My (apparent) pregnant degu seems to be panting a lot. The others in the cage aren't, so I don't think that they are too warm. I'm afraid to change the temperature because of the new borns, but I'm thinking maybe to put a bottle of ice cold water on the bottom of the cage (the new borns are...

We, my fiancè and me, bought two degu's from the petstore, but we had to go to the vet with one after just 3 months. We came back with an empty traveling cage. So we figured the best would be to get a new friend for Sasha as quick as possible, and then we got Lilith. That was 70 days ago...

Back in August I purchased 2 degu's and all has been fine until recently, Ralph is getting really plump and round and running away from us picking him/her up. Now I read other threads here that say those are signs of pregnancy. He also loves building nests out of grass and fluff and what have...