[quote Ponoka7]@SelkieQualia
"A rabbit would be a far better choice"
It's cruel to have one rabbit. Rabbits aren't really pets. We started keeping them in hutches as an easy meat supply. Rabbit is a global food source. There's only a small list of rodents that we can keep without them living in misery, or at least neglected for their real needs. You know how isolation and not going outside kept us alive at the start of Covid, but unhappy? That's how life is for animals that we keep in cages.[/quote]
I had rabbits when I was younger, they were only in their hutch over night, were usually out from around 8am until 10pm (or later, sometimes out all night if they refused to go in, they had plenty of hiding places in the garden), came in the house as well as the door would be left open. They seemed happy, digging tunnels, killing off all the plants, terrorizing the cats.
Not that I'd have a rabbit again, they are a lot of work and a huge responsibility. I am interested in having a pair of degu one day, but I'd also love to have rats.
Another option for OP is a hamster. They also throw poo out of their cage and are adorable. Ours had two cages connected with a tube so she had a bit of room to roam at night, but we'd also have her out in a hamster ball every evening and would set up boxes and tubes either in the bath or on the sofa for her to explore, with treats hidden amongst them - obviously my sister and I would be watching closely to make sure she didn't escape! And the cats would be locked out.