myke
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i just lost my hamster and wanted to replace it with rats or gerbils.
i'd prefer the rats, but gerbils are piss funny if you get a few of them.
anyone have either?
any recommendations?
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Lynny
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i have both! would recommend gerbils, more lively! spend couple hundred on their tanks with all the tubes etc
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Forever_Hatter
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chipmunk 
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Lynny
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quote:
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chipmunk
hey you 
my mate had 4 chipmunks, we got drunk and set them free around the house, tookhim days to catch them 
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Kerry
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i have rats and to be perfectly honest although im a believer in keeping animals in pairs if you were to get a rat they are better on their own
my rats are totally unsociable because they have each other. i have been told its better to keep one rat as then they are sociable
if you want a top rodent i highly highly recommend a chincilla.
he is the most intelligent rodent i have ever had and always makes me smile. very friendly and very sociable.
also if you can get hold of degu they are an excellant rodent to have. i really miss mine 
if you really are an animal lover get yourself to your local animal sanctuary and give an unloved pet a home 
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Lynny
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lemmings are mazing! had two of them, cost £45 each though  well cute however!
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myke
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never heard of a degu.
and haven't a clue what lemmings are like, apart from the pixelated ones.
chipmunks are cool, but they like a lot of space don't they? not sure i've got room. same with chinchillas.
still got some research to do.
post pics
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Forever_Hatter
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would love a chipmunk purely due to them looking like squirrels...I love squirrels
Try something different myke....rats are lovely tho, mine used to sit up on my shoulder with his tail around my ear.
Heya lynny
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Lynny
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two of my gerbils:
And dont have any of the lemmings but heres what they look like: (much cuter in person though!)
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Kerry
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My Rats Roland and Richard
Degu
Chincilla cage
Chincilla
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Matt H
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That pic is one of those optical illusions  If you look at it for long enough you'll eventually realise that there is infact a degu in the foreground
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myke
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lemmings are tiny. way smaller than i imagined.
the gerbils and rats are quality. roland and richard look very cute.
not keen on chinchillas really. they're funny looking things.
degu looks quite cool. are they very active?
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Lynny
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iv never had problems with my gerbils in the past, but them two ^^^ (Weeble and Bob) are brothers and have had them for 2 years, suddenly few weeks ago started fighting and trying to kill eachother (ripping chunks out of eachother, blood everywhere) so seperated them not and theyre both in with one black female each i hope for little ones soon! the lemmings are tiny but theyre really cute!
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myke
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this one looks just like a russian hamster
you'll be overrun with gerbils
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
degu looks quite cool. are they very active?
more active than a hamster less active than a chipmunk
very friendlly and inquisitive
do not bite and will be handled fine
also good life span
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myke
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just read a couple of pages about them.
they seem quality. don't think i've ever seen one before though.
would you recommend the degu or a rat?
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Lynny
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my rats sleep too much imo, not as lively as the gerbils etc....
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Kerry
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
just read a couple of pages about them.
they seem quality. don't think i've ever seen one before though.
would you recommend the degu or a rat?
well as i have had degu and when i lost them both replaced them with rats i wish i had got degu from the rescue centre again as they had loads there
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myke
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i'd want something that'll just sit on you ocassionly and not constantly fidget. something i never got from the hamster untill it turned ill.
i can't imagine gerbils sit still for very long although they are damn entertaining in groups.
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Lynny
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nah my gerbils never sit still! but yes entertaining when with the rest! what about guinea pig or soemthing?
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StuartVRS
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we have one gerbil and 2 chinchillas. Hate the gerbil, chews everything all night and god damn its loud 
I love the chinchillas, as kerry said they are so intelligent and so funny, especially when you let them out running round the room. Have to be committed with them though as you really need to let them out and id also recommend getting a pair, since getting our original chinchilla's mum and puting them back together, they are so much happier and active
Pics somewhere in my garage
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myke
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had them a few years ago. they were the opposite end of the scale.
always sat in the dark side of the hutch and never liked to be handled. loved them, but they very pretty boring.
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Kerry
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Degu will sit on you
See the one in the pic!! sitting on my hand munching!
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myke
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they seem cool, Stu; i'm just not overly keen on the way they look.
think it's between degu, rat or chipmunks
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
i just lost my hamster and wanted to replace it with rats or gerbils.
i'd prefer the rats, but gerbils are piss funny if you get a few of them.
anyone have either?
any recommendations?
rats but get a big cage and have two of them - female
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