Protein content at home. Is it worth it to get a squirrel in the house?

Protein content at home. Is it worth it to get a squirrel in the house?

In our time, few people are surprised by an unusual pet. Chinchillas, capybars, hedgehogs, ferrets, snakes, lizards, tarantulas and even tigers become household members. The proteins are not an exception. Often the protein enters the house either because of human pity and compassion for a lost or wounded animal, or it is a conscious purchase of a pet as a pet.

That in the first, that in the second case, you definitely have to decide whether you will cope with such a difficult task.

Should I start a squirrel as a pet?
Before you bring a little bilchenko into the house, it is worth asking yourself some simple questions.

• Are you ready to rise at 5 am every day for 10-12 years?
• Daily clean up in the apartment and at least once a week to carry out a general cleaning in the cage of the animal, and also reconciles with its specific smell?
• Can you provide it with all the necessary products (cones, acorns, nuts, pine or fir branches)?
• Is there a veterinary clinic in your city that will help the pet if something unfortunate happened to him?
• Will you survive, that once again the squirrel can not be squeezed or touched? This animal does not like "hugs" and can even bite.
• Will the apartment survive a small destroyer and can you take it easy?
• And the most important question - are you able to spend 20 times more than the cost of the protein itself for the arrangement of her home?

If you are ready for such tests and answer all the questions with "yes", then boldly buy or pick up a crumb of bilch. It's crumbs, because if it's a big squirrel, you can not make friends with it. Adult animals do not tame and remain wild. To tame, belcha at the age of 3 months. If you consciously approach the appearance of proteins in your home, then you need to know where to get it. Where to get this crumb, you ask? For example, you can buy it.

Cell for protein

Cell Dimensions

The first thing that should appear in your home with the appearance of a squirrel is a cage or aviary. For the squirrel, a cell 60 cm high and 50 cm long will suit. An adult squirrel will need more space. An older animal is better to buy a cage about 1.5 m in height and 60x80 cm wide. In such a dwelling, the protein will feel comfortable. When selecting cells, pay attention to the presence of a pallet in it. A convenient retractable, galvanized and pallet-equipped pallet will save your cleaning time in a protein housing.

Arrangement of an enclosure or cage

It is also very important to equip the home with proteins inside. First of all, the cage should be equipped with a water bottle and a bowl for eating. The bottom of the cells is filled with a filler for the rodents. To establish a house resembling a nest or hollow and to put in it a dry hay, chopped cotton cloth or scraps of fur. When buying a house for squirrels, make sure that it has a flap top or a comfortable hole in which your hand will fit. The dwelling of such a structure will be easier to clean. But do not buy a house without a bottom, because it still needs to be installed as high as possible in the enclosure.

In addition, in the cage you need to put a snag or fix a branch, about which the protein will grind your teeth and claws. If the animal does not have anything to sharpen claws and teeth, then soon the squirrel will begin to have health problems.

For an active time of a pet, additional elements can be installed in the enclosure: a wheel, a hammock, a ladder, a bathing suit. Only with the installation of additional accessories, please be aware that the wheel should be safe and the hammock mount carefully hidden.

Having arranged a place in the house for the future or a newcomer, one should take care of his diet.

What to feed the protein at home?
Perhaps, this is the most important question that interests every new owner of squirrels. If the whitecake was picked up on the street, the age of the baby should be set before starting to feed it. Feeding the animal is not appropriate food, there is a risk of ruining his life. Belchat, which should be fed only with milk, is easy to determine by the absence of upper incisors. To recognize kids who eat solid food is also quite simple, they are completely covered with wool, have open eyes, have fully formed upper incisors, they begin to grow brushes and swirl the tail.

Very small belchats up to two weeks old (with eyes closed and without hair) are fed 2 ml of milk every 2 hours. Beasts of 3 weeks of age are fed every 3-4 hours for 2-4 ml. Babies of 5 weeks of age are given 4-6 ml of milk every 4-5 hours. The last feeding of a 5-week-old squirrel can be done at 00:00, and the first morning starts at 06:00. Also at the age of five weeks in the diet of bilch we introduce solid food, peeled pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, low-fat cottage cheese and dried fruits. When starting feeding, do not add fruit or vegetables to the squirrel. Stomach of the baby can not simultaneously fructose and lactose.