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| Gerbil |
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| Sugar Glider |
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| Ferret |
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Last Login: 12/2/2009 3:23:50 PM
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Once more, don't choose a rodent you already have! By the way, my hamster is Chili, so please come and vote for her!  She'd appreciate it!
Valerie & the ham! 
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| I picked sugar glider, because they are awesome!
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| i voted g pig i have a hamster and rabbit ps rabbits are not rodents!! razzy and beanz
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i already have a hamster so i choose a chinchilla because they are so cute, friendly, furry,
and adorable !!!!! Got to love hamsters and chinchillas !!!!!!!!
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Rabbits are NOT rodents. They are lagomorphs, which are closely related to horses. They are closer to monkeys and humans than to rodents!
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BlancDeHotot (12/3/2010)
Rabbits are NOT rodents. They are lagomorphs, which are closely related to horses. They are closer to monkeys and humans than to rodents!
And again neither are ferrets or hedgehogs!
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To classify an animal comes down to someone's opinion over another's. I think that guinea pigs and rabbits are very similar in what they eat, and it's hard for me to consider that guinea pigs are categorized as rodents and rabbits aren't.
JOSHUA
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urofan (12/8/2010)
To classify an animal comes down to someone's opinion over another's. I think that guinea pigs and rabbits are very similar in what they eat, and it's hard for me to consider that guinea pigs are categorized as rodents and rabbits aren't.
Rabbits aren't rodents - they are lagomorphs.
Rabbits are actually more closely related to horses than they are to mice. Rabbits and horses share similarities in their diet and in their method of digesting food. For more info on rabbit digetion, check out this article on how the rabbit digestive system works.
If you learn about the anatomy of rabbits and the anatomy as guinea pigs, you would be shocked how different they are. However, the anatomy of horses and rabbits are VERY similar. Their digestive system works the same way. The skeleton of rodents is also very different than a rabbit.
So look at a skeleton of a hamster and one of a guinea pig. And then you can easily tell why guinea pigs are rodents and rabbits aren't. It always makes me angry when guinea pig people complain about this. Do some research and then see if you have a reason to complain!
Article: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/exploring-a-rabbits-unique-digestive-system.html
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I like rabbits as much as I like guinea pigs but there wasn't any rabbits for sale when I went shopping for a pet. I don't feel I'm qualified for adopting small animals yet because I haven't spent enough time learning how to care for small animals that have problems.
JOSHUA
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Not all shelter pets are sick... and that is one more thing I hate about the common world... everybody thinks all animals from the shelter are sick, abused, and old.
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