How to make and equip yourself a protein house yourself

The linen in a country house or cottage is harmoniously combined with the situation of any site, since it can easily be “dissolved” among the vegetation in the personal territory. In addition, the protein house is very practical, durable and warm - a rodent will settled in it with pleasure, and making it with your own hands is quite simple.

The purpose of building a linen

Squirrels in their nature live alone, and therefore every fluffy animal needs personal shelter. In the natural habitat, they are populated in the hollows of trees or equip nests on them. However, if you want to settle this animal in your summer cottage, then you need to equip a house for protein . It performs the following functions:

• protects the animal from precipitation and cooling, therefore, in winter, proteins are not shown from the house for weeks;
• it is a pantry for various grocery supplies - berries, nuts, seeds, mushrooms, which proteins collect and store throughout the summer;
• it is a place for breeding offspring, since the protein gives birth to cubs every spring and summer blind and helpless. They need to stay with their mother in a dry, warm and safe place.

During a period of strong cooling, proteins help each other survive and can settled in one house with several individuals at once. However, with the onset of spring, every animal needs his own home, in which he can give offspring. Manifestations of this battle are possible for a place when animals drive legal residents and settle in the underwear themselves. Therefore, the installation of such a structure will not only delight your eyes, but also significantly help the life of a fluffy animal.

Requirements for building a house

1. A dwelling for protein should be built only of natural wood. Therefore, when constructing a protein house with your own hands, it is impossible to allow the use of artificial, sealed or plastic building materials.
2. You can not clad the underwear from the inside. The internal walls of the house should also be made of natural material that are not treated with varnish, paint and other chemicals. Synthetic smells will only frighten the animal, and it will never settle in such a linen.
3. It is necessary to observe the dimensions of the living space. Squirrels prefer to live in small, cozy and warm houses, and therefore the linen should be compact. In large -type buildings, the risk of freezing inside the linen is significantly increased, from where the protein will quickly move.

The correct dimensions of the dwelling

The main purpose of the linen is the provision of an area for the animal itself and its offspring. But here one nuance appears, since each cub needs to have a personal space. This can be easily provided by installing small partitions or building a multi -storey linen.

The dimensions of a one -story house for protein in the photo are extremely difficult to recognize. Therefore, it is necessary to navigate in numbers. The optimal parameters for the design of simple linen are: height –50 cm, depth - about 45 cm and width - no more than 40 cm. It is also necessary to take into account the size of the hole for the LAZ. Its diameter should not exceed 7 cm, and the shape is preferable round.

For a multi -tier underwear, you should adhere to a height of 30 cm for each floor. To ensure a comfortable stay of the animal inside the optimal size width of the building will be an indicator of 25 cm. It is also important to remember that it is not recommended to build large lingerie, albeit multi -storey. This directly affects the comfort of the dwelling and the desire of the animal of stay in it.

Materials for building a house

The initial stage for building a house is the correct selection of the material of the future dwelling of the squirrel. It depends on which appearance is preferable to the owner and on what he has in the household. So, linen can be in such variations:

1. The construction of a linen from a trimmed board. Such a house is usually fastened with standard screws and is insulated from the outside with moss. In this case, the protein house takes the form of a bird's birdhouse, but in its characteristics it is suitable for the habitat of the animal.
2. Building a linen of solid wood. As a result, such a dwelling outwardly becomes similar to the natural place of residence of the squirrel - hollow.

The subtleties of building linen

• In the construction of the house, you can use any improvised wood materials: from boards and ending with the horseman.
• Material for linen must be dry.
• The optimal thickness of the whitewashing board is 20-25 mm, since such a building will last longer.
• You can’t strict boards from the side where the inner wall of the linen will be located.
• Strictly adhere to the recommended sizes.
• The bottom of the linen is better inserted inward, and not pin it outside, since such installation guarantees durability.

Belchatnik construction from the board

In order to construct a protein house, the drawing is practically not needed, since this process is very simple. For work, such materials should be prepared in advance:

1. Board 3 m long, 20 mm thick, 30 cm wide.
2. Scab or jigsaw.
3. The square.
4. Sandpaper.
5. Glue.
6. Self -tapping screws.

Preparation of components

So, in order to know how to make a house for protein first of all, you need to prepare separate details. For this, a number of actions should be performed:

1. By the length of the board, it is necessary to measure and sawn away 55 cm - this part will serve as a back wall of the linen.
2. On the same board, it should be outlined 5 cm from above and below - this will allow you to leave a place for the subsequent attachment of the house to the tree.
3. Then it is necessary to cut along the board 2 parts, each in size 25x45 cm - these will be the side walls of the house.
4. Sip a piece of 20x25cm in size, which will serve as a partition.
5. The remaining planks will play the role of the porch in the linen.

Passing the input manhole

To make the “doors” for the linen, you will need to cut round holes of the correct shape using a jigsaw. The optimal size for the “entrance door” is 7 cm. The hole of this diameter will allow the protein to feel inside the structure comfortable and not release heat outward.  Then you should carefully grind the holes to avoid damage to the animal. Often, squirrels risk getting hurt, clinging to their paws by chips.

The construction of the structure is together

After the painstaking process of preparing all the components of the structure, the linen itself should be formed from them. To do this, all fragments of the house must initially be stuck with glue. This will make sure that all the components are correctly fitted in correctness and compliance with forms. Then you can finally fix all the components through standard screws. It is important to take into account that when shaking ordinary nails, there is a risk of injury to the animal, so it is not recommended to use them.

The house is ready. After its final assembly, you can insulate the bottom, fading on it with a pac from or a little forest moss. So you give the opportunity to eliminate the small errors that arose during the construction of the linen on their own in order to provide their home with maximum comfort.

Building of a log of logs

The linen in the form of a natural hollow fits much more harmoniously into the exterior of the suburban area, since their appearance merges with the bosom of nature. In addition, structures of this type are significantly better preserve thermoregulation characteristics, they are practical and reliable, which allows the proteins to use the home for more than one year.

Building a linen from a whole log is quite simple. To do this, prepare a wooden deck characteristic of a particular forest area. It is noted that fluffy rodents prefer to populate into coniferous or oak hollows. Less attractive species of trees is a birch and aspen, but in a linen from the poplar, the animal will not live at all.

So, for the manufacture of a whole house for protein, the size of the diameter of the log should be from 45 cm. Then the following manipulations need to be carried out with the prepared tree:

• Sprinkle part of the deck 5 cm thick - it will serve as a roof for the house.
• Cut off part of the log, the height of which will be 40 cm.
• Then you should make a cavity in the upper part of the deck, which will be the immediate place of residence of the animal.
• Leave 3 cm thick on the bottom and side walls of the log.
• Cut the entrance hole with a diameter of 8 cm, which will be located on the front side of the deck.
• Close the upper part of the linen prepared by the lid.
• Fix any snag or branch with screws that will serve as a porch for the house.

How to install a house correctly?

Creating comfortable living conditions and a cozy atmosphere for an animal is the main goal that is facing the creator of the linen. For this reason, a number of the following rules must be observed:

• the linen must be fixed to the tree;
• the height of the mounting of the house should be at least 5 m from the ground level so that the animal feels safety and tranquility;
• the structure must be placed in such a way that the entrance hole “looks” on the southern or east side;
• it is impossible to fix the house with the E Laz in the direction where constant winds are directed in a particular area;
• a little moss should be held at the bottom of the linen;
• build a feeder near the house so that the fluffy tenants settled faster in a new place.

Belch house care

Over time, colonies of bacteria can form in the linen that provoke the appearance of unpleasant odors and diseases of the animals themselves. Therefore, the care of the dwelling of fluffy animals implies the mandatory cleaning of the linen at the end of the summer period.

So, the cleaning of the house includes the elimination of any contaminants, insulation materials, garbage and husks that were used by animals. Also, the walls and bottom of the linen can be wiped with a damp cloth, and then let the house dry and linen the fresh litter to the bottom.  In order to avoid contact with pathogenic microorganisms, cleansing work in rubber gloves should be carried out.

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