Considering A Rodent As A Pet

The rodent unbroken as pet most often is the Golden Hamster, besides called Syrian Hamster. So-called Teddybear or Black Bear hamsters are besides breeds of golden hamsters.

But besides four species of smaller hamsters are popular pets, often called dwarf hamsters. These are Roborovski hamster, (Phodopus roborovskii) often called Roborovski, the chinese stripy rodent (Cricetulus griseus) and the two race of Phodopus sungorus, the winter white russian dwarf rodent (Phodopus sungorus sungorus) and Campbell's dwarf rodent (Phodopus sungorus campellii).

The care of the dwarf hamsters is similar to that of the golden hamster, but there are differences in feeding and housing inevitably and temperament. Winter whites and Campell's are fairly