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Post by Puppyduck on Aug 18, 2008 16:06:14 GMT
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Post by rsnooks on Aug 18, 2008 16:35:09 GMT
Sticky please!
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Post by icklebee on Aug 18, 2008 17:46:31 GMT
hey that was gr8 .... can i have your autograph!!!!
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Post by Puppyduck on Aug 18, 2008 18:18:49 GMT
I'm glad it was ok. My other half says I should send a dvd hardcopy to pets at home head office. Lol. We were just in there and one of the employees was asked whether a rat and a gerbil could be housed together and he didn't know.
They need some educating.
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Post by lottie01 on Aug 18, 2008 21:37:34 GMT
That video was great! I will defo be able to sex my degus now! Just got to get hold of them now!
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Post by Puppyduck on Oct 21, 2008 12:40:17 GMT
Thought I'd bump this back up just in case
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Post by Rachel on Oct 21, 2008 21:04:04 GMT
Got to say - Brilliant video and I love some of the others you have on their too! The fish worshipping a rock is quite funny  |
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suzannem
Burrowing Degu
In life we get what we allow ourselves to accept
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Post by suzannem on Oct 22, 2008 12:03:26 GMT
fantastic video, i agree you should sent it to p@h without a doubt!! also love the forum link on the end of it |
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Post by phoenixm on Jan 28, 2009 10:29:56 GMT
yup!...after viewing that video....((very nicely done BTW)) i think i have a boy....
now i just have to catch the other one ....
cross your fingers i have two boys.....
so theres no babies....=)
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Post by deguconvert on Jan 28, 2009 15:32:47 GMT
OH!!!! LOL!! Fingers crossed!!
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wooks
Newborn Degu
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Post by wooks on Mar 16, 2009 16:30:00 GMT
I'm glad it was ok. My other half says I should send a dvd hardcopy to pets at home head office. Lol. We were just in there and one of the employees was asked whether a rat and a gerbil could be housed together and he didn't know. They need some educating. +1 to that after the drama I had with my 3 little monsters just before Christmas!!  Luckily I've got 3 boys and they provide hours of entertainment!! |
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Post by mja241281 on Jun 9, 2009 9:02:57 GMT
great video, very helpful....am I assuming correctly when I believe that females have more fur around thier "womanly" parts than males do? If so I think my dexter may have to have a name change to Dee-Dee (and it means I won't be going to the vets who gave him/her a vet check.....)
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 9, 2009 14:26:29 GMT
I don't think the amount of fur is any indicator as to gender. Both sexes sport the urinal cone which is often mistaken for a male appendage, and understandably so. LOL! However, it is the distance between the urinal cone and anus that is crucial. A long distance, so that if you were to outline the shapes of anus and cone, that resembles an old fashioned lock in a door, is a male. The female has her bits close together and more closely resembles a typed figure 8.
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Post by mja241281 on Jun 9, 2009 14:46:30 GMT
I don't think the amount of fur is any indicator as to gender. Both sexes sport the urinal cone which is often mistaken for a male appendage, and understandably so. LOL! However, it is the distance between the urinal cone and anus that is crucial. A long distance, so that if you were to outline the shapes of anus and cone, that resembles an old fashioned lock in a door, is a male. The female has her bits close together and more closely resembles a typed figure 8. The only reason I was asking is that in 99.9% of the pictures I have seen on the net and on your video it seems that males have a bald patch around thier genetals where as females have pretty much more fur (could be due to the spacing between bits tho i suppose). Will have to look at mine after work tonite se if he is a he or a she....Cheers |
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Post by mja241281 on Jun 10, 2009 7:31:14 GMT
well, I was wrong, Dexter is a boy |
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Post by saiynee on Dec 15, 2009 21:31:37 GMT
Uh, oh. I'm pretty sure now that my peter, is actually a paula. Crud. Male degus can be nuetered right?
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Post by deguconvert on Dec 16, 2009 1:57:40 GMT
Yes they can, but you need to have an experienced Vet, one that preferably has had several successful degu neutering surgeries. You yourself need to know that although Degus strongly resemble the physical structure of rats, they carry their testes in different places. Rats carry theirs on the outside of the abdominal wall in plain view, whereas Degus testes are placed within the abdominal cavity. Because of this difference the surgery is very different from what is performed on a rat. Your Degu also needs to be a year of age before the sugery is done because to do it sooner can greatly interfere with his future health.
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becksybonkers
Foraging Degu
Bumble & Bee. My Fab Girliess!
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Post by becksybonkers on Jun 19, 2010 12:39:45 GMT
Just checked my degus.. happy to know that pets at home was right and they're both girls!  |
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Post by sophie9901 on May 22, 2011 17:55:47 GMT
Hey thanks for your video - it really helped me make sure that my degu's are what I was told! Now I can start looking for some new degu's to add to our little family haha - We don't want any unexpected pregnancies lol!!
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Post by kovu07 on May 22, 2011 18:28:29 GMT
Very useful |
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