so, jade decided on getting degus. I must admit I absolutely love them!!
does anyone else keep or have any experience with keeping them?
does anyone else keep or have any experience with keeping them?
degus!!! :) :)
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At first I thought you meant "tegu", but I googled it and see, "The degu is a small caviomorph rodent that is endemic to the Chilean matorral ecoregion of central Chile. "
I've never heard of them. But my grandson has a big tegu.
I've never heard of them. But my grandson has a big tegu.
Several years ago my sister purchased 2 as Christmas gifts for her daughters. The pet store assured her they were females, which was correct....however apparently they were pregnant females! Much to her surprise one had 8 babies, the next day the other had 7....and the pet store would not take them back! They were very cute and social....but 17 is WAY too many degu. She is a college professor and was lucky enough to find homes for them...but it was quite an experience!
jade called.. one got out when she was feeding! she got it back in though, lesson learned I hope lol
spud's_mum
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Awe they're so cute!
Glad she managed to catch it.
so am i! the little guys can actually 'loose' about half there tail as a defence but thankfully both safely home with tails intact
spud's_mum
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Same with gerbils!
I never touch their tails as I am terrified that they would loose theirs
so I think now we have decided on names... baldrick and hamish
so the little guys are settling in, and it's obvious who the dominant one is...
That's a pretty cute little animal. Do they bite? What do you feed them?
they are yvonnee, so much fun to watch. they are on pellets just now, but diet is a strict issue. they are 'diabetic' so homework must be done.. have found a degu forum but it's purely for research I won't be jumping ship . no bites (yet) , but one will hand feed . bit of time and they will tame, its even possible to taech them tricks
same here! I think it's around half they 'loose' , however it's painful and won't regenerate. @spudsmum will know more than me
these guys are awesome!! baldrick is already coming and sitting on my hands but still won't allow me to pet him. hamish doesn't like me yet but is warming to jade
so today's goal is to build up a 'table' for the cage, also going to try cover the 2 sides and back with plexi to keep the sawdust in the cage.
make do and mend part 2
jades ordered a playpen so when that arrives i'll be able to tackle the inside and add a second level
make do and mend part 2
jades ordered a playpen so when that arrives i'll be able to tackle the inside and add a second level
so today's goal is to build up a 'table' for the cage, also going to try cover the 2 sides and back with plexi to keep the sawdust in the cage.
make do and mend part 2
jades ordered a playpen so when that arrives i'll be able to tackle the inside and add a second level
Have you thought about coroplast? I think it's lighter than plexi. People use it a lot for guinea pig (and other rodent cages).
we have plexi we had for inside fidos enclosure to protect backdrop, had to remove as reflection was an issue. I'm great at 'up cycling' materials as i'm too cheep to buy more. typical scot
top tip, drag thread of screws over a bar of soap to ease effort needed when screwing up 
