HAMSTER
Hamster is a kind of rodent animals, there are various types in the world and in almost every country. Hamster to include in subfamili cricetinae. Subfamili is divided into about 18 species, classified in six or seven genus. Hamster is often used as experimental animals in the laboratory (due to their rapid reproduction) with rat and other rodent.
Characteristic Hamster has a fat body, with a shorter tail than the body and has a furry ear, a foot wide, short and short-fat. Hamster has a thick fur and long, and bulunya have different colors depending on the animal species, such as black, gray, white, brown, yellow and red. The lower part of the animal is a white to gray and black. Dzhungaria hamster (Phodopus sungorus) and the linear dwarf hamster (Cricetulus barabensis) has a black line under the middle of the back. dwarf hamster deserts (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 centimeters, not including the short tail which has 6 centimeters long.
Habitat
Hamster habitat located in the north of Europe until the middle of Siberia, Mongolia, and northern China to Korea. In the hamster habitat extends from southern Syria to Pakistan. They live on the border of the sand dune that divegetasi, foothill and lowland that with bushes and berbatu, in the river valley, and pasture area, some also live in the fields planting. Geographic distribution of some species divide, for example, found in the European hamster central Europe and western Siberia and northwestern China, but the golden hamster is found only in a small town in northwestern Syria.
Food 
Hamster are eating a bread
Hamster is being omnivora. Their food is usually rice grains, but also includes fresh fruit, root, part of the green plants, invertebrates and some other small animals (insects such as locusts). Hamster bring them food in their cheek pouch which is entered into the hole for their food. However, not all suitable for animal food, some foods, such as leaves from the tomato-toxic, food becomes the most dangerous for the hamster's health. People may not know about food safety, such as cucumber to feed the chickens and their fresh fruit and toxic sitrus second opinion on this matter that there is one. Cucumber has very little good nutrition and can cause problems in heart, and some do not like the hamster taste of fruit sitrus, but sitrus safe to be on the hamster. Hamster exposed to the disease may not get diabetes food that contains sugar is high, such as fruit and corn. Components hamster food so divided 3 categories: dry, fresh, and food animals.
Behavior
Hamster is usually silent and nokturnal although it can be said also krepuskular and they sometimes active in the early morning or late afternoon. They are a good spade, make holes with the entrance of one or more of the gallery and is connected with the room for their nest, food warehouses and other events. There is no hamster berhibernasi during the winter, but some experience torpor occurred during the period of several days to several months.
Reproduction
Hamster female species hamster "bear" with 2 children.
Hamster men have a large testis in accordance with the size of their bodies. Hamster young sex more difficult to do. Hamster women have 2 holes close together, while the hamster has a male genital and anal opening hole is.
Hamster perform insemination on a different age depending on the species, but this can be done at the age of 1 month to 3 months. Hamster men can still do during the conception of his life, but not women. Hamster female experience estrus approximately every three days.
Pengembangbiakan season occurs in April to October, with 1 to 13 children born after gestasi during the period of 13 to 22 days. Gestasi occur 16 to 18 days for the Syrian hamster, 18 to 21 days for hamster Russia, 21 to 23 days to Chinese hamster and 23 to 30 for hamster Roborovski.
After the animal is pregnant women, parent hamster akan build nest and collect their children there. They are not blond, their eyes closed and very small. After 1 week, they started around their nest and eat. After 3 days, your animal can leave their nest. Except for the hamster Roborvski, a new can out of the enclosure within 4 weeks. Usually, the animal is both male and female separate hamster when women give birth, to avoid things that are not desired. Children's hamster also can not be held, not to be eaten by mother. After one week they begin exploring the nest exit. They have all completed after 3 weeks, or 4 weeks to Roborovski hamster. Most people will sell the animal to the store when the animal is aged 2 to 8 weeks.
Places to stay 
Hamster home with the amenities
Hamster cage that people often use
Hamster playing young
Hamster can be stored in both the pen and the terarium available in shops pet. Kandang more portability, pinggirannya can be used to swarm. In the glass, can prevent the animal is put out of wood dust and other waste-garbage out pens, give the animal to better, more peaceful, and prevent the situation around a dirty cage.
Because of the small hamster, a suitable home for the animal is always a place must be at least 2 feet and the top is strong because the hamster is pemanjat good. The glass should not be higher than the length for air circulation, and because of the small, dwarf hamster cage need of larger ones, at least 80 centimeters because of their large events.
Avoid hazardous objects are dangerous for animals. Runjung wood from plants or tripleks not suitable for the hamster, because the hamster akan whittle wood, and well-toxic glue or resin to them. Enclosure that can be bought from shops are equipped with some level, connected with stairs.
Hamster normal temperature of 18 to 26 ° C (64 to 80 ° F)
Floor of the animal shelter is usually filled with wood dust. Powder timber made from paper that has been discarded or wood with aroma, flavor is the most healthy. Cut off and eat the powder timber made of cedar, pine, may contain fenol that can damage the respiration system, liver and hamster skin.
Sports and entertainment Like other pets, hamster needs sports and entertainment practice for physical health and their psychological.
Hamster wheel that is used for sport, but the wheels are too small for the size of the hamster
"Sport Wheel" in the making hamster hamster ran with full speed at the wheel. Other objects are plastic balls or cars that can be penetrated hamster so they can exercise while exploring the area outside the enclosure.
Hamster is a nest builder, many owners who provide snippets of newspaper or tissue, so that they can build a safe place on the edge or in their homes. Wood dust can also be used to build a nest hamster, but there is a risk timber is exposed to pesticides or there is a sharp discount that can harm the hamster, like other rodent, the hamster is a rodent, hamster objects should be given a suitable and safe to build a nest .
Duration of life Golden hamster usually live no more than 3 years if kept, and the shorter life of 3 years if living in the outdoors. Russian Hamster live approximately 1.5 to 2 years if kept, Chinese hamster, and 2.5 to 3 years. Hamster Roborovski smaller living 3 to 3.5 years if maintained. Both the hamster and golden hamster Russia can begin when the reproductive age of 4-5 weeks. Chinese Hamster can reproduce when they are 2-3 months, and Roborvski hamster at the age of 3-4 months.
A Hamster Roborvskis.
Hamster as a pet
Species most known is the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). Hamster is a species that kept most people. Pet shop many to call them "honey bears," "panda," "black bears", "European black bears," "polar bears", and "dalmantian," depending on the color. There are also several variations, including the long hair that grows a few centimeters, and always require special attention.
Golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus
Hamster who have kept the 4 species of dwarf hamster. Campbell dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) is the hamster that kept most of the 4 species, and sometimes called "pygmy Russia", many originating from hamster Russia. Skin white Russian dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus) to white when the winter. Roborovski Hamster (Phodopus roborovskii) is very small and fast. Chinese Hamster (Cricetulus griseus) is not "dwarf hamster" is really, only hamster with a tail about 4 centimeters - nearly all the hamster have a very short tail
Many animal caretaker who want to breed them to produce a good animal is healthy and save with 1 or 2 so that the quality and temperamen needs is vital when planning perkembang culture. Maybe there will be a result of the pregnancy was planned and not planned, but the hamster is often managed with good pets and become a tasty maintained. Hamster buy direct from caretaker means that there is an opportunity to see their parents and find out the date of birth hamster for sale.
Klasifikasi Hamster
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yrian Hamster (Golden Hamster)
Djungarian Hamster
Campbell Hamster
Chinese Hamster