What are some really good pets that are rodents?

My 3 year old hamster just died and I'm wondering what are some other pets that are also rodents?|||okay where do i begin?


ill start with the ones most similar to hamsters


鈥?gerbil- i dont recommend i dont think there as nice as hamsters





鈥ice - very fun and cute and easy to take care of. (possible drawback)= if u buy more than one they breed very easily.





鈥at - love em! they are so friendly and lovable. there much more sociable than hamsters and they are very intelligent. so that means you can teach them tricks. (possible drawback) = some people find them kind of "icky" because of their tails are long and bald. lol





鈥abbit - love em more! how do i put this?... their like a cat mixed with a hamster. they are super lovable and cuddable and social. they are so sweet and adorable. they are super fun pets. they will play games with you like hide n seek. they are smart so u can teach them many trix!





鈥?*sugarglider - (*havent had these before), but i wanted to get one and never did. they are super adorable and they look kinda like squirrels with a rabbit face i would say maybe. they have flaps underneath their arms and they can leap into the air and glide down. they are pretty cool pets if u are interested you should read up on them or google them.





鈥?chinchilla - they are like a rodent version of a cat kinda. my mom always tells me i should get one but i havent got to them yet. she loved em a lot i would just probably read up on them i know they will make a great pet they are super cute when i see em at the pet store i would highly recommend googling a chinchilla so u can at least see if it is a possible pet choice for you.





鈥erret - they are wonderful pets! i know i have said this about a lot of the pets but, they are like cats. lol! you can let them run freely thorugh your house or you can put them in a cage but its funner to let them roam like a cat. they are super playful they make lots of toys for ferrets too. you can take them on walks with this little mini leash or harness for ferrets that you can buy at a pet store. they will also run it those plastic hamster balls if you buy a big ferret sized one. you can get tubes like the hamster tubes sometimes, at some stores they have ferret tubes. they are sociable and they all have different personalites. they make wonderful pets you will just fall in love with one if you get one. they are super nice too. as long as you buy em from a good breeder or pet store that is. like all animals, if they are getting mistreated or neglected, not getting fed, then some will become aggressive.|||Ferrets are carnivores, NOT rodents, and are much more complex pets than most rodents. And before anyone says rabbits, rabbits aren't rodents either. Neither are sugar gliders.





Rats are the best rodent pets IMO...they become very cuddly and tame, learn tricks and are extremely intelligent and sweet animals. They need a big cage, company from another rat, and lots of human attention, but they are quite easy to keep.





Other rodent pets are:





Gerbils


mice


guinea pigs





Some less common rodent pets are:





Chipmunks


flying squirrels


jirds


jerboas


multimammate mice


dormice


duprasi


richardson's ground squirrels|||my friend had a lot of hamsters 1 after another and she loved and cared for them all,,,, just cuz your hamster died does'nt mean you should swich pets there are loads of hamster types that you can choose from that are available in the pet shop which all have their own individual personallities e.g syrians, longhaired, teddy bear, drarf, winter whites, russian, chinese dwarfs, robo and sooooooo many more :)|||ferret-can be litter trained and are cute and, sometimes, more playful. like other person said, not actually a rodent, but rodentlike, it is a weasel. Weasels are carnivorous, but dont worry, you just feed thing special bag food not actual meat.





another hamster- obviously cute.





Rabbit- not a rodent its in the family lagomorpha (dunno scientist just are weird with this stuff but thats how it is)





Rats/mice- both are very cute. But me, I like the larger animals, they don't get lost as easy so rats are a good pic. But mice are a more carryable size I guess.





Squirrel- a little bit odd but a good pet.





Guinea pig- very cute, they make those awesome squeak squeak noises that are very cute.





Chinchilla- there a little bit more exotic but some can be very sweet





Skunk- not rodent, weasel. But as you may think, they are not stinky cause they have the "stink gland" removed. Once you get the stink thing over your head they are very cute animals.





Armadillo- Not a rodent, I think its cingulada, im not sure gotta look it up, rodentlike with a shell, and to some people very cute





There are various other rodents/rodent like animals, most of which are exotic species you never heard of. One of which is called a sugar glider. Its cool, like a gliding squirre|||My friend had 2 gerbils and they were great. Fast little creatures, they're like hamsters with a cute tail. They do live up to around 2-3 years, or longer with good care. There are also rats who are social rodents. They too live up to 2-3 years or longer. This is the life expectancy of most rodents, but they do make very good pets, as long as you get them from a good place.|||A good rodent would be a rabbit, they are one of the less messy rodents and they are very friendly and cuddly. Also they are very easy to take care of and you can train them to use a litter box. I have a rabbit and I am soo happy that she is litter box trained b/c it is so much easier to clean her cage.|||Rats!!!!





Rats are cute, affectionate and can be trained to do simple tricks!





I had a Rat named Oz..he was the best, he would sit on my shoulder and give me little nuzzles.








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Hello People... Ferrets are NOT rodents! The are weasels...they eat rodents.|||My favorite rodent to keep would mice. They're small and cute and relatively easy to take care of. They're also generally very hand tame with little effort.


Good Luck!|||rats are they best and so our guinea pigs|||my hamster died too. im getting a ferret. u should get one too|||a ferret ! so cute .