The Guinea Pig that [versed] The Hamster - Who will I get?

The guinea pig is definitely great for eating vegetable pieces and stuff that you would normally toss out and I eat lots of vegetables so I very rarely used hamster food. The panda bear and black bear hamsters are definitely friendly and playfull. the guinea pigs need more food and because they are bigger they need a bigger cage. Guinea pigs smell a lot more! Hamsters are definitely easier for travelling with cuz they are smaller. Guinea pigs are noisy when their hungry or mad. If u are kinda lazy sometimes and want to sneak into your room to leave your school stuff there without feeding/watering/petting the guine pig will SQUEAL! Hamsters don't really make noises except for their hamster wheel at night (you can remove it or there is a great article on reversing a hamsters sleep cycle on yahoo) but when their cleaning themselves they will make this quiet little squeak that really cool. I have had 3 guinea pigs and 3 hamsters. I just got my black bear hamster yesterday! I have to say hamsters are definitely better. And for the mom thing, tell her to give u one chance to prove that you can be responsible about an animal and say if it becomes a problem to schoolwork or you fall behind on taking care of it etc.. That you will find another home for them. Hope that article helps. P.S. If you don't bathe a guinea pig about every month they get smelly. You also have to clip their nails. Hamsters nails don't really grow and they clean themselves!!!