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Post by swansrus on Jun 27, 2012 12:59:51 GMT
I bought 3 degus, when I bought them I was told it was 3 boys. Recently one of the degus has been acting different been very slow etc and we was about to take it to the vet, but today we found a little new born degu witch had unfortunately died  . It must have been a few hours old at most. I don't know what to do now because obviously she can't live by her self, and when we did separate them for a few minutes they kept trying to get back to each other, so at he moment we've got them out together where we can keep an eye on them. Not sure what to do now though, do they get separated, should they stay together. PLEASE HELP! |
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Post by yasmin on Jun 27, 2012 14:58:57 GMT
How long ago was the first baby born? (Concerned that she might have more to be born.)
Determine if the other two are both males or if one is a female. This forum can help you with that or take them to a vet and let the vet figure it out for you. It is critical that the male(s) be separated the girl who had the miscarriage because I have heard that a female can get pregnant almost immediately after giving birth and that this is dangerous for her health.
If one of the others is female, then it is likely that she is pregnant too. She should be put in with the other female. When/if she gives birth, the other female will help her with the pups. If the two are males, then they should be housed together separate from the female.
I adopted four 'female' degus from the local animal shelter June of last year. When one (Azure) miscarried four pups in August, I realized I had a problem. It ended up that I had three females and one boy. With the help of this forum, I determined which one was the male (Sean, aka Sienna) and separated him immediately. I put him in a cage and put the cage right up next to the ones housing the others so that they could communicate.
It was too late however because within the next two months, the other two females (Lilac in September and Peridot in October) gave birth. During the whole time, Sean spent the time alone in a separate cage until each of the two litters of pups turned 6 weeks old at which time I took each lot of pups to the vet for sexing, and then introduced the male pups to their father. (The introduction went very smoothly – he accepted them immediately.) The months of isolation was stressful for Sean but it was either that or neuter him. (I decided not to neuter him because I planned on keeping all of the pups and hoped to have at least of couple of sons to be his cage mates.)
There many of us on this forum that can have experience with this. Please keep us posted.
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 27, 2012 15:24:40 GMT
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Post by moletteuk on Jun 27, 2012 15:43:15 GMT
And welcome to the forum! As has already been said the priorities are to make sure mum is OK and there aren't any more pups to come and to work out who the male is or are and separate immediately to prevent further pregnancy. Please ask as many questions as you like  |
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 27, 2012 19:50:52 GMT
SHoot! I'm sorry! I did mean to say welcome to the forum. I'm glad you are here and that we can be of help to you. I hope you will enjoy it here.
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. It must have been a few hours old at most. I don't know what to do now because obviously she can't live by her self, and when we did separate them for a few minutes they kept trying to get back to each other, so at he moment we've got them out together where we can keep an eye on them. Not sure what to do now though, do they get separated, should they stay together. PLEASE HELP!
