Small mammals as pets
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title:
Small mammals as pets
text:
The domestication of small mammals to keep as pets is a relatively recent development, arising only after large-scale industrialization. Historically, Western society was more agrarian than today, with rodents as a whole seen as vermin that were carriers for disease and a threat to crops. Animals that hunted such pests, such as terriers and cats, were prized. Many small animals kept as household pets are rodents, including: fancy mice, fancy rats, hamsters, gerbils, common degus, common chinchil
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_mammals_as_pets
date created:
2005-06-08T04:36:59Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T20:10:53Z
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