Post by chrissy01 on Mar 21, 2011 13:45:24 GMT
after seeing the pic of the over weight degu and looking at my charlie i thought mmmmm she looks a little fat to me it dont help and she tends to sit all puffed up sometimes but i weighed her and she sat very happy for ages in my kitchen scales and shes 220g i think thats normal isnt it when looking on degutopia it may be she looks so big with my tiney little lola in their shes 7 weeks now but how much food is fine for them as when i clean out i put oats around the cage on platforms in different areas then they have a food bowl i fill and it normaly needs re filling every 2/3 days i also give fresh food once a week as well as hay in the cage which they seem to like to hide in more than eat lol
Her sister is about 270g which isn't too bad. I'm giving her treats very rarely and I'm giving them Stefan and Damon's wheel for half the day and then they have it back for the other half. The girls broke their own wheel because it wasn't strong enough for them. They need their own silent spinner as they're pretty strong unlike some of cheaper plastic ones. I think they've gained a lot of weight because their previous owner bought them some treat forage food (and I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I will find a link for it) like the woodlands herbal delight, but the 'salad' one. It has a really strong.... and nice smell to it. It looks like leaves, grass and flowers (maybe dandelions?.... something yellow anyway, lol). They're owner had trouble getting them back on to degu nuggets after feeding them this and I think, although I'm not sure, they might have been fed this as main meal quite often. I'll have to ask them to be sure, but this could be the reason she's so fat as she doesn't seem to actually eat that much now.