Small mammals as pets
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The domestication of small mammals to keep as pets is a relatively recent development, arising only after large-scale industrialization. Historically, Western society was more agrarian than today, wit
Pet mice enjoy company and a hiding place.
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Domesticated rat
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Fancy mouse
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A fancy mouse is a domesticated form of the house mouse, one of many species of mice, usually kept as a type of pocket pet. Fancy mice have also been specially bred for exhibiting, with shows being he
Small mammals as pets
…Animals that hunted such pests, such as terriers, ferrets and cats, were prized. Many small animals kept as household pets are rodents, including: fancy mice, fancy rats, hamsters (golden hamsters and dwarf hamsters), gerbils (Mongolian jirds and duprasi gerbils), common degus, common chinchillas, and guinea…
A black pet mouse in a hand
Albinistic mouse (notice the red eyes) with cream colored patches
Two fancy mouse pups (pinkies) with a coin for scale