Pet rodents play an important role in homes around the world. Your personal significance in owning a pet will be very pleasing to you if you carefully consider which pet will best suit your family, your home and your lifestyle. Frustrated expectations are a major cause of people abandoning their pets, so pay careful attention to the guidelines we give you in this starter guide to keeping pet rodents in our home.Rodents such as hammers, mice, gerbils, squirrels, guinea pigs, chinchillas and beans are good examples of "pocket pets", so called because they are very small and strong, requiring less care than other types of pets. For these reasons, they make excellent first pets for children.