Degus

[hardlucktattoo]

I just got 4 female degus from a friend who was moving out of town I will post pics of them when i get around to putting batteries in my camman are they noisey little buggers my only concern is that they r shewing on their cage they have plenty of other things to chew on they just prefer their cage is very unnerving when i am trying to sleep any suggestions?

 

[hardlucktattoo]

here are pics of three of the four i couldnt get the other one still enough for a pic

 

[olablane]

Cute little devils!!

 

[clam1991]

woah like a mix between a mouse and a squirrel

cool little guys

i know what you mean by the noise being unnerving i have a bunch of rats and a macaw in my room
when they get noisy i put on a small fan just to block out the noise a little

 

[xBurntBytheSunx]

those are awfully cute, how is their tempermant?

 

[mouse]

i thought about getting some way back when i was still in germany. they looked like oversized gerbils. they are so cute. but i think i ca't have any here in cali (can't have any fun and unusual pet here - at least non that i want).

 

[UrbanJungles]

I keep a colony at the museum, they are very active little buggers that LOVE to chew. I put large diameter branches in their enclosure just about every 2 weeks to keep up with their chewing although eventually they still turn to doing it on stuff they shouldn't. I had to have our exhibits department replace a metal ledge in their enclosure because they chewed the allow shelf right down...metal is like warm butter, they go right through!

One thing you should know about these guys is that they do not tolerate sugar in any small amount, they are natural diabetics. What this means is that if you give them fruit or any other sweet snacks it could easily kill them so be careful!

 

[halfwaynowhere]

aw, so cute! I'd love to have degus someday, if I ever move out of state...

 

[hardlucktattoo]

those are awfully cute, how is their tempermant?

they are hand tame but they are very skittish