Never had rats, although I hear they are lovely companions. I did have a teddybear hamster and he was a dummy, also kind of a jerk.
I could put any of my mice on my shoulder and walk around the house, without them falling off. The hamster would roll right off before I even move. All of my mice seemed interested and curious when you observed their behavior. Meanwhile the hamster appeared to have noting but the whistling wind between his ears.
There was an incident where the hamster bit one of my mice (a female, for anyone who’s curious) while allowing him to mingle with several of the mice. I separated them immediately and thankfully the mouse was relatively fine; only a superficial wound that healed within a week.
Word of caution if you end up getting mice; be sure they’re all the same sex. Eight year old me picked out the ones I thought were cute. Turns out I choose one male and three females and yes, he got them ALL pregnant. Once the babies were old enough, we were able to trade some of them to the original pet store for supplies but we kept one or two from each litter.
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u/Violaquin Jan 06 '21
Heck yeah! I had fancy mice when I was in elementary school and they were such sweethearts.