I know they can be very destructive but I still like them. We had one that we trained to eat out of our hands. She would sit on our laps, take her peanut, run and hide it and then return for more. She would go on for hours doing this if you didn't quit. She would also run up your leg and into your pocket to get her peanut. She disappeared one day and haven't seen her since. I'm guessing a bigger critter got her. Funny, how I still check to see if she might be back