[Quiet Man Cometh]

If I were to get a rodent again it would be another rat. Infinitely superior to hampsters in my view, though my hampster was awsome while he lasted. They aren't nocturnal, so no running on wheels or shaking the cage door through all hours of the night, they don't kick shavings all over the floor, and they are pretty homey creatures, in that when they get out or wander loose (something we would allow quite a bit) they could usually find their way back to their cage when they felt like it. And it's really fun to answer the door on halloween with rats on your shoulders. :D

The pet and even kid situation with apartments is getting so bad here that there was even talk about passing some manner of legislation to limit what appartments can demand since so many people with pets and even kids are finding it really hard to find affordable places to stay. If i could have any pet I liked, (and not need a job so I could look after it easily) I'd look into a sugar glider.