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allpetsrock · #1 06-11-2009, 08:38 PM

i have 2 degu and i think their ready to be picked up, but i have no idea how to pick them up, please please help me! thanks!

**Sasami** · #2 06-11-2009, 08:53 PM

First off, welcome to Paw-Talk!

The best way to pick up a degu is to scoop them up rather than grab them. Make sure to support their bottoms. I find that holding them to my chest makes them feel more secure.

allpetsrock · #3 06-11-2009, 09:31 PM

thanks soo much! but i have heard never to hold a degus tail while your holdind it, is that true? and what do you mean, "scoop them up" ?????

**Sasami** · #4 06-11-2009, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by allpetsrock


	thanks soo much! but i have heard never to hold a degus tail while your holdind it, is that true? and what do you mean, "scoop them up" ?????

Yup, you don't want to ever hold the tail because they're tails can break off very easily and won't grow back. In fact, it's pretty painful for the degu.

By scoop them up, I mean put your hands under the degu and pick them up that way, cupping your hands.

emmzie87 · #5 06-12-2009, 11:17 AM

getting them to crawl into a jar or something like that is another easy way of picking them up.

allpetsrock · #6 06-12-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by emmzie87


	getting them to crawl into a jar or something like that is another easy way of picking them up.

what do you mean? how would it be easier to pick them up from a jar??

but if they dont like me picking them up, is it possibal that they will bite me? even if they havnt bit me yet, or the owner who had them last. their 3 years old

emmzie87 · #7 06-13-2009, 12:58 PM

put some food in the end of the jar, put it on its side and just let them crawl into the jar, they can get used to being moved around, its just a suggestion,worked for me