Which small critter for me?

[mousie]

I have two ratties at the moment and absolutely love them. I really do think you should look into rats

[inlovewithanimals]

what about a sugar glider or even a mouse??


Justin

[IRescue452]

Don't sugar gliders do best in groups?

[Genny]

IRescue452

Don't sugar gliders do best in groups?

I think they do ok without another one. Any that I've ever seen as pets have always been without another of the same kind. but I'm not sure.

[Blackrose]

Thank you all for the suggestions.

Life changes, keep this in mind and wait a little while after you move to decide if the time is right for more pets.

I am most definitally keeping this in mind. It is just going to be so weird after I move out because I'm going to be going from almost ten pets to one (or three if my ferts are still around - in three years Casey will be 6 and Dameon will be 5. That's old for a ferret). From my viewpoint, if I can handle ten critters, with five of them being high matinence animals, as well as highschool, work, and basketball, then having two during college wouldn't be too challenging. Whenever I'm fully confident about the amount of care I can give an animal, I'm rarely wrong.

If you must have an exotic animal to show off to your friends please adopt a Furby; they can't die of loneliness, or starve.

Okay, this quote from that hedgehog article made me laugh. LOL I must say that Furbies make excellent pets, and if you think they can't starve, you've never had to listen to one say, "Feed me! I'm hungry!" over and over again. And mine was a very big talker in the "Ah, me scared" department when left in the dark. LOL They are also a good watch pet - just set it in front of the door and if someone comes in it will wake up with a happy "Cockadoodledoo! Sun up!"

How about a Hedgehog?

I breifly thought about that, but from what I've read, they don't seem like an "interactive" pet. I must admit what turned me off was when an article about them said they tended to be "grumpy".

I thought about maybe a rabbit? Or do you want something a little more exotic than that!

I don't know if a rabbit is my cup of tea. I thought about it breifly (I LOVE Holland Lops ) but I guess I don't know enough about them. I cared for a school rabbit over winter break, but that wasn't a good experience because it wasn't tame, kicked all of the time, and was in WAY to small of a cage.

Chinchilla!

Too spastic for me. I've been around a couple and they are cute, but they are so HYPER! Like a giant Gerbil. lol

what about a sugar glider or even a mouse??

I also thought about a mouse, but their lifespan is so short. Granted they are cheap, but I wouldn't want to get attached to a cute little mouse and then have it die on me a year later.

Sugar Gliders I'm still poking around with. I've read that if you can't devote three hours with them each evening or night then you shouldn't get one, and I wouldn't be able to devote to that kind of neediness and also spend time with my dog. I've also read that they can't be litterboxed trained, so letting one run around a room for a while wouldn't be good as I'd find poop and pee everywhere afterwards.


Does anyone know of any good Rattie links? I'm going to google about them, but any favorite links would be helpful.

[Suki Wingy]

Rats are wonderfull. My dad used to breed them as pets but my brother has become incresingly allergic and his meds drastically change his behaviour so my dad's adopting out all the rats. Here's the national registry
http://www.afrma.org/
Here's some basic info:
http://www.altpet.net/rodents/rats/ratfaq.html

[Argranade]

Don't sugar gliders do best in groups?

Sometimes, but they can do great alone as long as you give them enough attention. A sugar glider I had named Billie was a great pet, I spent 2 to 3 hours every night with him and the rest of the time while I was sleeping I would let him run around my room all night, my room is very secure so there was no possible way for him to get out. When my friend took Billie in she had another female sugar glider, well Billie killed her sugar glider ripping her apart. Usualy sugar gliders do well together but I geuss Billie was not like that sadly.

There's also those excotic mice that look like kangaroo's,

Also have you heard of Richardson Ground Squierls?

Oh there's also small birds lol, you can buy hand fed finches in beautiful colours, they'll follow you around and can live from 5 to 10 years old depending on the breed and how well it's taken care of, not loud and easy to afford, they just need a small cage, a few toys, seeds and water. If you want you can pair 2 together.

You can buy excotic finches.