Everything you ever
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Rodents as Pets
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Rip Roaring Rodents as Pets
Keeping rodents as pets finds an ever growing number of
pet owners who find they very much enjoy their pet rodents
and find that most rodents are fairly easy to take care of
and require little space as compared to many of the larger pets.
Members of the order Rodentia (ro-den'che-ah), commonly
known as rodents, include
beavers
chinchillas
chipmunks
degus
dormice
gerbils
groundhogs
hamsters
lemmings
marmots
mice
multimammate mice
porcupines
prairie dogs
rats
squirrels
(Although rabbits and hares have similar teeth
they are not classed as rodents but are in the order
Lagomorpha.)
There are squirrel like rodents and there are mouse like rodents.
In the wild, rodents are found world wide with the exception of
Antarctica and in almost every habitat.
Here you will find one of the most comprehensive guides to rodent
care and keeping as pets on the Internet. We invite you to browse
through our library of pet rodent care, enjoy yourself and above
all, we hope that because of your visit to us, you will be better
able to take care of your pet rodent.
Select any link below to find out more about each topic.

This section on Rodents is brought to you by our
two pet Guinea Pigs Huey and Dewey
All About Rodents as Pets
Are Your Pet Rodents Buggy?
Care of Captive Rodents - Choosing a Cage for Your
Pet Rodent
Care of Captive Rodents - Choosing Bedding for Your Pet
Rodent
Care of Captive Rodents - Environmental
Enrichment for Pet Rodents
Care of Captive Rodents- Exercise Wheels and Balls for
Rodents
Care of Captive Rodents - Food and Water for Your Pet Rodent
Care of Captive Rodents - General Care for Your Pet Rodent
Care of Captive Rodents - How to Find the Sex of
Your Pet Rodents
Care of Captive Rodents - Infanticide-Causes
and Cures
Care of Captive Rodents - Introducing New Rodents to Your
Current Rodent Pets
Care of Captive Rodents - Rodents and Their Teeth
Care of Captive Rodents - Safe Handling of Your Pet Rodent
Care of Captive Rodents - When and How to
Clean the Cage
Congestive Heart Failure in Rodents
Home Remedies for Bumblefoot in Rodents
How to Keep Your Pet Rodents Free of External Parasites
Introduction to the Rodent as a Pet

Chinchillas
Interesting Facts about Chinchillas
Interesting Facts about Chinchillas Continued
Introduction to Chinchillas as Pets
Important Facts to Know Before You Decide to Keep a Chinchilla as a Pet
What to Feed Your Pet Chinchillas
Gerbils
A Day in the Life of a Mongolian Gerbil
How to Introduce a New Gerbil to Your
Other Gerbils
Introduction to Gerbils as Pets
What is My Gerbil Trying to Tell Me?
What to Give Your Gerbil for Its
Birthday
Groundhogs
All About Woodchucks
Can a Groundhog Make a Good Pet?
Caring for an Orphaned Groundhog
Celebrating Groundhog Day!
Introduction to the Woodchuck (Groundhog) as a Pet

Hamsters
Interesting Facts and Tips about Hamsters
More Interesting Facts and Tips about Hamsters
Mice
Breeding Mice
How to Prepare for Breeding Your Mice
Introduction to African Pygmy Mice as Pets
Mouse Facts
More Mouse Facts
Rats
Fun Toys for Your Pet Rat
Introduction to Rats as Pets
Introduction to the Black Rat
Some Interesting Facts about Rats
Some Interesting Facts about Rats - Part 2
Some Interesting Facts about Rats - Part 3
Some Interesting Facts about Rats - Part 4
The Rat Quiz - How Much Do You Know about Your Little Ratty Friend?
Tumors in Rats
Fun with Rats
A Ratty Vocabulary
Cooking with Rats
Humor - Excuses for Getting More Rats
Humor for Rodent Owners
Humor for Rodent Owners - Page 2
Humor - Fun with Ratties
Humor - Rat Property Laws and Rights
Humor - The Seven Wonders of the Rat World
Humor - Pet Rocks, Pet Rats, and the Element Rattium
Ratty Products We'd Like to See

Squirrels
Breeding Your Pet Southern Flying Squirrels
How to Feed Your Pet Southern Flying Squirrel
Introduction to Southern Flying Squirrels as Pets
The African Pygmy Squirrel
The Best Cage for Your Pet Southern Flying
Squirrel
Sugar Gliders
Interesting Facts about Sugar Gliders
Adorable Stuffed Plush Rodents & all Animals
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