To consider getting my DD (10) guinea pigs?
The main thing that puts me off is they'd likely have to stay in her room and I'm worried about smell. I'm menopausal and have as a result annoyingly developed a Marvel superhero level sense of smell. There is plenty of room and she's very responsible and I know would look after them but imagine they are pretty stinky. We have a dog who I love but if I had had this sense when we were getting him we would never have ended up getting him as he absolutely stinks to me though others can't smell it (both in our family and others who don't live with us reassure me he doesn't smell horrendous so I am pretty certain it is my overactive sense of smell!)
Also what do people do with pets like this when they go on holiday? We have a dog who happily goes to a lovely small family run kennels if we go away and he can't come, but they don't take guinea pigs!
She started with a request for a hamster but after doing a bit of research has discovered a lot of them don't really like attention/handling and are prone to biting. Though I think she also just thought we would be more likely to say yes as it is a smaller cage.