I would like a new animal but not a cat or a dog any ideas?

Question

I would like a new animal but I dont want anything like a dog or a cat so if you have any ideas let me know? I was thinking like a hamster but they smell I heard so if you have any facts on hamsters that would help too.

Answer 1

Some choices:

1- Kodiak Bear
2- Rhinoceros
3- Silverback Gorilla
4- Hippopotamus
5- Moose

You can't go wrong with any of these choices!!!

Answer 2

I had a hamster, and if you keep their cage clean they don't really smell! The sad thing with hamsters is that they unfortunately do not live very long. But they are nice pets to have if you keep them in a nice clean cage. If you don't want a hamster you could get a bird, or maybe a fish which is very easy to take care of. Rabbits are nice to have, but you have to clean out there cages ALOT. If you go to Petsmart or Petco, they can tell you alot about anykind of pet and which kind would be the best for you!

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Hamsters, Guinea pigs, and rabbits all get a bad rap for odor problems. It's lazy humans who are to blame for cages left uncleaned too long and raising a stink, not the poor critter who cannot escape the odor of it's cage, but would if it could. Rather than a hamster, may I suggest a cavie (Guinea pig), as they are more cuddly than a hamster, make neat noises to greet you, and are a more highly interactive pet than any hamster I've ever seen. And are as easily cared for. Clean bedding, water with vitamin supplement, some fresh fruit and veggies for treats, (NO LETTUCE, it can kill them!), and hay to munch on, and the rest is just needing to be handled and petted, occasionally their nails need trimmed, too. Just be careful not to go so short you make them bleed, their nails have a blood supply much like dogs do.

Answer 4

It depends what you want a pet for really and if space is a problem.

If you have a small place and dont spend a lot of time at home I'd say get some tropical fish they are very theraputic to watch, and, when you get the hang of it easy to care fore. You can also leave them food that dissolves over a few days so no-one has to look after them if you go away!

If you want a tactile pet I'd say get a gerbil! We have one and he is great fun, they are very sociable, mine lives in a fish tank and we fill it with sawdust, he makes tunnels and its interesting watching him burrow! He loves to come out and sit on your shoulder, he isn't too smelly either!

The other option is a bird, there are so many to choose from, and they are also sociable. If you got the right type it would be able to learn to copy you. The downside of that is it can pick up any annoying noises you have in your home, lol.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

gerbils all the way.

Gerbils are social, athletic, active, curious, bold, and extremely cute little rodents. Gerbils live in "clans" or family units of two or more. They are ready to come out and play any time day or night and can take a lot of handling. They like to gnaw cardboard and dig tunnels.

Gerbils handled gently and from a young age enjoy people and handling and will beg to come out. If you don't have the time to play every day, that's okay too. Although people are fun, great playgrounds, and fine food dispensers, gerbils have their cagemate for company too. If your gerbils are handled too infrequently, they will become less tame. Gerbils appreciate a run outside their tank in a gerbil-proofed room at least once a week.

It is best to get your gerbil pair very young (5-7 weeks), ideally from a breeder who has been handling the gerbil since birth, to get the most friendly and people-oriented pet. A young gerbil is about 75% the size of an adult and is not filled out (skinny and light weight).

Gerbils are easy to care for and inexpensive to house (a 10 gallon tank with cover, water bottle, and plenty of cardboard and home made toys is the perfect setup for a pair).They are practically odorless and being desert animals produce very little liquid waste -- they can easily go two weeks or three between tank cleaning.

Gerbils are amusing to watch and make for plenty of great photo opportunities.

Smell -- The fur has an extremely faint hay/kennel smell, similar to bunny fur. They are the least smelly of the pet rodents and quite kissable. They urinate infrequently and the smell of the urine is mild (less than a dog, no sign of the amonia like a cat or hamster). Solid waste is small and hard and is usually restricted to one area.


gerbils are great. They are dinural, so are awake night and day. They get very excited about any new thing you put into the tank for them and will immediately explore it. You can make cardboard buildings/tunnels for them and they will love crawling into, through, over, and on them. Then they will gnaw it all up. You can house two for a $25 10 gallon set up. They are by far the cleanest of all the small pets, so bedding is not a big expense. They live in clans and groom, nest, play together. You can house up to seven boys in one tank (five gallons of space per gerbil). They are easy to breed and both mother and father are great parents. Gerbils come in about 40 colors and varieties. They are not a big commitment as the life span is about 3 1/2 years. I have twenty something gerbils. One tank of four colorful boys is in the family room on top of the television. They are more interesting than the majority of shows, so I'll sit with the family and watch "Gerbils TV" instead. Cats also love gerbil TV.

Answer 6

There's always fish. :) I love mine. Low maintenance and they can serve as cat TV.

From the link below...
"Types of Hamsters

* Syrian hamsters are the most common type kept as pets. These should be kept one to a cage (they will fight if kept together).
* Dwarf hamsters (Campbell's and winter white Russian hamsters, Roborovski hamsters) are more social and are probably better kept with others of the same species, but they should be introduced at a young age.
* Chinese hamsters are similar in size to the dwarf hamsters but is not a true dwarf hamster. Sometimes they get along with other Chinese hamsters, but often they do not."

Answer 7

As I don't know what your expectatiions are from a pet, except that you don't want a dog or a cat or an animal that "smells", this is a bit tough to answer, but small rodents are cool; my favorite are female rats. They are smart, and actually clean, but as with any pet, you have to do your part and clean the cage, the exercise wheel and roaming ball, keep water and food clean. Rats are sociable and they really don't deserve their bad rep (domestic/lab rats anyway).
It depends on how much care and time and $$$ you want to invest, but every pet takes some care!!!!!!!!!! Think on this.
Spiders? Like tarantulas?
Emperor scorpions? (Sting will hurt but venom not harmful to us and as with spiders they don't tend to sting or bite what they are walking on if not threatened by sudden movements or pokes and prods and such.)

Answer 8

This is such an open ended question....Here goes:
Birds:
Hands on- Parakeet, Conure, Cockatiel
Hands off- Finches

Rodents:
Hands on- Rat ( I SWEAR they are awesome pets, they really are clean, social and don't bite- mice do sometimes)
Hands off- Hampster (They are very nearsighted and can be very nippy because they cannot see you coming. -Granted not all are nippers- buy lots of those tubes and run them everywhere and watching them play though is great fun)

Fish:
Hands on- Tropical community or Salt water tanks
Hands off- Bettas or goldfish

"Alternative":
Hands on- any of the lizards/ monitors or snakes. Just research them well first! They do take some setting up of environment. I love my Chinese Water Dragon! We get lot's of compliments when we go anywhere.
Hands off- Any of the Turtles, Frogs or Arachnids.
They too require some set up, but thanks to timers etc can be very easy to care for.

Answer 9

Well the cages don't smell if you clean them once a week. But don't disturb their beds when you do clean them.

I suggest dwarf hamsters. They are the absolute cutest! But make sure you hold it a lot when it is young so it gets used to being held and doesn't bite.

Answer 10

Gold Fish its the best even i got some gold fish in a bowl of water next to my bed since i didnt want a cat or dog its so over rated i love my gold fishes