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Post by savvy on Jun 5, 2018 0:16:10 GMT
Yep, we'll take a look.
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Post by bouncy on Jun 5, 2018 0:50:10 GMT
We get so excited about looking at degu bits!
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Post by MistyAnna on Jun 5, 2018 1:08:15 GMT
 This is the best pic I have right now. |
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 5, 2018 1:09:27 GMT
Male
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Post by MistyAnna on Jun 5, 2018 1:14:37 GMT
Thought so. I was originally told they were females
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 5, 2018 1:16:05 GMT
At Mocni . . . please post pics of the bits before you decide to send one to the new home.
And . . . just for your consideration . . . we humans are not so good at correctly IDing the troublemaker in a group, or the reasons for the fighting. Insufficient cage size is a MASSIVE reason that is often not seen or understood, as is age, and the chaos that ensues when they're in a new home, or new cage, or a cage mate has died and the hierarchy is now changed. Those are only some of the reasons we are aware of, because we don't know enough about these animals . . . and we don't speak goo. It is entirely possible that sending away one will make things bad between the remaining ones because we usually don't what position that degu held in the grouping, nor do we know if it was the glue in the group, or the peacemaker, or maybe even the dominant one that was defending it's place in their small colony.
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 5, 2018 1:17:56 GMT
@ Mistyanna . . . nope!! Too much space between the urinary cone and the anus.
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Post by bouncy on Jun 5, 2018 2:09:29 GMT
Yep, definitely a boy. Very distinctive gap between the cone and anus.
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Post by savvy on Jun 5, 2018 7:33:13 GMT
There is another very good way to confirm if they're males, at some point, they will self clean, lol.
I'd say male. But you need to check they are both males.
A certain pet shop has a degree of difficulty telling the sexes apart.
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Post by MistyAnna on Jun 5, 2018 21:26:24 GMT
I've checked. Skitter is the one in the picture. Skatter is also definitely a male
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Post by bouncy on Jun 5, 2018 22:22:24 GMT
I've checked. Skitter is the one in the picture. Skatter is also definitely a male  |
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Post by Annie95 on Jul 25, 2018 23:52:16 GMT
Little late to the party. Any opinions on these?? I was told Male and female I'm praying one of them is wrong, I dont want babies lol.   |
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Post by winic1 on Jul 26, 2018 4:16:21 GMT
I would say the first picture is definitely male.
Can you get a better shot of the second one--with the bar in the way there, it's harder to tell for sure.
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Post by deguconvert on Jul 26, 2018 5:11:13 GMT
Ditto what Winic1 says!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2018 7:14:43 GMT
First one I’d say is definitely Male.
Second one I feel is a female but I’d need a better picture to feel fully confident!
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Post by bouncy on Jul 26, 2018 9:31:59 GMT
Yep, definitely #1 male! I'm tempted to say female for #2, but it’s not clear. At least that's in line with what you were told!
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Post by tk1989 on Nov 15, 2020 16:03:49 GMT
Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I "adopted" two 14-weeks old Degu's from our local pet store. Both of them were sexed as males and even though they are completely different characters, I never doubted their sex. However, "Mr Grey" has been mounting "Mr Brown" three times in the last week (maybe more without me noticing) with Mr Grey squeaking for a couple minutes afterwards. I know Mr Grey is a male because I've seen him cleaning his parts (which was quite disturbing to be honest haha). However, I have never seen Mr Brown do the same thing. Mr Brown mostly is behaving the most aggressive when it becomes to food, but also chases Mr Grey around a lot and grooming Mr Grey a lot. With the mounting I'm therefore a bit afraid that Mr Brown is a female. I really enjoy having them around but to have baby-degu's... That's a whole different story tbh. Could anyone please help me identifying the sex of Mr Brown? I've tried to take pics from both of them. Mr Brown Mr Grey Thanks for your help! TK |
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Post by savvy on Nov 15, 2020 16:15:32 GMT
Welcome to the forum.
From the pictures I would say they are both male. It's not unusual for degus to mount and chase each other around the cage, in fact its part of the way in which they establish their hierarchy and their place in the pack.
At this time of year we are also coming into breeding season so I'd expect to see a bit of an increase in this type of activity.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask, there are no silly questions when it comes to degus.
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Post by tk1989 on Nov 15, 2020 16:22:52 GMT
Thanks for the welcome and the quick reply! Really glad to hear! They have been really fun to get to know and have around thus far so kind of a relief to know that they are the same sex. I've been browsing on the forum for some time tbh to get info a learn from everyones experience so it's fun to join  thanks again! |
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Post by moletteuk on Nov 15, 2020 19:28:11 GMT
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