I posted a question asking which would make a better pet between mouse, rat, gerbil, or hampster, but now I want to expand on it. Which of these would be better: mouse, gerbil, guinea pig, rat, chinchilla, or snake? Please include positives and negatives in your answers thanks!
2007-01-21 14:32:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
All of them smell really bad if you don't clean the cage on a very regular basis. I would say a Chinchilla because they are very soft and friendly. Plus you would get to watch it roll around in its dust bath (very cute to see). Gerbils are very high-strung, hamsters are too lazy.. guinea pigs are too "squeaky".. rats make good pets, and so do snakes. But would you want frozen mice in your freezer to feed the snake? lol. Soo, I'd say the chinchilla.
2007-01-21 14:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the others but I've had gerbils and dwarf hampsers and they were cute and everything but they bite if you actually go to hold them. Probably would be the same situation with a mouse and rat They are fun to watch tho cuz they have a lot of toys you can give them. My friend has guinea pigs. You can hold them but they aren't as fun to watch. they dont play as much. My other friend has a snake and loves it but it depends on it your a snake person. it will crawl around you fingers. Never knew any1 who had a chinchilla but I was thinking about getting one someday and hope it will be friendlier than my gerbils and hampsters were!
2007-01-21 14:51:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your mice won't bite you if you move slowly and give them time to get used to you..mine are the most lovable little things..i let them out every so often, and they'll climb all over me..con:watch out..they aren't house-trained!!but they are extremely easy to take care of..rats have bare tails, long noses, and beady eyes..lol! a snake is not exactly a pet you'd want to "pet", is it?! do you want to spend a 100 bucks for a chinchilla?gerbils are pretty much like the mice for pets..guinea pigs are more cuddly, but mine took longer to tame than the mice..they also make this lovely sound like a little stream rippling!
2007-01-21 15:18:34 · answer #3 · answered by Spunkyangel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 01:15:57 · answer #4 · answered by kunkle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had gerbils, mice, and hamsters (not hampsters!) before I got into rats. Since I've had rats, there's no going back to the other pocket pets for me.
Pros:
Rats are playful and they really want to interact with you, like small dogs.
Rats rarely, if ever bite. They would rather give you whisker kisses and exploratory nibbles.
Rats adapt very easily to your life-style, and they will wake up happy and ready to entertain you.
Cons:
Short life-spans. Rats only live, on average, 2 to 3 years. Some make it to 4 years, others rarely to 5 years.
Rats get three ailments in old age that young people might not be able to handle. Females can get tumors, males can get hind-end degeneration, and both get mycoplasmosis (respiratory disease).
More on caring for you rats:
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2007-01-21 15:51:30 · answer #5 · answered by spazrats 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a Chinchilla.
They are very cut when they take dust baths. Cons messy whe dust bath
2007-01-22 02:51:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a chinchilla!there super nice and easy to take care of
2007-01-21 15:01:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say a teddy bear hamster. That breed is very nice and cuddly and don't bite a lot.
2007-01-21 14:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by Monica H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you go to a search engine, and do the research. It would be quicker.
2007-01-21 14:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by kallmetigger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One vote for sasquatch.
2007-01-21 14:45:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋