Work-related question

[jay]

The small furry rodents that sometimes live in an assemblage of little chambers, connected by tunnels or passageways, with the habitat set out on a tabletop... are those hamsters, guinea pigs, or something else?

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[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Umm, depends on what state you're in. In this state, they're probably hamsters. Guinea pigs are somewhat larger and usually don't have the elaborate setups you describe. In other states, they could be gerbils (I had these as a kid), but those are illegal here in CA.

[geekchick]

those are illegal here in CA.

Huh. I did not know that.

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

So are ferrets. Which is one of the reasons why there was a guy running for Gov. on a pro-ferret-legalization platform. :^)

[geekchick]

I knew about the ferrets, my friend Steve used to bemoan the fact that he wasn't allowed to have one all the time. I'll have to ask if he voted for the pro-ferret guy. =)

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Gerbils are illegal here? Really? I did not know that. I bet it has something to do with feral gerbils being vectors for disease that could endanger things like salt-water harvester mice -- but then again, *mice* aren't illegal.

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't know. I just know that I had them in NY, and wasn't allowed to have them here. Or maybe it was my sis that wasn't allowed, since I was a teen and she was still a kid when we got here in the late 70's. And you never EVER see them in the petstores here, so I think it's still the case. I just don't know WHY. I suppose we could look it up on the Internet. After all "the internet knows EVERYTHING! And some of it's even true!" ;^)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

As long as they *could* be hamsters, I won't look silly ;-). The reference actually pertains to interconnected human habitats...

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

Human habitats on tabletops??

And who says you won't look silly? I think it's WAAAY too late for THAT, Brian!

*ducks and runs for cover*