As well as with the purchase of any other pet, you should think over everything connected with the hamster because despite of his insignificant requirements, he needs of living conditions that should be executed. The amusing stir of the hamsters in the zoo shop should not bring you under a rash purchase. Before to be supplied with a hamster, you need to decide whether you are capable of providing his breeding and supporting. You should especially thing over the following issues:

•Hamsters become and leave domesticated and quiet only in case that you regularly take care of them.

•Are you able to take into consideration the nature of the hamster as an animal of the night and the twilight, without disturbing his rest and dream during the day?

•Will you be irritated if the hamster in his burrow throws shavings and straw out of the cage?

•Can you provide him with daily cares and feeding, as well as complete cleaning of the hamster cage one or two times in the week. The toilet corner needs to be cleaned even more often.

•Will you be able to let the hamster out of the cage for a walk sometimes and to keep him under observation?

•Who is going to care about the hamster when you are on a vacation? We shouldn’t forget that every pet needs to be planned in the travel program.

From these questions of principles ensues the most important preconditions that have to be fulfilled for a reasonable and proper breeding. If these questions do not raise any hesitation in you, you are ready to start with the preparations.

Mini hamster or golden hamster

Conditions of breeding of all hamsters are similar. The tiny mini hamsters, despite the differences in the size, need the same space. Their impulse to move and run is strongly marked and compensates the size of the body. In addition to this, in the cage could be easily bred a mini hamster couple and even is recommended if they know each other still from cubs.

With the naturally colored golden hamster, this could work out with some difficulties, although exceptions exist. According to the experience of different selectionists, the selective generations of different colors display considerably bigger tolerance between each other in case they live together from early age. However, with the selective breeding of the generations, hamsters lose their identity of loner animal which we have to consider. As it gets a "mother family", the father is not participle in

the whole work. On the other hand, it could ascertain much bigger tolerance between a

real mini hamster pair who inhabits one cage.

In case you don’t want to carry about a hamster pair, the breeding of only one animal in a cage is not a reason for his solitude, just the contrary - it even more corresponds to his nature.

Today, among the cultural races of the golden hamsters is known a great variety of colored forms that in their aspect are sharply delimit from the naturally colored. Fluffy or Angora hamster with a longer, plush like, silky soft fur are also found as opposed to the already known races with a smooth fur. The colored variety of the golden hamsters is huge and probably is not completed yet. What hamster or kind of golden

hamster you will prefer finally is a matter of taste.

For those who are showing interest and beginning selectionists probably will be pleasant and motivating to extend the colored species as by the moment it still doesn’t have any regulated directions of hamsters breeding.

How long the hamster lives

Hamsters are among the animals with a short life and that’s why my advice is to take a very young ones. As soon as they are at the age of four weeks, they are ready to rise to their feet and separate from the mother since they have already learned the essential part needed for their future road of life. This is the most suitable time for the purchase of hamsters. They are not still absolute loners because this behavior starts to develop during the age of the puberty between the 6th and the 8th weeks. Cubs

from one litter easily used to live in pairs and often they even sleep in one house. In contrast to the older golden hamsters, which are domesticated more difficult, the youths become communicative and tame for a very short period of time. Mini hamsters could be even older with several weeks and despite of that they still give in domestication.

At the age of 18 months, hamsters have already reached the age limit of their life. Gradually his moves are going slowly and the periods of rest become more frequent and longer. With optimum nutrition, breeding and caring, the short for the human notion life of the hamster could continue three years. Hamsters that live longer are exceptions for which we must be grateful.