I am looking at getting two degu's but I'm wondering if anyone can tell me about there temperament etc from experience?
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"The Degu is a very sociable animal. Therefore, it is best to keep at least two animals. Do not keep only one degu, as it will not be very happy and will not live as long as it could have if it had a friend. If it is kept alone, it could become depressed, even if you pay a lot of attention to it. Loneliness might also cause it to become aggressive. Besides, the more degus you keep, the more interesting they are. I recommend to keep two or more degus of the same sex - if you keep degus of both sexes, it's very probable that females will be pregnant all the time and will die till the age of 2 years. I hope you don't want this, so breeding degus would require more room - you should have two cages to keep males and females separated. Then you can ensure, that female becomes pregnant once a year maximum. So if you decide to keep degus of the same sex, it doesn't matter very much of which sex. Watching a degu family is much more entertaining than watching television. Especially brothers and sisters get along very well and almost never fight."
idk but all i know that degus are so cute!
Degu's are excellent pets if you get them young enough and handle them alot. They are very sociable so do keep at least two together. You must keep up the handling though otherwise they can become very shy.
Provide them with a large enough cage and give them plenty of hides, bedding and thing's to climb up to make sure they are at their happiest.
Good luck keeping these lovely creatures.
Degus need plenty of room and are very social animals. Some can be very tame while others are more shy around their keepers. The degus that I cared for had their own hierarchy within the group of 4. Although they are social animals and need to be around one another, they also have their own unique personalities. After you get your degus, watch them closely and you can easily determine the dominant degu. My degus were very well behaved and enjoyed eating out of your hand, but did not like to be held. Just make sure you have plenty of safe materials for them to chew on and it is best to keep them in a glass tank with a cover so they can burrow without making shavings fly everywhere and so that they cannot chew their way through and escape. They will chew almost any plastic, so you might want to invest in a glass water bottle and glass feeding bowls.
Good luck!
I love my two and they make perfect pets. They are very active and sociable so you will need them in twos. Whilst they have a good temperement i would not recommend them as pets for young children. They are friendlier than hamsters or gerbils and have the same temeprement as domesticated rats.
They do need quite a large cager and I would recommend a chincilla cage for them as mine were really not happy at all in a glass cage.
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