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May 2012
Can you guess what the exotic rodent below is? It has joined our clan this month, is being won over by pecans, and has a long beautiful tail.
What can you find on Crittery?
Enquire about available exotic rodents.
Crittery can advise on sourcing your exotic rodent and small mammal(s) and is very keen to make links with educational colleges and private owners.
Crittery provides information on common and exotic rodents or small mammals such as African Pygmy Mice, African Pygmy Dormice, Fancy Mice, Harvest Mice, Mongolian Gerbils, Mouselike Hamsters, Steppe Lemmings and Zebra Mice amongst others.
See information on care, natural enrichment, environment and illness as well as issues such as split-caging gerbils and introducing new mice. Videos can be found on the behaviour pages.
We have a list of useful resources for exotic rodents and pet supplies under Links.
Don't forget to check out our Gallery for photos of our past, current and foster exotic animals.
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Rescue Rodents
See the UK Rodent Rescue Map to locate UK rescues that takes in common or exotic rodents.
Crittery aims to encourage getting exotic or common rodents from rescue or ethical breeders; pet shops often give poor advice and some are supplied by rodent farms. Please see our section on rescue rodents for details of rodents that need homes.
Before you take in that cute rodent staring at you in the pet shop - take a moment to think of all the rodents currently being cared for in rescue. Unwanted litters from pet-shop missexing happen remarkably frequently, so you can still get them as pups. In many cases they will have been socialised more with humans!