Originally Posted by
Cryptic
Absolutely. Small animals don't stink if you give them enough of the proper bedding and keep them clean.
Although I've often wondered about the domesticity of small animals. While my hamster is certainly more "tame" than a wild hamster...you couldn't just march out to Syria and expect a wild hamster to let you pick it up or eat a mealworm out of your hand...I'm not sure small animals can be truly domesticated. My hamster still lives in a burrow - it's just one I provided for him. He still caches food. If he gets startled by me or the cat, he still exhibits the same "freeze" behavior he would if he felt threatened in the wild.
While I don't think animals used to indoor living with humans should be turned out (and why would we want to) I'm not sure that small pets domesticate in the same way that we thinks cats and dogs do (a whole other debate in itself).
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