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Originally posted by mlsracer

So my fiancé and I were shopping today and came across Pocket Pets in a mall. After talking with the guy we walked away to give it some thought. After looking up the company we decided against getting one from that seller. However, we're still interested in getting a few but have some questions.

1. How loud are they during the night? Sleeps pretty important with the work I'm in.

Mine are in the other room, I rarely hear them at night, but sometimes I can hear barking if house is very quite. In the same room, running on wheels, running around cage, jumping and landing can make noise but nothing terrible. Only real lous noise is if they squabble, they can make a very loud noise for a few seconds, out link gets bullied by mary some nights and he makes a very loud noise to tell her to go away. It lasts for 3 to 6 seconds.

2. My work schedule is pretty different. I work 10-12 24 hour shifts a month (not in a row). I know they require a good amount of attention so I want to make sure that's okay.

The more time you can give them the better, but if you have several they will have each other to sleep with and keep company.

3. Aside from the attention they require, how would you rate the level of their care? I've owned a good number of reptiles in the past, but these are a new world to me.

Food preparation is the longest, but I make for 11. so 4 to 6 liters of OHPW per batch, 4 gallons of veggies, 2 gallons fruits, cleaning 4 kitchens with food holders every night. cage cleanup is not bad, you shouldn't clean the whole cage anyway.

4. I would like to get two females if I can. I'm reading that they will be the least smelly. Is it possible to keep them without any smell?

Animals smell, dogs, cats, etc. I don't think they smell hardly at all compared to a ferret, I can smell a strong ferret scent from 2 feet away at petstore. I can pick one glider up and give a big smell and very little scent, but I have NO unneutered males. During trips on my shoulder to kitchen they get live mealworms, this will cause them to poo during this trip lots of times, sometimes the poo pellet is pretty stinky but its solid and goes right in the trashcan. We have a few they like to pee on you as soon as they are on you, at times this very small amount of liquid is almost odorless and at times is strong.
Cage from across room is not smelly, when I walk by it and can smell a medium odor I know its been a week or so and cage needs to be clean.


Thanks for the help!

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