About grooming of a hamster.

● About grooming of a hamster.

A hamster always grooms itself.
If a hamster is kept, only the figure in which he is sleeping, and the figures which are grooming themselves will be seen.

This is the photograph in which the hamster is grooming itself.
The behavior of grooming is very pretty.

Grooming is the work which licks body hair and is cleaned finely.
There are the following effects in this.

・There are the following effects in this.
・The effect of giving nutrition by attaching saliva to body hair.
・A skin disease can be prevented.
・The effect which removes dust and garbage from the body and cleans them up.
・The effect of adjusting body temperature.

Grooming keeps the body beautiful and aims at becoming sharp to the situation of the external world.

If the body is dirty, the feeling which perceives danger will become blunt.

Therefore, they try to keep the body beautiful instinctively.
Moreover, it will not be groomed if the condition of the body is bad.
Then, the gloss of body hair is lost and will be dried.
In this case, please do not try to wash his dirt with water.
A hamster may feel stress and a situation may get worse.

Please consult with a veterinarian, if it thinks that there are signs dangerous to a hamster.
When only the same parts are scratched, they may be an injury or a skin disease.

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