degu care

Me and my partner adopted two female degus about 2 years ago. They are both around 4 years old. Not sure if they are related. One is called diggies (a smaller degu) and kibble is a bigger degu. Diggies has always had a bold chin and every other month since we got them kibble always plucks the...

my degu tony fell in the hot bath!!!! i dried him off with a clean, dry face towel and gave him a dustbath, i put him in his cage with his brother and the current temprature is around 25-26 degrees C what shuld i do, hes only 6 months old. HELP ASAP!!!!

this is my first topic. ok i got 2 8 week old degus yesterday and one of them is blind with cataracts in both eyes, (i think hes fully blind but might not be) and he is a little nervy the blind one is tony and "healthy" one is mo. 1) Tony is a little nervyer when i touch him as he cant see...

I am getting 2 degus, (female) but my dad says I can't get them till I find somewhere for them to stay whenever we go on holiday, 1-2 weeks, I was looking at degutopia (the degu care center) but the nearest place is over an hour away and I know its hard to take them in cars as its hot for them...

Hi all, I will be going out of the country for 7 months and I am looking for a loving home for my two male degus while I'm away. I'm currently living in the Boston area and would prefer someone living in the area or somewhere near Philly (where my parents are currently). Please let me know...

I am getting 2 female degus later this week from an animal sanctuary. Me and my dad built a cage from wood and mesh, using instructions from octodondegus.weebly.com, but I don't know what to put in it! I've got a metal wheel and some shelves, but thats all. Any ideas? :confused:

Been researching degus for a while now. Won't be able to get them for quite a few months, but I would like to know what I'm getting myself into :hehe: So, questions: What does your cage look like? Did you make it/buy it? Where from? What diet do you feed, exactly? What choices are there? What...

HI! So my new pets are Eloise (who i got first) and Starla who i went back to the same pet store and bought when I read she should have a friend.. Eloise is very young.. maybe 5-6 weeks i'm not really sure and I have come to realize that Starla was her birth mother, she feeds from her and sleeps...

hello all, pretty much as stated above my Degu's won't use their dust bath. They don't sit in or anything. Most they do is they will drag their hay or piece of litter into it but won't bathe. How do you I get them to start doing it? I leave it in for about 20-30 minutes at a time just...

Hello all, Well as stated I am new to owning Degu's. I had been eyeballing them at the pet store for a couple of weeks before I actually bought them but finally gave in. The people at the pet store gave me some tips but not a whole lot. basically I just have some questions I was...

my degu, babe, was acting wierd the other day, we took her out of the cage and she didnt want to move or anything. we tried offering her her favourite treats but she wouldnt take it, then we noticed she hadnt drank as much water as she usually does. we tried to get her to drink but she refused...

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I just got a Degu, and the man at the pet store had been feeding it a mixture of non-molasses Guinea Pig food and Budgie (bird) food, and timothy hay. I'm just wondering if I should continue this diet. Is it really healthy for them? Of should I just feed it just Guinea Pig food and timothy hay...

hey, i'm in need of assistance in some Degu matters, they do fit into the chinchilla category don't they? :confused: Anyway, i went and bought 2 male Degus about a week ago, the guy at the petshop told me they are about 6 months old. firstly the guy there didn't exactly look like he knew...

:degu: :degu: I just can't believe it. I didn't see what all the fuss was with all the "degu" talk and today I was in the pet store buying food for my little frogs when I saw these little adorable critters! They reminded me of little squirrels without the fluffy tails. My heart was instantly...

I had been worried that my delay in separating my two degus would result in pups. Everyone has told me to separate them as soon as possible because inbreeding could be dangerous. I’d noticed this week that Cleo was getting rather hefty around the midsection and suspected overeating as the...

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...

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...

Hi :) I have been perusing this forum and have gained a lot of insight into degu care. I'm glad that this forum exists for degu lovers to share information with each other. The pix have been sooooo adorable of everyone's squirrels!!! :) I'll post pix of my own four crazy girls soon. Thanks, KL

Hello all...:wavey: On 12/17 my husband and I took my nine year old out to the pet store to find a Hedgehog. Well once we got to the store my daughter (and us) fell head over heels for the Degu's. I had first thought I'd buy two but the pet store lady told me not to that they wouldn't like...