DS wants a hamster but obv the feckers sleep all day so what else could he get?

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guinea pig

a gerbil? or even better a rat or a guinea pig

Gerbils

But you need two

Rats are fab, but you need loads of room really.

Rats. very good pets for kids.

ooh, or a ferret.

guinea pigs...they are lovely, and don't mind being fussed. My DD1 dresses hers up

rats are great pets, they're super friendly too.

guinea pig.

Balerno SSPCA is bursting at the seams with small critters available for adoption.

and guinea pigs - I've got two - jeffrey and philip - had em 4 years - jeffrey still regards me with utter terror as if I might want him for a peruvian style barbecue, philip's pretty chilled though

Rats are rank close-dwellers.

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Balerno's the place for you!

We're headed there this weekend ourselves.

DD1 would love a rabbit, but that's out for now so we're thinking guinea pig.

was going to say rats but see they are out....

gerbils

they do sleep a lot too though

I had 7 hamsters as a child

They all met chilling ends

we've got 3 gerbils - they are awake enough during the day for a 3.7 year old. We got 3 because we couldn't bring ourselves to leave one behind! the other options is a degu (sp) they had these in pets at home and they are apparently great for young children

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we have 2 gerbils and they are awake most of the time during the day

or how about a little kitten we have that too

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you dont need 2 guinea pigs but they are very sociable animals so you'd need to fuss one a lot if it was alone.

They're lovely and squeaky!!