I never had a lot of the problems most people here mentioned. If you clean the litter box daily, you should not have a problem with the smell. We kept ours in a cage with a towel and he loved to sleep under it. We never had any escape attempts. I took him out in the house on a leash regularly. I also had a corner of my room that I would let him play in. I would do this every other day at least! When I didn't have time to take him out, I would hold him. Usually he would wiggle around, but sometimes he would fall asleep on me while I was watching TV. I also had a backpack I would put him in. He came lots of places with me and loved it!