Rodentia 10 - Guinea pigs and rabbits

Rodentia 10 - Guinea pigs and rabbits

Field hamster
Journey to the land of guinea pigs
Sugar Glider Breeding

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2 INTERNAL

Big game hunting
By Christian Ehrlich

The cover story of this issue of your small mammal specialist magazine RODENTIA is not a single animal this time, but the socialisation of two species: rabbits and guinea pigs - ideal partners? asks Iris Küster in her article about a story full of misunderstandings and shows what the animals' needs are and what has to be taken into account especially with regard to the social behaviour of the two popular pets.
Editor Christian Ehrlich names further aspects to this delicate topic in the photo story on the title topic, which of course also shines with excellent photos.
The two articles mentioned above refer to the biology, the behaviour and the demands of guinea pigs and rabbits, interpret cage observations and thus come to a concrete recommendation concerning the common keeping of both species. But what would the animals concerned want for themselves? Well, scientists "questioned" guinea pigs in sophisticated experiments as to whether they would prefer to live with other species, rabbits or alone. Read the surprising and highly interesting "answers" of guinea pigs in this informative article by Christian Ehrlich.

No, the solution to the problem is certainly not grilled guinea pigs on a spit. Nevertheless you should not miss the buten impressions of a trip through Peru and Bolivia, which Florian Teubert gives you in this RODENTIA. He introduces you to the country and its people and of course reveals what the peculiarly provocative title of his reportage is all about.
And there is also another contribution to the second of the two animal species, whose socialization is the focus of this RODENTIA: Veterinarian Barbara Glöckner will tell you everything about dental diseases in rabbits. Malpositions of the teeth are unfortunately very frequent with these popular domestic animals and can be not only painful, but also life-threatening. In this article you can read in detail how to prevent or solve the problem.
Because the subject of "diseases" is of course very important, we have here another article on this problem area: Diabetes in Degu - one of the most common problems with irritating animals. Unfortunately, this disease is often underestimated or even misdiagnosed. What it has to do with this suffering, how it comes about, by what one recognizes it and above all, how one can successfully prevent or treat, the practicing veterinarian Alexandra Roth deals with it here. Who wants to keep its Degus healthy and lively, this contribution should not be missed under any circumstances.
Where we are already with health problems, which can be released by error nutrition: Editor Christian honestly analyzes critically compound feed vs. pellets. What is preferable, or is everything just a question of taste? Ehrlich goes into detail about the origin, composition, advantages and disadvantages of both feed types and then gives practical tips as to which type of feed is best suited for which species.
And in the next article by the RODENTIA editor, you will learn how feeds for small mammals are produced. A visit to one of the world's largest rodent feed manufacturers in the realm of snack bars will give you a glimpse of the process by which feeds for your darlings are created. Surely interesting for every animal lover!
There are attractive small mammals not only in faraway lands, but also in your own front door. Only with a lot of luck you can still see "wild" hamsters in Germany, because the stocks of cute rodents have declined strongly in recent decades. Olaf Godmann reports about the secret life of the field hamsters in this issue of RODENTIA and gives information about their biology, about protection programs and last but not least about amazing news about the social behaviour of the lively fellows.
They are clearly on the advance: The cute short-headed glider baggers or Sugar Gliders. Christian Neumann presents their reproduction biology and breeding to you in detail. He not only writes about the biology and lifestyle of these marsupials and gives you tips for successful keeping and breeding, but also has sensational pictures of the mating behavior of the lovely goblins to offer!
One of the main problems for intelligent small mammals in human care is the lack of variety, of play opportunities. Here you can easily find a remedy: In this article, a team of experienced chinchilla keepers gives practical instructions on building toys and employment opportunities for chinchillas. You will be amazed at how the quality of life of your pet can be considerably improved without much effort and at low cost! Certainly also for the owners of other small mammals this article offers food for thought in abundance.

As you are accustomed to from your small mammal trade magazine RODENTIA, you will find many more articles and a lot of service in various categories in addition to the above-mentioned articles. Thus there are interesting pieces of news about small mammals in the column worth knowing, in My Story you read a funny and interesting history over a ?risen hamster?, in advice & act specialists give you competent answers to your questions, in dates & Tipps experience you, where it goes long, title hero of the poster is this time the color mouse, the adventures of Snicker tells you the editorshipspräriehund again personally, and an extra we prepared also still for you: An exciting raffle with many attractive prizes!

Have fun with the new issue of your small mammal magazine RODENTIA!