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Pocket pets require a lot of care and understanding. In order to train them one must be very patient and have a very high level of commitment. One has to understand the personality traits and the preferences of the pocket pet in order make it feel comfortable in its new home. These small rodents are very sensitive and hence, have to be handled with a lot of love and care. One should understand the common behavioral patterns and characteristics of one’s adorable pet. Once the person understands his pocket pet, training becomes easy and the pet can enjoy his new set up. All pocket pets have their individual characteristics and hence, one need to be patient and committed when training them. These pets should not be confined in cages so that they do not get upset and unsettled. They should be exercised and hence, taken out of their cages on a daily basis. One should allot at least one hour of the day for training of the pocket pet.
Pocket pets like gerbils, which are rodents, love to communicate in high-pitched whistles or drumming their hind legs rapidly on the ground especially when they are sexually excited or want to convey some warning signals. These creatures have very good hearing powers. This pocket pet, thus, can identify danger and flee for cover when threatened. They also have the habit of constantly digging in the cages in which they are kept. One should ensure that these pets are handled with care and taught to litter in their litter boxes regularly.
Pets like hamsters are very difficult to train and they have the habit of hiding food in secret places even when they are provided plenty of food on a regular basis. This does not mean that this pocket pet is a neurotic. Hamsters prepare for hibernation and hence naturally hoard between 30 and 60 pounds of food during the winter season. If the room temperature in which one keeps one’s hamster is chilly, this pocket pet may go into a hibernating state. The symptoms are that the creature will be curled into a ball and will not respond to any kind of light and noise. In order to wake up this pocket pet, one must move its cage to a room that is warm and has a temperature of about 70 degrees Fahrenheit and give time to it for about 2 days to adjust to the winter temperatures.
Hamsters should be kept in a cage and it should be remembered that this pocket pet loves to burrow. Make sure that one has everything arranged in the cage where it is kept. A nesting box can be made with the help of tough paper, cloth and saw dust. One should also keep food dishes and water in the cage. One very important point that one should never miss out is that these dishes should be filled and never kept empty. This pocket pet loves to hoard even when it has sufficient food. One can make a dust bath and this can be done by keeping an amount of chinchilla dust in a large bowl and place that in the cage. The pet, in this case, will not dig and burrow in odd places.
Thus, one can know and train one’s pocket pet in the above manner and give it all the love and understanding it deserves with success.
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