Hi im new to the world of Degus... I just adopted two from a lady who rescued them from a high kill shelter... Unfortunatly she wasn't able to keep them so she was going to have them PTS...she saw my add on my local free cycle site saying i was looking for rats or mice to add to my home and...

I was in Petco today and noticed that they sell liquid vitamins for chinchillas. I know there's a lot of things sold in pet stores that say they're safe for chinchillas, but really aren't. Should I give my 5 month old chin vitamins?

hi there :wavey: i just wanted to say thankyou to everyone after reading plenty of listings i think i may be feeding my degus properly. i brought them 2 weeks ago and was told to feed them rat pellets i read on here they should not be eating that i went back to the same store (there are no...

Hey everyone. My name is Hannah. I have a degu named Daisy. And she pretty sick,she is pretty lethargic and she's culed up in a ball and puffy and always trying to be next to something that is warm. She's also thin...and sleeps alot. She's been sick like this before,twice. we tried chnging the...

Hi all I just wanted to run a food by you all and see if you know anything about it. Right now I am feeding Martins Guinea pig food and they are doing really well on that ...I was thinking of adding some chin food to it. The kind I have for my chins is Reidstra chin food...do you guys know if...

Hello, I haven't been on here in a while because I just moved to South Western Pa, I'm going to vet tech school and I love it but anyway I have 2 degus and I know what they can eat and can't eat...I can't even find guinea pig food here without all the sugar, and corn. Does anyone know any food...

I'm getting my 1st degus:hapdance: and I need to know what to feed them. The owner of the rescue center I am getting them from said that I should only feed them degu food because all guinea pig and chinchilla food has molasses in it. What does everyone feed they're degus?

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here, I'm so excited!!! I recently got my first degus for my birthday a week ago...(A 1 year old mom and her 2, 3 month old baby girls). Only thing is I can't decide what to name them... One of the babies is missing part of her tale, so my brother and mom...

I thought I would ask for some advice and some general info on Degus since there be a possablity of me getting one or two in maybe a year or two. You see I've been looking into getting some new pets for quite a while now and my BF just told me last night that his sister raises and breeds Degu's...

And am thrilled to find a group of people who have them, know what they are and have experience:D I am new to the board adn only discovered it as I was searching for cages suitable for Scatawampus the Chimichanga. She (I now know! Thank you again) is a degu who came to me via the way...

Hi all, This is mainly aimed at UK owners, and I remember reading something on a post a while ago. This weekend, I was in a PAH in Warrington, and they had two very small young degus in there (a male and a pregnant female, provided to them by a local breeder). I didn't get a good look at the...

Is there any way to regulate how much one degu eats without limiting food to the other? I give my Degus crocus bulbs to chew on because they're nice and hard and are good for gnawing. They're only small, so I put three in my degus cage over night. I heard crunching all night so I assumed they...

Hey long time no see! Well Kiwi's about 8 weeks, I haven't had her for long. But the last couple days she has been looking pretty skinny to me. And today she's slow and sluggish, she was always very fast and active. And her eyes were a little closed compared to usual. Just a little, but no...

This is my first time owning Degus, and I've only had them for a week, so I may be over-reacting, but I'm worried about my male "Mark Antony". Degus are supposed to be active and energetic, but all he seems to do is sit. Whenever I look in their cage, he's sitting at his food. He seems to be...

I don't know how you guys feel about this, but I'm a little concerned that many people are housing their degus in enclosures that are much too small for them. We don't have much information on degus in the English speaking world as they are relatively new to the pet market, however, there is...

My Degu is losing the hair from her tail or it is breaking off maybe or she is over preening. This is new. Background info: Age unknown. At least 3 years old. She belonged to my Grandparents and they had her in an aquaruim. She was purchased at a pet store and they had her about a year...

As most of you know i run my own degu website and i'm trying to get together a list of foods that are available worldwide that are suitable for degus so people have a quick and easy resource that they can look at and double check a food is safe (i.e contains no sugar or mollasses) or look for...

I know they drop fur as a defense mechanism but this is entirely different! he's missing fur on one arm and a little on his one leg. I have pix and i'm uploading them right now and will post them soon. :pics: Any ideas on how this happened? would he chew it off? His cage is of course all...

I was just reading up on them at http://www.degutopia.co.uk/ , and they look like the perfect pet. I had a hampster when I was about 7 years old, and I almost never held her because she bit me the first night I had her, so I was scared of them, but now I can pick up my Ball Python with no...

Hello, I am new to this site. My name is Heather and I am from Niagara Falls, Canada. I have a degu, his name is Fez. I actually bought him from a pet store about 2 years ago. He was just a baby then, he is definately full grown now!! Just a few questions if anyone can help. Although I have had...