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Okay so I adopted a mother and two babies from pets at home yesterday (the babies are about 10 weeks) and the babies are fine to come up to my hand, run up my arm, however they tend to nibble a lot which can be slightly painful, I'v read that squeeking at them is meant to stop them because its hard grooming but I wanted somebody elses opinion :S
Also the mother tends to sit over the food bowl when its filled for the first 15/30 minutes and hog the food, she squeeks at and fights at the other degus trying to get food, I had to take some nuggets out and put them in another part of the cage just so the babies could have some. She has bitten me once; she got loose and I couldn't let her run behind a tv so I had to pick her up, and she drew blood (I know its not the best way to handle them but I had to do something), and she generally seems more nervous than the young ones. She's about a year and a half old and came in from a previous owner accidently pregnant.
Any advice on how to handle the mother and discourage the babies nibbling habit would be greatly appreciated
Kelly
Also the mother tends to sit over the food bowl when its filled for the first 15/30 minutes and hog the food, she squeeks at and fights at the other degus trying to get food, I had to take some nuggets out and put them in another part of the cage just so the babies could have some. She has bitten me once; she got loose and I couldn't let her run behind a tv so I had to pick her up, and she drew blood (I know its not the best way to handle them but I had to do something), and she generally seems more nervous than the young ones. She's about a year and a half old and came in from a previous owner accidently pregnant.
Any advice on how to handle the mother and discourage the babies nibbling habit would be greatly appreciated