living on gophers like meadow dogs (Gynomys.), living in the desert-steppe landscapes of the plains and northern and central America. Live in Norah large communities in several thousand individuals, where there is a complex group structure of relations. Like Susliki and Surki, often climb the rear legs and shout at danger.
In the steppes of southeastern Europe, Kazakhstan, Western Siberia and in the mountains of Central Asia and Siberia are common surki.. Systematically and biologically close in gophers, but differ significantly larger than the size. Typical view baybak (Marmota. bobac).
Close to the Belichy representatives of another family - flying (Pteromyidae). They are common in the north-east of Europe, in all Asia, in North and Central America and inhabit high-ranking forests in moderate and tropical belts.
In our forests of Europe and Siberia, one species is found - ordinary flying (Pteromys. volns.). Active flying at dusk and at night. The day spends in the voupel. With the help of an aircraft, located between the front and rear paws, the flying makes planning jumping from the tree to a tree up to 50 m.
Externally similar to protein and types of families sonavo (Gliridae). These small tree animals are distributed mainly in the broadstone forests of Europe, Central and South Asia. Unlike protein, the winter falls into the hibernation and easily fall asleep with a stable decrease in temperature. The largest view - Sonya - Shelves ( Glis glis), a small animal (body length 15 - 20 cm, weight - 150 - 180 g) with a fluffy tail, often lives in the gardens and brings harm, drinking fruit. Known forest Sonya (Dryomys. niteDula.), oshness (Muscardinus. avellanarius.), sadovaya (ELIOMYS. quercinus).
Family bobrovy (Castoridae) contains only two types, one of which ( Castor canadensis) is common in North America, another ( C.. fiber) - in Europe and Asia. These are large (up to 30 kg) rodents with a massive body and flattened tail. The fingers of the rear legs are connected by a swimming pool. Fur of beaver with a thick bleed and rough rusty is beautiful and waterproof. Beaver lubricates his secret anal iron.
Live colonies on forest rivers. Housing is made from branches and segments of tree trunks hutki and nora. Setting on the river, beavers build on it damraising the water level and make it relatively constant. In summer, feed on herbaceous plants. In winter - bark and bumps of trees. For the winter, there are reserves of a branch feed, which is placed in the water near the dwelling. We breed once a year, bringing 2 - 4 cubs. Female getting on the third year of life.
In the past euro-Asian beaver It was numerous and met in many areas of Europe and Siberia, spreading to Fondra in the north and semi-desert in the south. In Russia in the XIX century. He was almost universally destroyed. Currently, thanks to the protection and artificial resettlement, undertaken in the middle of the XX century. The number of beavers in Russia has increased markedly, and they are found in many areas. Restored Areal I. canadian Beaver.
Family tushkanchikov (Dipodidae) combines peculiar desert and steppe rodents, possessing (in most cases) very long rear and short front legs. Tail Long, often with a tassel at the end. Move very quickly jumps only on the hind legs, which is very important in the desert in the desert with its rare vegetation and a poor food margin. Some kinds harm landings of mud and industrial crops. For the winter fall into the hibernation. The largest of all kinds of families big Tushkanchik, or earthy hare (Altaga. major.) (body length 19 - 26 cm, tail - 30 cm).
Total known 26 types of tubes. Their spread covers the desert areas of North Africa, Southeast Europe, Malaya and Front Asia, Transcaucasia, Central Asia to Northeast China and Mongolia.
Beasts from the family dicoble (Hystricidae) (13 species) are distributed almost throughout Africa, in the Mediterranean, in front, small and south asia. The southern borders of Russia, in the Eastern Transcaucasia and in the foothill areas of Central Asia, one species is common - indian dike (Hystrix. indica.), the largest of the Eurasian types of rodents. The back, sides and tail covers the needles, the bottom surface of the body - hair.
Lives in Norah, often in the gardens. Mosts harm Bakhcham. Lifestyle night. Worried dicuity is delicated and loudly rustled tail rattle. Running, it may unexpectedly stop and smear the needles in the attacker. It is wrong that the dike can arbitrarily throw their needles.
Family mention should be mentioned watervinkov (Hyarochoeridae). Waterviank, or capibara (Hadrochoeerus. hydrochaeris), the largest type of rodents: body length is about 1.5 m and weight 50 - 60 kg. It is common in South and Central America, where it dwells in low-alberty areas along the banks of the rivers.
To the family c. vinkovy (Caviidae) belongs to animals, known as homemade "sea" pigs. Kind of pig - Cavia. porcellus. porcellus. Well known as the inhabitant of living corners of schools, kindergartens and as a laboratory animal. In nature, live in small groups among grass and shrubs, build holes.
To the family hutiye (Capromyidae) belongs known in Russia nutria (Myocastor coypus.). Her homeland is South America. However, in the XX century. Nutria was imported to Europe and North America. He lives in Transcaucasia and successfully divorces in the animal farms of Russia.
Very peculiar, specialized rodents leading the underground lifestyle unites the family slept (Spalacidae). They have a rolling body, without a pronounced neck, the head is flattened, the paws are short, the eyes are hidden under the skin, there are no shells, Fur low, velvety. Molds are rotting the earth with cutters, but throw it head. The side folds of the lips behind the cutters are closed and closed the mouth tightly. Feed on underground parts of plants and in search of food build a very complicated system stroke. Completed in the steppes of the European part of Russia and the Caucasus. In places harm to agriculture.
Deep specialization to the underground lifestyle detected from naked earth farms (HeteroCephalus. glaber) From the family excavricional (Bathyergidae), inhabitants in the Savans and semi-derangements of Central Africa (Somalia), farm It has a short (up to 9 cm), body devoid of hair. Under the ground, the cutters and head rotate underground tunnels up to 40 m long. The animals are holding a cluster up to 30 and even 100 individuals and have a complex family-group hierarchy.
Family mouse (Muridae) - the most numerous group of rodents, common in almost the entire globe. Most species are small animals living in Norah. Food is basically vegetable, some species sometimes eat small animals, such as insects. It is characterized by very large fecundity and earlier puberty. Under favorable conditions, some species are able to multiply all year round. Among the mouse there are species that are significantly harmful to sowing and stocks of products. Some have an important epidemiological value. The greatest number of species rat (Roda Rattus.) Completed in tropical Africa and South Asia. Widely known and distributed gray rat., or pasuck (R.. norvegicus.), settled after a person across the globe, except Antarctica and some oceanic islands. They live more often in buildings, but sometimes far from housing. Harm, brought by rats, is well known.
Everywhere common mouse: in human settlements - house mouse (Mus. musculus.), in the respective names of natural land harvest mouse (Apodemus. agrarius.) I. forest mouse (A.. sylvaticus.). They differ from the mice short tail and the structure of the indigenous teeth - Winners: Gray (Rod Microtus.), redhead (genus Clethrionomys.). They are common everywhere. In the Tundra of the Arctic live peculiar animals lemmings (Rod Lemmus), Some of them in winter are becoming white.
To the funkles applies and muskrat (Ondatra. zibethica.) - Large rodent with valuable fur. Motherland Ondatra - North America. During the XX century. Ondatra was acclimatized in Western Europe and in Russia and settled on the reservoirs almost everywhere. This is a semi-water animal living in the prevalers overgrown with vegetation. Ontatra takes constructed from grass and land hutki Or does nora. It feeds on water vegetation. Like all sorts of mouse, Ontatra quickly reaches puberty and actively multiplies, bringing 2 - 4 times a year to 4 - 12 cubs. After acclimization Ondatra became one of the most important fur animals of Russia.
TO toppers Close numerous hamster. They make up one family with them homyakov (Cricidae). Well known in captivity, gray hamster (Criculus. migratorius.), dzhungarian hamster (Phodopus. sungorus.).
Large deserts live in the deserts peschany (Rhombomys. opimus.). They differ relatively large sizes and a long lowered tail. Male colonies, building sophisticated underground towns.
Types of Homyakov
If you decide to start a small fluffy pet, you should know that, unlike the dog, he will not be your servant or property. The hamster simply will live next to you and communicate with people only when it wants. The words "owner" does not exist for him, and with this, alas, you will have to accept.
Most hamsters living in wildlife rather large animals. The length of the body of individual individuals reaches 30 cm. Contain them at home, as a rule, it is very problematic.
In the family of hamsters, hamsters, numbering 5-7 species commonly in the forest-steppe and steppe zones of Europe and North Asia, are also distinguished. The size of these animals is small: the length of their body does not exceed 15 cm. Many of them do not require complex care, so they are domesticated and successfully contain in captivity.
Ordinary hamster
Ordinary hamster is a very beautiful animal. Its wool painted in bright colors: the back and sides of the redhead, the belly black, paws and the nose are white, on the chest and sides of the head of 3 white spots. Occasionally, there are copies with black and white and almost black color. The length of the animal body is 25-30 cm.
Ordinary hamsters live in steppe and forest-steppe zones of the south of Europe, Western Siberia, in Northern Kazakhstan and east of these areas, right up to Yenisei, sometimes penetrate the north. Animals willingly settle on the outskirts of fields and gardens.
Hamsters are torn out the good-quality holes whose depth sometimes reaches 2.5 m. They arrange numerous tunnels, connected by tunnels, as well as nest chambers. At the end of summer, animals begin to make reserves for the winter, filling their storage rooms with grain, potatoes, carrots, corn and other similar products.
The mass of stamped feed usually reaches 10-20 kg, although there have been cases when there were up to 90 kg of grain in the storeroom hamsters. These reserves are necessary for animals for nutrition in winter, when they periodically wake up, and satisfying, fall into hibernation. In addition, this food will come in handy animals and spring, during the absence of sufficient food.
In summer, hamsters feed on herbs greens, roots, plant seeds, caught and eat insects, and sometimes small animals, such as mice. The activity of rodents exhibit at night. If the enemy (fox, a dog or man) suddenly block the hamster's way in his hole, he can rush to the enemy and hurt him.
From April to October in females, there are 2 or 3 broods consisting of 10 to 20 young. During the period of mass reproduction, the hamsters are applied tangible harm to the fields, so they have to exterminate. Animal skins are used as cheap furs.
Rat hamster
The rat hamster is found in Primorye, Korea and China. He shares, as a rule, in river valleys. The length of the animal body is 18-25 cm. A distinctive feature of this species is a rather long tail. Its length, equal to 7-10 cm, usually less than the length of the body of the animal is about 2 times. The tail is painted in a gray-brown color, and on the bottom and on the tip it is brighter than top. Unlike a longer rat tail, the tail in the rat hamsters dropped and has no transverse rings. From water rats and large fields, this kind of rodent is distinguished by large ears and painted in white colors.
Compared to other representatives of the kind of rat hamster, the most complex holes are root. In his storeroom, the animal accumulates large seeds or grains from nearby fields. It feeds through this feed throughout the winter. In summer, riped hamsters eat seeds of grassy plants, as well as greens and animal food. They breed rodents from April to October. During this period, the female has time to focus 2-3 broods, the number of cubs, in which it sometimes reaches 20, but usually there are from 8 to 10.
Gray Hamyak
Gray hamster lives in the territory of the European part of Russia to the north to the Moscow region and the mouth of Kama and Oki, as well as in the Caucasus and the south of Western Siberia to Altai Forn in the East. Prefers cereal and cereal steppes, semi-faced sands, sections of dry mountain steppes, agricultural land. Sometimes the animal can be found in urban buildings. The hamster was brought to Moscow, and the wild individuals got along with some areas, cities (for example, from the Belorussian station).
Gray hamster is a small, short-distance animal. The length of its body is 9.5-13 cm, and the tail is 2-3.5 cm. Hamster's ears are relatively small, rounded shape; Forefish pointed; The feet are poorly flooded, the finger bumps are well noticeable; The tail is covered with short hairs.
Gray hamster body painting can be smoky-gray, dark gray or brown-gray, less often - red-watt-sand. Some individuals on the head and the tail passes the dark strip, painted in the tone of the primary color. On the babber, the fur light gray or white, on the paws white.
The animal's food serve mainly immature seeds and inflorescences of wild and cultivated plants. In addition, the hamster is powered by terrestrial mollusks, beetles, ants, grasshoppers, insect larvae.
For the winter, animals inhibit a lot of food, but only those animals that live in the north of the range in the northern area in the winter hibernation are hibernane.
Hamsters from April to October are multiplied. During this period, the female has time to fade 2-3 broods. In the litter there are from 3 to 10 young, but more often than them are born.
Gray hamsters contain at home. The rules of care for them are the same as for syrian hamsters.
Daurgy hamster is found in the steppe and forest-steppe zones on the territory from Irtysh to Transbaikalia, as well as on the meadows of the southern Primorye. The body's length of the animal is from 8 to 13 cm, the tail is 2-3.5 cm. The hamster prefers to arrange holes on the edges, in beams, shrubs, on the outskirts of the fields, and in the sandy steppes, the Karagans are overgrown in the sandy steppes.
Wool at Dauro hamster brown or reddish. On the forehead and along the back of the animal passes a black bar. The abdomen is gray, ears with white border.
Feels animal seeds, eating insects. In the hibernation, the hamster falls not for the entire winter. Usually it periodically falls asleep for several days, however, during periods of wakefulness, the mink almost does not leave.
Long-dead hamster
Long-dead hamster lives in the mountain steppes of Tuva, Sayan and South-Western Transbaikalia. The animal prefers to shave on the stony slopes of the mountains, on the cripples and in the rocks. He arranges holes under the rocks among the cliffs.
The length of the body of the long-tailed hamster is 9-12 cm, the tail is 3-5 cm. The fur of the animal is most often dark gray, sometimes with the redhead, on the trouser - light gray. Ears, as well as Dauro hamster, bordered by a thin white stripe. The tail is dark gray, and the bottom is light gray.
It feeds the long-knife hamster of plants seeds. Especially he loves the seeds of wild almonds, Karagans and cereals. Watchingly eats the animals and insects. In winter, he falls into the hibernation only occasionally.
The period of reproduction in long-tailed hamsters continues from April to August. The number of cubs in the litter ranges from 4 to 9.
Hamster Eversman
The habit of Hamster Eversmann is quite extensive. The animal is distributed in the territory from the Middle and Lower Volga to the River Lena River in the East and south to the Aral Sea. He prefers to settle in the cereal steppes, in solonges, virgin and outskirts of plowed lands. The hamster never satisfies his minks in rewarded places.
In size, the hamster of Eversmann is a bit larger than the usual house mouse. He has a very small tail and short paws. The muzzle at the animal slightly pointed, the ears are small, with rounded tips, the soles of the paws are slightly pubescent, with well-noticeable finger tubercles, slightly compacted, covered with thick short and soft hair, the tail is expanding at the base.
For the hamster Eversmann is characterized by a variety of paintings. The color of the spin on the back varies from black and white to the ash and sandy and pale and red. Pure white painting. The abdomen contrasts sharply with a dark wool on the sides. On the neck and between the front paws on the chest is a clearly designated stain of browned or ohloque. The paws and bottom of the tail are white. Short hamster wool amazingly soft and velvety.
The animal feeds mainly by seeds and shoots of cereal herbs, wormwoods, solyanok, tulip bulbs. Occasionally he eats insects and their larvae.
Hamster Eversmann is relatively simple. They consist of the main stroke, which can be inclined or vertical, and the nesting chamber. Some hamsters break through the branching records.
The period of breeding from animals begins in April and ends in September. During this time, the female grows 2-3 litters. In each broof there are 4-5 young. In hibernation, Eversmann's hamsters fall in October. Often it happens intermittent.
Dzhungarian hamster
The Dzhungarian hamster refers to the genus of the sickness of hamsters. This species has been studied better than others. In natural conditions, the animal is distributed in the steppes and semi-derangements of Western Siberia, Central and Central Asia, as well as in Northeast Kazakhstan.
Dzhungarian hamsters prefer to settle in xero-fithic grainwork, hollow and laptic steppes without thickets of shrubs. These animals can also be found in rubbled steppes and semi-closed sands, occasionally - on the cultivated lands. In recent years, they firmly settled in Vivariums of scientific institutions and in living corners.
Adults Jungarian hamsters reach a length of 10 cm. The face of the animal is pointed, the ears are small. The soles of the paws are covered with thick hair hiding the finger tubercles. Wool on the back of the browing and oath-gray. Some animals on the sides are darker. The abdomen is light. The border between the coloring back and the abdomen is expressed clearly. On the ridge at the Dzhungarian hamster passes a narrow strip of black. He has white legs, ears from the inside are also white, and outside black.
In the summer, the color of the animals becomes grayish. In winter, especially when the content in the cool premises, they become almost white, and the ridge acquires a silver-gray color.
Activity Dzhungarian hamsters manifest at dusk and at night. Nors of animals are arranged with several inputs, a littleor and a nesting chamber. Animals are powered mainly by seeds and green parts of grassy plants. Also eat insects. For the winter hamsters in stock seeds. In the hibernation do not fall. By November-December, the wool of animals becomes white, thanks to which they can get out of time from the mink to the surface.
Very decorative representatives of the kind of amnonogic hamsters, to which the Dzungarian, Siberian hamsters, as well as the hamster of Roborovsky. These animals have a thick fur covering not only the caller, but also the soles of the rear paws. In length, these animals achieve only 10 cm. They have a very short tail (from 0.8 to 1.5 cm). Black ears, bordered by a white stripe.
The period of reproduction continues from March to September. During this time, the female has time to fade up 3-4 broods, each of which is 6-8 (sometimes up to 12) young. Hamster's sexual maturity reaches very early. Having reached 4 months of age, young animals from the first brood can already multiply.
Dzungarian hamsters are cute, good-natured animals who live well in captivity.
Siberian hamster
The Siberian hamster in its appearance is very similar to Dzhungar and belongs to the same kind of florn hamsters. But his wool is much lighter than the Jungian hamster. In winter, she also acquires a white color. Siberian hamster in dry plain and hilly steppes of Tuva lives. The holes of the animal root are the same as the Jungian hamster.
Hamster Roborovsky
The hamster of the Roborovsky - the third appearance of the genus of the slices of hamsters - dwells in the weakly fixed sandy deserts, crossed Karagan. This is a very small animal with a short tail, which is almost impaired under the fluffy wool. The face of hamster drinked, the ears are relatively large, rounded shape, the soles of the feet of dense fellow. Pink-fabric, abdomen and pure white pink and paws. Above eyes there are small white spots. Black ears have a white kaym. There are no bands on the back.
Food for the hamster of Roborovsky serve mainly seeds of beets, caragans, saltwalls, cereals, Osks, bulbs of tulips. Insect animals catches and eats only occasionally.
Active hamsters at dusk and at night. Nora in the sand are satisfied with shallow. They consist of 1-2 moves and a nesting chamber. The period of reproduction lasts from May to September. During this time, the female brings 3-4 liters, each of which has from 3 to 9 young.
A few years ago, the hamster of Roborovsky acquired popularity as a room animal. This is the perfect pet, since unpretentious to the living conditions and does not require complex care.
On the bottom of the metal cell, in which the animal settles, pour a layer of sand with a thickness of 2-3 cm, lay a few stones, moss, hay, thin twigs and put the box, where the animal could hide from prying eyes and relax. As sand pollution is replaced clean.
Tay-Laura dwarf hamster
Tay-Laura's dwarf hamster lives in Arizona, Texas, in the south of Central Mexico, in South Mexico and Central America to Nicaragua. The animals usually live in glades or grassy edges. Under the thick grass they pave a network of paths. The rodent nest is arranged in small deepening under the protection of a bush or stone.
Food the dwarf hamsters are powered mainly by plantific foods - Semores and shoots, but sometimes eating insects. The activity of animals show in the dark. The radius of the individual section of the hamster Taylor is small - about 30 m. On one hectare, it is usually from 15 to 20 individuals.
The smallest of mile-like rodents living in North and South America are dwarf hamsters. The length of their body is only 5-8 cm, the tail is slightly shorter. The mass of adults does not exceed 7 ~ 8 g. The backrest in dwarf hamsters is grayish-brown, and the abdomen is light.
Rodents are breed all year round. The female pregnancy lasts 20 days, after which it is born from 1 to 5 young (more often 3). In just a year, one female can fade up to 10 broods. Young pretty newborns. Each of them weighs about 1 g. It is interesting that the male in dwarf hamsters after the birth of offspring does not leave nests. He stays with a female and even helps her push out the young, which is absolutely uncharacteristic for rodents.
After 20 days, young animals leave the nest and begin to live on their own sexual maturity, they are reached at 10 weeks.
Dwarf hamsters live well and multiply in captivity. These good-natured animals are very quickly getting used to a person, become manual and very rarely bite. They can be supported by large groups.
Hamsters altiplano
Hamsters Altiplano received their name on the habitat. They live on the dry alpine plains of the Andes, from the south of Bolivia to the North Chile, at an altitude of 4000-4600 m above sea level. Inhabited mainly rocky and stony areas.
In appearance, these rodents resemble gerbils or mice and rats with well-sized tails. The length of the bodies of animals ranges from 8 to 17 cm. The tail length is about the same. Thick and soft wool hamsters altiplano painted in brownish-yellow tone. The abdomen or chest and neck pure white.
Hamsters Altiplano - Night Animals. During the winter, the animals are supposedly falling into a hibernation, because at this time of the year they do not show any in signs of activity. The main food rodents serve insects.
Usually hamsters altipes but do not suit their own holes. They will settle among the stones or occupy other people's nests, often expelled from them the former owner. There are cases of penetration of rodents in the construction of a person, however, the dwellings of people at such high-mountainous sites are very rare.
Golden, or Syrian, hamster
Golden, or Syrian, hamster - one of the best inhabitants of a homely living corner. He is unpretentious, hardy and fruit. In addition, this is a very funny animal that will deliver you a lot of pleasure with your habits. Since, in contrast to other types of hamsters, it was the Syrian hamster that got the most popular as a pet, in the future it will be mainly about him.
Golden hamster - a small animal. In size, it is 2 times less than rat. This rodent is very similar to an ordinary hamster. But in contrast to its large and evil conifections that make a lot of harm to people, the Syrian hamster is completely harmless creating. In addition to the fact that it has become one of the most desirable inhabitants of living corners, this animal is indispensable as a laboratory animal with a wide variety of scientific research.
The body length of golden hamster reaches 17-18 cm. He is a centerist. The attitude of the animal is very short. The sketch is usually reddish brown, ocher-brownish or golden yellow. It is thick, soft and velvety.
The abdomen is light. Currently, several varieties of Syrian hamster are derived by breeders.
In nature, Syrian hamsters prefer to settle in the foothill steppe landscapes, meadow steppes and crops. They live in a single way in Norah, whose depth reaches 2-2.5 m. Like all of their relatives, Syrian hamsters make reserves for the winter. In the hibernation, they fall at a temperature of about 4 ° C.
In captivity, the Syrian hamster lives a little - 2-2.5 years, but under good conditions there can be 3 and even 4 years.
Homemade rodents have always been greatly popular. Parents often acquire them for their children. Previously, at home, they contained such types of rodents as hamsters and mice, but now in the pet shop can be found and more unusual animals. Choosing a pet, you need to take into account its behavioral features, as well as the attitude towards a person. If it is regularly communicated with him, he will get used to his owner and become a true friend.
- hamsters;
- rats;
- mice;
- chinchillas;
- chipmunks;
- proteins;
- degu;
- guinea pigs;
- susliki;
- surki;
- hares;
- rabbits;
- grain;
- corn;
- barley;
- ovat.
- boiled chicken bones;
- persimmon;
- cucumbers;
- carrot;
- apples;
- grain mixture for rats;
- yogurt;
- dog feed super premium class.
- clover;
- drinking;
- mallow;
- plantain;
- dandelion leaves;
- yarrow;
- shepherd bag;
- sedge;
- nettle.
- hay;
- salad, plantain;
- leaves, bark and branches of linden, pears, willow, apple trees;
- flowers and leaves of dandelion and clover;
- lucerne;
- grainseas (cereals, oats, millet, barley, wheat);
- drier fruits (pears, apples).
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Popular home rodents
Rodents who live at home is not required such a number of human attention as a dog or a cat. Usually, the animals are not necessary to teach the toilet, because they need to cope with the wood flooring in the cage. Pet can be left for their neighbors for the time of vacation, as it's easy to care for him.
List of home rodents who are popular:
To choose a pet, you need to know what is every type of rodent.
Small animals
Small homemade rodents are very popular, because they are easy to care. For them, they necessarily equip the house, in which the feeder, cream and small toys are placed.
Homai
Hamster is a very popular home rodent. But you need to keep in mind that this is a night and aggressive animal. Happy he is often sleeping. If you hide a conid for him, conflicts will begin, sometimes reaching the death of one of the animals. To teach rodent to hand, persistence will be needed and patience. Otherwise, he may hurt.
Hamsters need a durable wire from a wire equipped with a wheel, a house, tunnels. In eating, they are unpretentious. They are recommended to give seeds, peas, oats, rye, wheat. From juicy food, animals prefer carrots, cucumbers, cabbage (not white), celery, beets, apples, corn. Hamsters are very buggy, so it is forbidden to shout loudly or talking next to the cell. The average life expectancy of this small rodent is 2-3 years.
Mouse
Decorative mice are quickly adapted To new living conditions, unpretentious in content and care. Most often, these representatives of rodents lead a nightlife. They quietly go to the owner. Contain mice follows in a metal cage, because the dwelling from the tree they tear.Dno ripped with paper or chips. Also, the dwelling is equipped with various toys - ladders, branches, pots, rings for running. Decorative mice live in groups and without communication will be closed in themselves and can even die from longing.
Feed rodents follows:
It is recommended to give them and dry food. Since mice have a very high metabolism, then you need to constantly monitor the filing of the feeders. To avoid problems with your teeth, they are recommended to supply fruit trees with sprigs, which they will strike the cutters. Life expectancy of mice - from 2 up to 5 years.
Rats
Decorative rats are small animals with a longer nose than mice. They are smart, sociable, easy to come to contact with a person. It is impossible to leave them alone, as they will be bored. For animals, a low long cell is acquired (from 60 cm in length), in which ladies, ropes, hammocks are placed, because they love this kind of obstacles.
Rats are omnivorous and eat food of animal and vegetable origin.
You can give rodents:
It is impossible to put a cage on drafts, because rodents often sick with colds. Rats live very little - only 3 years.
Guinea pigs
Guinea pigs are suitable for home. This name of the animals was obtained due to the fact that they were brought from America, as well as thanks to the sound published by them, similar to the grunt. They are also known as Guinea Pig, Keivi or Kevi.
Guinea pigs can be attached to their owner and rejoice in communicating with him. The popularity of this animal is due to unpretentiousness, attractive appearance, good-natured character and peaceful temperament.
Because of the wrong diet, guinea pigs often sick and even die. Basically they feed on with hay. The rest of the diet is the grain mixtures sold in the pet store. Vegetables and fresh grass are also suitable. Water should always be in open access.
Sea pigs are suitable from herbs:
As coarse fibers, animals give tomatoes, various cabbage varieties, hay, apples, beets, reverses, dandelions, moistened with water bran, cereal, seeds, potatoes, parsley, broccoli, leaf salad. It is forbidden to feed the animal of non-abuse and overdue feed, moldless products, immature or rotten fruits or vegetables. With proper care, the pigs live 8-9 years.
Proteins
Protein is a small forest animal, smart and lightweight. It weighs about 25 kg, and its body length reaches 20-28 cm. The tail is the longest part and the third of the entire body is equal. Accepting the rodent need immediately after it is adapted in the new conditions. It is necessary to feed it as much as possible and try to achieve it to come to contact with a person. The protein has a short memory and without constant communication, they are very quickly celebrating.
Since these are moving animals, then a good option for them will be a high aviary with a height of at least less than a meter, and its width and length should be 50 cm. It is placed in it or a nest, several branches, shelves and skimming.
Once a week, the aviary should be cleaned. Drinking and feeder wash once a day. Protein feed fresh and dried mushrooms, cedar nuts, hazelnuts, acorns, beetles and various insects. They also give spruce or pine cones with seeds, aspen earrings or willows, young birch leaves. With good content, proteins can live up to 15 years.
Chipmunks
The chipmunks adapt well to life in captivity. They are unpretentious in care and non-addicts in food. Another animals do not get along with each other, so they need to be kept in an individual cell. To tame them simply: you should constantly give them a delicacy, they will remember that the person is not dangerous for them, but is a source of food.
The cage for the chipmut is selected spacious. Dno stood with any organic. These pets are very clean, so the cage and all its components should be cleaned regularly, washed or changed. The peculiarity of the animals is that they themselves choose a place under the toilet and no longer coped anywhere.
Feed the chipmut with croups, sunflower seeds, cereals, dense porridge.It is possible as a delicacy to give them fruits, berries, sugar, cookies. Solid food alternate with soft. You can also purchase a special balanced bugged feed.
It is allowed to produce a walk of the animal around the house, watching it. Be sure to close all the windows and doors before that, so that he does not escape. The lifespan of the chipmunk is 10 years.
Degu
Dear is small animals, similar to the rat or tushkanchik. Among other common animal names are Chilean protein and shrub rat. It differs in high activity, and in the content is not the most demanding.
Dang love to live in spacious cells. Wolter must have enough space for research. Inside it is installed a house and several shelters in the form of minks (for this you can use old clay pots). The cell must be the shelves located at different levels. Be sure to make bowls, drinkers, bath with sand for swimming, stealth litter. Also necessary Wheel for running and strong brooms for the heating of teeth.
Diet degu includes:
Bathing the degu is not in water, but in the sand. To do this, purchase a special bath and pour into it small pure sand and 1 tsp. Talca. Such a bathing degreases the coat, which is very important for the health of the animal. In captivity, DUGA lives 6-8 years.
Large rodents
Large homemade rodents are also popular.
Many of them are undemanding in content and care.
Chinchilla
Chinchillas are rodents with a very soft and beautiful fur. They differ in cleanness, feastfulness, nightly life. There are high demands on their content. The animal should be only in the cage, as any exit from it for the animal is a great stress.
The dwelling for chinchilla should be spacious and comfortable. The higher it will be, the better. Rodents love to jump and climb on the rods. The cell must be equipped with at least two shelves. Also in it they can drink, feeder, house, laz, branches and stones, stone for the point of teeth.
Chinchillas are herbivores. At home, their diet should consist of dry herbs, bark of trees, hay, cereals. The animals are forbidden to give foods in the raw form. Leaves, branches, fruits and berries should be dried.
Once a week the animal bathe in the sand. To do this, you can buy volcanic dust or special sand for chinchillas. Water mech is prohibited. He dries for a long time, because of which the pet can catch a cold. Life expectancy of chinchillas - about 20 years.
Nutria
Nutria externally resemble beavers and divorced usually to obtain their fur and meat, but they can perform the role and pets. Without taking into account the length, these rodents reach 60 cm, and their weight is from 5 to 12 kg.
Nutria is a mustache animal, so the company needs. She quickly gets used to a person and has a tender character. Under the conditions of home the beasts, a cell is needed in a ratio of at least 80x60x50 cm. It should be a sleeping place, feeders, toys. The pallet or tray is placed directly under the cell.
Nutria can be given granular feed, in their diet must be attended by fruits and vegetables. The animals like breadcrumbs, while the fresh bread does not give them. Rodents are prone to obesity, so they are forbidden to feed with souse and other food from the table.
The pet needs to provide regular water procedures, since in nature the lards will be pulled out near water bodies. Bathing the animal is better daily. To do this, it is necessary to pour a full bath of cold water so that the rodent could swim in it freely. At home, nutria can live up to 12 years.
Ferrets
At home, contains such good predators like ferrets (frothers).The length of the animal body can reach 60 cm without taking the tail, and the weight is from 1 to 2.5 kg.
These rodents are very active, they like to examine secrets, run and hide.For this reason, during walks around the apartment, you need to carefully follow, and on the street - to wear a leash. Ferreers are curious and playful pets who like to spend time with the owner. They can also be stubborn.
The base of the nutrition of ferrets is meat in the form of boiled and crude chicken, turkey, sub-products. Periodically, they can be given marine fish without bones, low-fat beef or lamb. About 15% of the diet must occupy porridge, eggs, cottage cheese. You can give a pet specialized feed for froths.
Bathing animals follows once every 1-2 weeks. Ferry live at home for 6-10 years.
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