2. A wooden nest and springboard should be prepared in the cage for hiding. The nest should be covered with absorbent cotton, and the weight should be increased or decreased according to the weather conditions. You can also use wire baskets to make nests.
3. Use hamster water dispenser to prepare drinking water for it, put it in cold boiled water, and change the water 1 time every two days, and change it every day when it is hot.
4. The food for chipmunks should be raw. All kinds of raw melon seeds, such as sunflower seeds, watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, raw hazelnuts, pine nuts and pistachios, can be used to grind their teeth. There are sesame seeds, buckwheat, oats and so on. In whole grains. Just put the food in the box. It will drag the food back to its nest and hide it.
Extended data:
Wild chipmunks have a wide range of habitats, including coniferous forests, broad-leaved forests, mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests and areas with dense shrubs in plains, hills and mountains. Living in forest areas, forest-edge shrubs and agricultural areas with low mountains and hills, most people dig holes in the rhizosphere of trees and shrubs, or use terraced fields and natural cracks to make holes.
It is mainly active during the day, most active at dawn and dusk, more active on the ground and less active in trees. Good at climbing trees, quick response, strong curiosity, can climb steep slopes, cliffs and tree trunks, and make harsh calls from time to time.
Semi-hibernation, a small amount of activities in early spring and late autumn, the largest number in mid-July, which is related to the activities of young rats when they leave their nests.