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Hi I have a degus boy,he is 4 years old. About 5 weeks ago i notice that his teeth was to long so i took him to the vet,and she clipped his bottom teeth,then she noticed that his cheek teeth was to long. So i got another apointmed whit another vetstation 2 weeks later,they cheched his helt and...

Hey, I just wanted to share this site with some information about degus! I have had degus for a while now, and I only just found this place too. I really don't get why it has to be so difficult to find information about theese little sweethearts :confused: deguguide.weebly.com Hope this will...

This is really urgent, i think my degus might be sick! One is Pikachu, and the other is Jinx, they are brothers. Pikachu is perfectly fine, eating, drinking, playing, everything! But.....Jinx stays in his little sleep-house, never comes out, and i've never seen him eating, or drinking, or...

I'm getting degus in a few days! I needed some help with a few questions I had about them. :confused: thanks What are some other things you can put in a degus cage to keep them entertained? What is the best way to hold your degu?

one of my baby degus is dying. hes lying in my hand making noises. one of my other babies is stumbling. the mother keeps making noises at the cage like shes trying to send me a message. i thought maybe the adults are hogging the food. i dont know whats wrong. can someone please help me. thanks

Hello, I really need help. I've got 3 wonderful male Degus, their so tame, if I stand in their cage they'll sniff my feet and if I lower my hand in they'll start to climb onto it. BUT. I have a HUGE fear their going to bite me. They sniff my fingertips and when I wear the glove which I use to...

Okay I have seven degus and I just wanted to see if I'm doing everything right. I keep them in a rat cage which has two levels and two one side levels And I feed them Guinea Pig food mixed with degu food(since I can only get degu food when I go to lincoln and get) I have a medium animal bowl...

I have 5 baby degus that will be ready for new homes soon. I am located in Amory Mississippi. I will only let them go as a pair and group of three. Message me if interested.

I recently adopted 2 young degus. They are not even both full-grown yet, and are both males. I have been trying to socialize them but I keep getting bitten whenever I pick them up... and of course it hurts with those sharp little rodent teeth! I have tried picking them up with a cloth and even a...

OK I have a female degu she's around 1 or 2 years old( I don't really know her age because I got her from my school because they needed new homes in february and she had a respitory infection so the doctor gave her some medicine for her for 15 days. And last month she got it again and the doctor...

I have a degu and when he got loose and when I was trying to catch him I ment to grab his body and he jolted out and I grabbed his tail and his tail fell off but it was only like the fur and the first couple of layers of skin so there is still tail on what should I do I feel so bad and I don't...

Hello, I am a new pet owner of Degus and we have a male and a female. They never knew each other but they don't seem to fight a lot. I don't know how to tell if they are playing fighting or actually fighting. Also, when I speak or pet Lucy, she squeaks a soft squeak. I looked it up online and...

I have always used chinchilla dust for our degus, but was just wondering if beach sand would be ok for them, from a clean beach? I have heard its a bit courser and maybe less absorbent... but maybe I could use it from time to time, alternating with the chinchilla sand... or mixed with it? just...

Hey! I'm going to be getting three boy degus on Saturday, and it's my first time having them. Can you give me the basic, need-to-know info I'll need to care for them? Such as best cage size, best food, best toys, best feeding time and anything you think will be important. Thank you!

My degus have had babies and they are adorable, unfortunately one of my others is pregnant, (I have 4 cages of them :) ) so if anyone is interested I'm in the UK and my 4 baby girls need new homes.

As you may have read in my previous thread,my best friend was going to give me a baby female Degu.But today,sadly,it passed away :(.I think she was mistreating them or hadn't done enough research on Degus. But anyway, I had already started building a cage for it, and so now,I am looking for a...

I was thinking earlier today, and had a very particular question pop into my head. When a female degu is pregnant, is it harder to see the vaginal opeing due to the vaginal plug, or does it cease to make any time of visual difference?

I bought two degus' from Buckle's about two months ago. They were six months old at the time.The cashier that was helping me assured me that they were both boys. I named them Dexter and Connor. I put my trust in him, until I noticed my degu, Dexter, start to gain a bit of weight around the core...

So one of my degus (Tac) is missing hair on her ankle! I'm not sure what from. Her ankle/foot is black instead of grayish/silver, and in some spots it's completely bare! does anyone know how this has happened? If this helps at all, about a week and a half ago one of my other degus (Toe) got in a...

Hey Guys, I have 3 girl degus, they are about 1 1/2. yesterday Tac, starting shoving her butt in Tic & Toes faces! Then they all started fighting. and it still hasn't stopped! they fight off and on, it's like every 10-30 mins. So, I want to know, Is she in heat? If she is how long will this...