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Post by bblenskwek09 on Jan 5, 2010 9:59:44 GMT
i dont know y people find it hard to sex degu's properly. my babies r only 4 days old an i can planely see that i have 4 boys and 1 girl. will keep checkin incase one decides to change their mind. it was really easy. how do petshops "inappropriate word" up so much?
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padi
Foraging Degu
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Post by padi on Jan 5, 2010 10:42:51 GMT
I found it quite easy as well but was worried that it was so easy I keep checking them to see if anything changes,I have no idea why petshops and the like mess it up so badly so often.The main problem I had was I checked a baby then moved him to 1 side and went to check another only to find the first 1 was back in my hands being rechecked lol
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hybrid
Foraging Degu
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Post by hybrid on Jan 5, 2010 14:12:03 GMT
Lol, when I bought my goos, the lady at the pet store told me degus are the hardest rodent to sex. And they don't garuntee any sexs, but told me if I knew how I could try. It was the first time I had ever held or touched a degu, and I think I got two girls. I know I have one, I just hope the second one is.
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pinto
Newborn Degu
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Post by pinto on May 26, 2010 10:18:25 GMT
I have a problem sexing two degus. They are from pet shop and said to be 2 months old females. But I'm not that sure. What do you think? Pictures: First degu, second degu
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Post by DegutasticJen on May 26, 2010 11:44:05 GMT
They are both girls :-)
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 11:51:55 GMT
The pics kinda worried me about my "boys" a little...didn't realise they were so similar. Having a hell of a time with them right now (one's in his carry box in a dark room, Loki's in his normal place and the other two are behaving now) so I am thinking there could be a female amongst them.
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Post by DegutasticJen on May 26, 2010 12:21:34 GMT
Oh no! Are u able to get pics of their lower region, then we can all try and help!
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 12:27:33 GMT
I've had a close look at two and they're definitely males...the other two (Loki and Thor) I haven't checked yet as they're a bit high strung at the moment for some reason...Loki's relaxing with the flatmate on his bed and has calmed right down but Thor's in the cage and I'll leave him for now to calm down
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Post by emz on May 26, 2010 14:19:17 GMT
Yeah the male and female genitals look very similar - the only real difference being the gap between the urethral cone and the anus.
I agree with Jen - definitely seem both like girls from those pictures.
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 14:47:47 GMT
Pretty sure I have 1 female now, but the other 3 are males. Thor (Theresa) is below...low quality pic, but best I could do...I am sure the other 3 are males, and I know Gizmo is as I've seen him...er... Attachments:
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Post by emz on May 26, 2010 14:50:46 GMT
It is quite blurry but it is possible Thor could be a girl.
How old are they? And can you possibly make a small video of it? As sometimes seeing them from a couple of angles really helps to sex them especially when they're younger. It gets easier to sex them as they get older I found with my two.
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 15:14:07 GMT
I couldn't easily do a vid of Thor(esa) at the moment, s/he is relaxing in the middle of the cage at the hardest part to reach...probably waiting for the wheel to be returned, which I can't do.
When I do I will put it on sendspace and post the video here...it'll be a high quality mov file then, the original format on my iPhone
They're about 5 months now, supposedly...although someone mentioned that if Gizmo is "pleasuring himself orally" then he (and logically they, as they're brothers and sister) must be a bit older
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Post by DegutasticJen on May 26, 2010 15:23:09 GMT
I agree with Emz I do think that quite possibly that Thor is a girl. That could also be the solution to Gizmo squeaking, as they do a loud squeak as soon as they have erm...finished. Sometimes this squeak can go on for about 10mins or longer.
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 15:28:39 GMT
Poor poor preggers Theresa!
With the others, the distance is a lot greater and there's a sort of hanging bit of skin (like the base of the foreskin) going down to the anus which suggests to me it's the male genitals.
Is there such thing as a degu morning-after pill? I'd hate to have babies from this litter because of the congenital cataracts. Thor(esa) is on his/her own now in the cage.
Oh, and it isn't the answer to Gizmo's squeaking, he was sharing with Loki when he did that...but the others were out with Thor since then and the other video was of that time.
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Post by DegutasticJen on May 26, 2010 15:32:08 GMT
ah I see, Well she may not be preggers but you never know..When I first bought my lot I was told all females, but there was one male in there, anyways about 8 months later I had babies, because the males arent always sexualy active at 5 months normaly takes about 6 months or longer, HOWEVER, ive seen in other threads that yours may be older as Gizmo gets a lil freaky sometimes. So unfortunately its just a waiting game, the gestation period is around 90days so you should know after then
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 16:21:32 GMT
www.sendspace.com/file/1wgq59 is a video of her. Additionally, I noticed it before and assumed it was sawdust, but there's a small bit of hard dry skin on the outside...that could just as easily be the semen plug I've heard mentioned before, or something else.
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Post by DegutasticJen on May 26, 2010 17:14:24 GMT
after seeing the video Im actualy thinking that he is a he.
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 17:16:42 GMT
after seeing the video Im actualy thinking that he is a he. What makes you think that rather than a she? Very similar to the 2 pics posted before
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Post by DegutasticJen on May 26, 2010 17:50:17 GMT
Well I went and had a look at my females and the spacing is a lot smaller, than of your lil one. Hopefully some other members will be able to see aswell, Ive only had to sex one litter and they were all fairly easy, this one is a difficult one but in my opinion I think the spacing is a bit larger than the females, The females basicaly have no spacing at all.
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Post by smux on May 26, 2010 18:12:45 GMT
But the other three's spacing is a lot wider than this one although on second viewing of those pics they do look a little different so Thor's back in the main cage
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