Talk:Small mammals as pets

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Bias
This page aint just a stub, it is extremely USA-centricUndead Herle King (talk) 03:19, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Not only that, but it seems to mostly be dedicated sugar gliders, not "Pocket Pets" in general. Most of the bottom half should probably be moved to the sugar glider article. Michael1115 (talk) 14:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, forgot to mention this, but what's with the "notes"?! I've never seen that in any other wikipedia article Michael1115 (talk) 14:40, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

The name
The name "pocket pet" may give the impression that the person looking for the "small pet" article has found something closer to a Tamagochi toy "pet". Thoughts? Maxaxle (talk) 23:26, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
 * When your post popped up on my watchlist, my first thought was "What is this, some Pokemon knockoff?". I've never heard this term used outside Wikipedia, and I would definitely support a move to some other title, if you have a suggestion. — Gavia immer (talk) 00:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
 * It is used. However, at least one source listed there includes cats and small dogs, whereas our article seems to exclude those. I'm not convinced we need an article on this, probably poorly defined, term. Ucucha 00:17, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I would not use Rodent in the title. Some of the species are not rodents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.126.90.133 (talk) 10:43, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the last three animals talked about are not rodents. Does anybody have any suggestions as to a new name? I don't think "pocket pet" works very well either (see above). AviationFreak 💬 15:07, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Small mammals as pets should work well as an alternative. Small mammal is a recognized term in zoology and can easily be defined by the International Biological Programme's 5 kg standard. This title would allow for the inclusion of hedgehogs, sugar gliders, ferrets, and other non-rodent species while remaining fairly specific. The term small mammal may be broad when used as a division of all mammals but maintains specificity in the context of pets. TheTreeHopperGuy (talk) 21:34, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Rabbits
Why are rabbits not listed on this article as pocket pets? Rabbit233 (talk) 16:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Maybe are rabbits not included because they aren't small enough to be considered pocket pets. 109.198.131.64 (talk) 12:35, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Degus
Why are degus not listed on this article as pocket pets? I think they should be on the list, as they're small enough to be considered pocket pets.