Pocket pet

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Pocket pet is a term commonly used to refer to any small mammal kept as a pet. This includes mostly rodents such as hamsters, gerbils, fancy mice, fancy rats, and guinea pigs. However, non-rodent pets such as ferrets and rabbits are sometimes categorized as pocket pets.

The physical ability to fit an animal into one's pocket is not necessarily a requirement to call it a pocket pet.