Molly French

I've decided to start a new little segment on my blog talking about looking after animals, now as some of you may know I am a animal management student meaning I have to know the basics on looking after common pets. So I thought I would share my knowledge for new animal owners. 

I'm going to start off with hamsters. Hamsters are perfect as a first pet as they are very simple to handle and take care of. For new hamster owners I would recommend a Syrian Hamster as they are a lot bigger than a Chinese Dwarf and a lot easier to tame. A Syrian hamster needs an enclosure that is 15 x 10 inch minimum and  that is roughly 3 - 5 centimetres deep to allow them to burrow. It is up to you what enclosure you get. For Gus, my hamster, I have a wired cage and he is perfectly happy in it. 

For bedding, anything paper based will be perfectly suitable as well as toilet roll. My Gus loves toilet roll, he will happily sit there a shred a whole roll if he could. Moving on to entertainment, my favourite subject, you can get tones of toys and enrichment for hamsters. The most common of course is the ball and the wheel for them to run. all hamsters are different, some are runners, others are chewers and some like to burrow.

For chewers I would recommend edible tunnels and chewing wood that you can cheaply get from your local pet shop. I would also recommend chewable fruit bars that attach on to the hamsters cage These are brilliant for their teeth as well as packed with good vitamins for your hamster. 

For burrowers, i would recommend a lot more bedding than you would usually put in as well as burrowing pits that you can also get from pet shops. You never know what personality your hamster will have so covering all these bases at the beginning will be beneficial. 

For my hamster, he has a chewable chain that hangs from the top of his cage as well as a wheel and  little extra bedding in one corner so he can burrow if he wants to. 

Lastly feeding your hamster. Hamsters need 10g daily of food that's roughly 1 tablespoon. This can be any suitable hamster food that you can purchase at your local pet store. When giving your hamster fresh food there is a couple of foods your hamster is not allowed, these foods are chocolate, garlic, any citrus foods as well as onion. However if you unsure then just simply Google it. 

I hope this helped anyone that is looking for a new hamster and taught you the basics on what they may need. Also if you have questions then please leave them in the comments and i will happy to answer. 

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Ive just got back from one of the most relaxing holiday I have been on. Me and my family took a 4 hours flight to Altinkum Turkey for a week, we have never been Turkey before and my god is it hot there, I believe that the lowest temperature I saw was 38 degrees.

During our time there we spent most of the day laying in the sun by the pool. however the times we did adventure out was usually to go shopping down the town strip or in the little evening markets. The little markets were adorable and all the locals were so friendly. They had a variety of different fruit and vegetable that i have never seen before. Also id like to talk about the size of their watermelons; they are HUGE! 

As we went with Thompson we were about to book a couple of  excursions. My Dad and brother travelled for about 2 hours to go to one of the biggest water parks in Turkey, Aqua Fantasy. This water park sounded and looked amazing and they have everything you need on sight from food and drink to just relaxing in the quiet zone. They would highly recommend this water park for anyone that is a water park fanatic.

As for me and my mum we went down the peaceful path and have a Turkish bath. I would highly recommend this experience at the beginning of your holiday as i have definitely kept my tan for longer than i normally would. Now i will admit, when turning up at the location the place looks very seedy and you honestly believe you stepped in to a scene out of Taken but looking past all of the the people are very friendly and will make you feel comfortable instantly. I also recommend taking a camera with you as some of the pictures you will get there are hilarious.

On our last day we decided to do a family cruise. We were told that this cruise will dock meaning we will be able to see more of Altinkum however we did dock but in the middle of the ocean so people were able to jump in. This was brilliant for a couple of hours but being on the boat all day was eventually very boring.

Overall the holiday was brilliant! It was great that everyone was together and no one was distracted by work or blogging or anything like that and we were able to spend time together as a family. I would highly recommend visiting Altinkum and is it a beautiful place and has some very lovely locals.

Thank you for reading and i think i might start a schedule on when i upload my blog posts as they have been a little bit all over the place lately. I'm think about uploading every Friday around 7pm GMT. Also dont forget to follow if you want to be told when i post next.

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