New to the forum and new degu owner

[staceylou88]

Hi my names Stacey and I'm from north west england. I'm going to become a new owner of degus later today,me and my boyfriend are buying 2 males from our local pet store.

I was wondering if anyone could give me any advice on how to keep my degus happy and what type of food you all feed your degus and what hay u place in their cage???

I've read information on other websites along with this one but thought i'd ask fellow degu owners for the best advice

[slaine]

Hi Stacey welcome to the forum

to keep them happy you could talk to them chat to them i have enen tried dancing but that just got me strange looks ,, not from just the degu either

have a look at all the different treats you can give them , have the normal degu nuggets to

set the cage up into an adventure play ground a wheel of sorts is a must but they love to investigate everything

hhmmm hmmmm cant remember what hay i got thought :/

[deguconvert]

deguworld.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=behaviour&action=display&thread=5337
Click on the above link and have a read through there. It will give a quick thumb nail view of degus and what you need to know in short order. There are many more things to learn, but these are probably the most crucial to know at the beginning.

[deguconvert]

deguworld.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=health&action=display&thread=3667
Here is another link that is a helpful list, although some of the items are debateable. However, it will give you an idea of what to avoid.

[deguconvert]

deguworld.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Cage&action=display&thread=5734
Another bit about cages that has bits of great information through out, as well as great ideas.

[deguconvert]

deguworld.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=food&action=display&thread=5408
Lastly, a few different lists of great treats that will be sure to have at least a few things in there that your new degus will love!

[deguconvert]

OH! And welcome to the forum!! ;D

[Bexi87]

Hi Stacey,

Where abouts in the North West are you?!

Beci

[sarahh]

Welcome to the forum congrats on the new additions. Make sure they are definatly both the same sex you don't want to end up with babies. Food wise I feed mine the pets at home degu nuggets and sometimes the supreme science selective degu food, hay is very important too they must always have access to hay. Degus love their wheelsso a wheel is a must, the corn type tunnels you can get mine have been chewing it up, Sputniksvi have 2 for my girls, lava/wooden ledges, rope/wooden bridge, loo rolls anything like this they will love. My 5 girls love all this stuff.