Hamster

Hamsters are a type of rodent animals, there are various kinds in the world and almost there in every country. Hamsters belong to the subfamily cricetinae. This subfamily is divided into about 18 species, which are classified into six or seven genera.

Karakteristik

Hamster has a plump body, with a tail shorter than its body and has a furry ears, feet wide, short and stocky. Hamsters have long, thick fur, and feathers have different colors depending on the species of hamster, for example black, gray, white, brown, yellow and red. The bottom of hamster white to gray and black. Hamster Dzhungaria - among hobbyists known as the Winter White Hamster (Phodopus sungorus) and the striped dwarf hamster (Cricetulus barabensis) has a black line under the middle of the back. Dwarf desert hamsters (genus Phodopus) are smallest hamster, with a body length of 5 to 10 centimeters (about 2 to 4 inches), while the hamster is the biggest European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), with a body length of more than 34 inches, not including the short tail which has a length of 6 inches.

Habitat

Hamster habitat is located north of central Europe through Siberia, Mongolia, and northern China to Korea. Hamster habitat in the south stretching from Syria to Pakistan. They live in the desert border, which divegetasi dunes, hills at the foot of the mountain and lowland with bushes and rocky, river valleys, and vast grasslands, some also live in the fields planting. Geographical distribution of species groups described the hamster, for example, European hamster is found in central Europe and western Siberia and northwestern China, while the Syrian hamster (in some articles referred to as the golden hamster or golden hamster) are found only in a small town in northwestern Syria.

Food

Hamsters are omnivorous creatures. Their diet usually grain rice, but also includes fresh fruit, roots, green parts of plants, invertebrates and some other small animals (insects such as grasshoppers).

Hamsters carry food in their cheeks which included a bag to put into their food hole.  However, not all food suitable for hamsters. Some foods, such as the poisonous leaves of tomato, becoming the most dangerous foods for healthy hamsters. People's opinions about other unsafe food is causing their tails wet cucumber and citrus fruits. In both these opinions, there is something wrong. Cucumbers have very little good nutrition and can cause liver problems, and some hamsters do not like the taste of citrus fruits, but the citrus is safe for use in hamsters. Hamsters exposed to the disease of diabetes is not allowed to get food that contains high sugar content, such as fruit and corn. Hamster food components divided into 3 categories: dry, fresh, and food animals.

If we want to keep hamsters, the safest thing is to provide food in the form of fresh grain. In Indonesia there are few home businesses that make a hamster food from the grain. Choose whole grains are not preserved but are free of fleas and food color. For security reasons, should not provide food in the form of fresh leaves and instant food. Several types of fresh leaves may not be harmful to the hamster, but the majority of leaves have been contaminated with pesticides. Although few, hamsters susceptible to pesticides. Instant food are also given to the hamsters are not good because usually contain preservatives. Foods containing salt can cause loss of feathers hamste