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Pocket Pets
The term "pocket pets" refers to small animals, often rodents that are
kept as pets and could fit in your pocket. This definition has expanded to include a few animals
that are not quite that little, but that are housed in cages. Common pocket pets include rats,
mice, rabbits, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, and ferrets as well as rodents bought to feed
other animals such as snakes. Owning a pocket pet can be a big responsibility. It is very
important that you learn how to properly take care of your pet and about diseases that it might
give to people.
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