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Post by billyalex on Mar 11, 2012 20:12:21 GMT
Hey all
Just had to share this with you!!! This its the girls latest toy! Digging pit! We have been meaning to get them one for ages and thought this was perfect. Its got a mix of organic soil sand and hay and they love it!!!!! They have played all day and now they are fast asleep!!! Love it!
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Post by billyalex on Mar 11, 2012 20:31:25 GMT
The digging pit ;D Attachments:
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Post by billyalex on Mar 11, 2012 20:31:49 GMT
Sleepy degus  Attachments:
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Post by dyzired on Mar 11, 2012 20:34:42 GMT
Omg that looks like so much fun  |
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Post by abirose on Mar 11, 2012 20:45:34 GMT
ooooo! I want one Where did you get it from and how much hun? It looks like one of those herb or strawberry planters, I had a terracotta plant pot that the girls decided needed to be rearranged and decided to drop it from the top floor  |
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Post by billyalex on Mar 11, 2012 20:50:05 GMT
O dear abirose  Good job no one was under it It was £15 from homebase and it is a strawberry planter! They love jumping in and out of the various holes!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by dyzired on Mar 11, 2012 23:05:10 GMT
How much do you fill up the pot? I'd be afraid my boys would get stuck. Little fatties.
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 12, 2012 3:52:06 GMT
THAT pot is EXACTLY what I have been looking for for the last four years!! I used to see them all over the place, but haven't seen even one ever since getting our goos. I just KNEW they would be brilliant for playing in, and you've now proved it to me. I DO hope I can find a strawberry pot this spring for the same purpose. What fun for them! I love the picture of them all tuckered out and piled up like a degu pyramid in their hammock. HOW do they FIT in there??? LOL!
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Post by stephsie82 on Mar 12, 2012 7:30:15 GMT
What a great idea. Am planning on getting them something similar for a digging place. But if I can find this, they would love it too.
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Post by butters on Mar 12, 2012 12:12:53 GMT
It's not a digging pit It's a sleeping pit ;D  But i think ours is smallers then yours |
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 12, 2012 13:45:22 GMT
THAT is a very contented looking goo! Is it the only one in there, or are there bodies tucked in behind as well? |
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Post by moletteuk on Mar 12, 2012 21:31:52 GMT
OMG supercute!
My goos have a pot exactly like yours Billyalex, I just put some sand in the bottom of it, and they are always stashing stuff in there. I like your idea to fill it with digging material, did you loosely fill it right up?
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Post by billyalex on Mar 14, 2012 14:38:24 GMT
No Its about a third of the way full with lots of hay on the top. :-) x
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Post by polythenegirl on Mar 14, 2012 18:07:58 GMT
What kind of sand do you put in it?
Also if would a normal terracotta plant pot be ok for them?
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Post by billyalex on Mar 14, 2012 21:19:13 GMT
I used Chinchilla sand and organic compost as recommended by degutopia :-) This is normal terracotta and I would have thought that any terracotta pot would be fun :-) Just fill it with Timothy hay and its a nice cozy bed!!!!!
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Post by polythenegirl on Mar 15, 2012 22:28:10 GMT
Thanks!
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Post by abirose on Mar 19, 2012 22:19:53 GMT
I've just bought one today it was reduced to £5 in homebase and it won't fit in my cage! Lol! My shelves are just a little to close together!
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Post by maddy4moos on Apr 1, 2012 12:20:24 GMT
ooo, I'm going to Homebase later! I will pick one up! Its good really because i've been wanting an extra pot thing for them to keep cool with (with all this hot weather in the UK at the moment i've been a bit concerned)
Is there any digging recommendations that don't include the chinchilla sand? - Our have it daily - but me and my partner are asthmatic and we have to leave the room when they have it because it gets on our chests. We want something that we can leave in the cage all the time?
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Post by deguconvert on Apr 2, 2012 2:19:19 GMT
Straw, clay, and peet/coconut husk stuff all mixed together in equal portions, make for an excellent digging substrate that is stable, will not collapse, and will give them tons of digging pleasure.
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Post by ntg on Nov 24, 2012 17:13:16 GMT
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Good job no one was under it 
