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Post by dumbblondie on May 18, 2011 21:34:24 GMT
ok so i want to get a lot of things for the degus to play with any ideas for cheap items or house hold items they can use so far they have a hammocks, tunnels and bits of woods any ideas of what else they might like
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Post by hellsbells on May 18, 2011 21:43:10 GMT
Toilet roll tubes to chew on (and make a nest with). Long strips of toilet roll for them to pull through the bars of the cage and take to their nest. Empty egg box closed and filled with hay with a few sunflower seeds hidden inside - it's great to watch them trying to get to the treats!
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Post by fredundant on May 19, 2011 14:55:46 GMT
Take a sock and fill it with balls of scrunched up PLAIN paper. Then sew the sock up. They will try to get the paper out and will eventually succeed. They will then shred the paper and the sock to make bedding. Then you should have 1 odd sock to make another. I've gone through so many socks making these. But they love them.
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cazara
Burrowing Degu
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Post by cazara on May 19, 2011 21:37:15 GMT
Tennis ball with small holes to put food in they have to roll the ball to get the food out. It's also fun to watch them attack it and growl if they can't get their treat they want. Plus it great to wear them out before bed time
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bart
Warbling Degu
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Post by bart on May 25, 2011 11:11:27 GMT
I tried the sock thing. I put some paper and some hay in, and some treats. Absolutely no interest.
One thing that did wear my little girls out was I screwed a screw-hook into the top of a walnut (you can do it by hand) and hung it from the roof of the cage. I was a little concerned they might rip their teeth out by grabbing onto it and pulling so hard but they seem to know their own limits. It provided a great deal of entertainment but was possibly a little mean.
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Post by kovu07 on May 25, 2011 11:18:18 GMT
Not mean at all, it encourages them to work for their food, rather than eat it straight away.
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tzr
Burrowing Degu
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Post by tzr on May 25, 2011 19:11:14 GMT
Hiya, I've got some large tubes (old carpet inner rolls - free from carpet store), plus I've made some ledges withe them aswell by cutting them into strips and putting it through the bars. And I've some old jumper sleeves over the ledges, they use them underneath as hammocks or to walk through and on top to walk through too. I've put pieces of wood in the cage and branches to chew on. Plus I put their dried vegs scattered around the cage for foraging. They have tissue or toilet roll to rip up too. Eggboxes, toilet roll tubes etc but the little buggers still chew up everything else in their cage too!! They've just started on their bed cube now, which I'm not happy about LOL
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Post by kovu07 on May 25, 2011 19:12:33 GMT
Lots of brilliant ideas in the above post.  |
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Post by Whizz on May 25, 2011 19:38:49 GMT
My goos love the eggbox every now and then, I don't put them in everyday otherwise they get bored.
I also having a foraging pit - get a Tupperware/food box that quite large and a bit deep (around 9 or 10 cm deep). Put some treats such as porridge oats, dandelion leaves and other goodies at the bottom. Then put in either their substrate (ie Wood shavings) or Hay. Put a bit in so the treats are covered, but not loads so that the Goos can't dig through it. Put it in and and watch your Goos, they should jump in, smell the treats and then start digging and shoving the hay/etc. out of the way.
My Grandad thought of an idea similar to the eggbox. Get a Kitchen roll or toilet roll cardboard tube and cut the ends into triangles (like tabs), it takes a bit to work it out but eventually you'll be able to close them off so that they can't get to either end. Before you close up both ends, put some treats in the centre surrounded by hay (I use Alfalfa). Close up both and chuck it in their cage. It should work similarly to the egg box, except they can pick it up and chuck it about!
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Post by woodchip on May 25, 2011 20:10:06 GMT
My Grandad thought of an idea similar to the eggbox. Get a Kitchen roll or toilet roll cardboard tube and cut the ends into triangles (like tabs), it takes a bit to work it out but eventually you'll be able to close them off so that they can't get to either end. Before you close up both ends, put some treats in the centre surrounded by hay (I use Alfalfa). Close up both and chuck it in their cage. It should work similarly to the egg box, except they can pick it up and chuck it about! I may have to have a go at this. |
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Post by malteser60 on May 26, 2011 11:05:09 GMT
I tried the eggbox trick but they were not interested in it. The only thing it did cause was a scuffle over who got to sit on it!
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Post by kovu07 on May 26, 2011 13:32:46 GMT
Oh dear  |
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Post by weeble on May 28, 2011 14:12:38 GMT
Have you got a log in there that the goo's have taken the bark off of it. If you do then take the log out of the cage and get their fave treat and ram it into the grooves. They have to really work for their treats and also get to chew on the wood again... kill two birds with one stone that way |
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Post by kovu07 on May 28, 2011 14:22:07 GMT
Brill idea weeble |
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