Ama-Hamsters angamagundane amancane omndeni wakwa-muridae. Nakuba kunezinhlobo ezingamashumi amabili emhlabeni jikelele, ezinhlanu kuphela ezifuywayo okwamanje: i-hamster yaseRussia, i-roborovski hamster, i-hamster yegolide (noma i-hamster yaseSiriya), i-hamster yaseSiberia kanye ne-hamster yaseShayina. Uma kunezimo ezinhle, ukuzalanisa kwabo kulula futhi kulungele ikakhulukazi intsha.

Ama-hamster yizilwane ezincane. Phakathi kwezinhlobo ezifuywe ezithunjiwe, i-hamster yegolide yiyona enkulu kunazo zonke. Ikala ngokwesilinganiso 13 cm ngesisindo esiphakathi kuka-100 no-125 amagremu. Ezinye izinhlobo zibizwa ngokuthi “ama-hamsters amancane” ngoba mancane kakhulu futhi anesisindo esingama-gramu angama-50.

Yize kunokuhlukahluka ngakunye, ama-hamsters ngokuvamile ayizilwane ezizolile futhi ezingabonakali. Lapho zijwayele abantu, zithambile, kodwa ukuzibamba kufanele kube mnene ukugwema ukuluma. 

Endle, i-hamster iyisisulu sezinye izilwane eziningi. Futhi, ukuze aqinisekise ukuphila kohlobo lwakhe, uye wahlakulela ukuzala ngokushesha, enabancane abaningi kudoti. I-hamster yesifazane ingazala kusukela ezinyangeni ezi-2, yenza amalitha angu-6 ngonyaka, futhi udoti ngamunye ungaqukatha phakathi kwe-6 ne-10 encane. Ngakho, insikazi ingakhiqiza kuze kufike ku-60 abasha ngonyaka.

Ukuzalela i-hamster kuqondile. Ngaphandle kokuthengwa kwemishini, ukuzalanisa okungabizi kakhulu futhi okulungele ngokuphelele osemusha. Ezinganeni, qaphela ngengozi yokulunywa, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuphathwa.

Kuyisilwane sasebusuku esivame ukwenza kusebenze futhi senze umsindo ebusuku. Qaphela ukubeka ikheji endaweni eqhelile, uma kungenjalo uzovuswa.

I-hamster inokuziphatha komgodi futhi ijwayele ukufihla ukudla kwayo. Ekuthunjweni, kufanele kuqashelwe ukunikeza udoti ongenalo uthuli oluvumela ukuthi lumbe. Ama-chip chips noma ama-litters asuselwa emmbileni abonakala efaneleke kakhulu.

Ukuziphatha kwe-hamster ngokuvamile kuyefana kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubulili buni. I-hamster yegolide ihlezi yodwa futhi kuzodingeka ukuthi kuhlinzekwe ngekheji ngomuntu ngamunye. Ezinye izinhlobo ze-hamster ngokuvamile zikhetha ukuhlala ngababili, noma ngababili ezinsikazi. Nokho, qaphela ngababili abesilisa abazifaka engozini yokulwa lapho sebebadala.

Ngokuphathelene nempilo, i-hamster izwela kakhulu izifo zokuphefumula kanye nezinkinga ze-dermatological (ukulahlekelwa izinwele, ama-parasites, njll). Ukuvikela nokugwema lezi zinkinga, ukunakekelwa kufanele kuthathwe ukugcina ikheji lingenanoma yikuphi okusalungiswa nokugcina ibhokisi lodoti lihlanzekile ngangokunokwenzeka. Kuzodingeka futhi ukunaka imvelaphi yezilwane okufanele okungenani zibe namasonto ama-5 ubudala.

Njengawo wonke amagundane, ama-incisors e-hamster akhula ngokuqhubekayo kukho konke ukuphila kwayo. Futhi, kumele akwazi ukuwasebenzisa ngendlela efanele ukuze agweme izinkinga ezifana nokuquleka kwamazinyo. Lokhu kuguga kudabuka ikakhulukazi ngokudla, kanye nokucebisa ikheji lalo ngezinto ezizokuququda njengezicucu zokhuni lwe-hazel noma lwe-birch.

Emvelweni, i-hamster iyisilwane esinama-omnivorous: ingadla izitshalo ezinjengezithelo, imbewu, izitshalo noma izilimo eziyizigaxa, kanye nezilwane ezincane njengezinambuzane, izikelemu, noma iminenke. 

Ekuthunjweni, ngakho-ke kuzobaluleka ukubanikeza imenyu ehlukahlukene ngokwanele ukulinganisela izidingo zabo, kushintshaniswa phakathi kwama-hamster kibbles aphelele nemifino eluhlaza eluhlaza.

Yilezi zitshalo eziluhlaza ezikhuthaza ukuguga kahle kwamazinyo. Kodwa-ke, ukufakwa kwezithelo ezintsha kuzokhawulelwa kube kanye ngesonto kakhulu ukuze kungaphazamisi ukuhamba kwayo. 

Njalo, ungangezela ekudleni kwakho ngamavithamini, ukuze uqinise amasosha akho omzimba.

Okokugcina, kuzodingeka ukuthi uqinisekise ukuthi i-hamster ihlale inamanzi amasha ngokuthanda kwayo. Ibhodlela elixhunywe ezindongeni lilungile ngoba livimbela i-hamster ekuchitheni amanzi ayo ngokumba udoti. Amanzi kufanele ashintshwe nsuku zonke.

Ezimweni ezinhle nangokudla okufanele, i-hamster yakho izokwazi ukuphila kusukela eminyakeni emi-2 kuye kwemi-3.