First degu!

[degulicious]

Hello, my name is Vittoria and I am Italian.
In Italy there are no forums that talks about degu, so I found this forum and it seems great

I had my first degu Saturday. He is a male, and a puppy, but I don't really know how old he is.

Yesterday I started reading all that I could find about degu, and I discovered that degu needs to live at least in couple.

I am sure in the future I will give my Chupito a friend (i also don't know if it's better to choose another male or a female), but right now my little is alone. I give him lot of attentions, i stand look at him for hours, and sometimes I take him out from the cage and I cuddle him. He is so sweet!!

Finally, I don't really know if it is the right section, but I would like to know: how dangerous could be to live my degu alone? I have also read that I could die alone.... I'm a little bit worried.

I ask your advice because I'm a real beginner with degus!

Thank you in advance and sorry for my poor English

P.S. Tell me please if I choose the wrong section or I have done something wrong.

[degus123]

Degus do live better with company, so I would get him a friend. It would have to be the same sex, otherwise you will have lots and lots of babies, before you know it .

When living alone they can get depressed, but you can counter their lack of cage mate with alot of human interaction. That said it is far better to get him a friend.

Welcome to the forum as well

[degulicious]

Thank you for the answers

I think I'm gonna take a friend for Chupito very soon!!

[moletteuk]

Would it be possible to check with the place you got him from to see if they have any of his brothers still available?