New to the Degu World

[Wolfbane]

Hi I'm Wolfbane (Jess), seventeen years old and i'm new to the degu community In mid September 2012 I bought a pair of female degu's after doing a lot of research and from then to now i've been trying really hard to bond with my babies. One of my degu's has a tail and I call her Gryphon ( since it looks sort of like a lions tail) and my other female is missing half of her tail due to the pet-store not taking care of her correctly so I named her Kodiak ( like the bear). <--- I gender confuse them with names. But my cage is about 4/5 feet length wise and 3 feet tall, its a basic chinchilla beginners cage so it doesn't really have height going for it but its good for right now =/ I'm planning on buying the Critter Nation 2 story cage for Gryph and Kodiak by Christmas so they have more climbing room, than maybe get two more goo's.

I live in Nova Scotia, Canada so i'm a bit out there though we have lots of apple orchards where I live so i'm planning on grabbing a couple branches from those for climbing purposes I don't really know what to say really but heres some pictures of them

This is Gryphon.


Gryphon is standing there while Kodiak is in the little house :'D

At the moment in the cage I have a house for them, a dangly cotton bird toy that hangs from the top of the cage and dangles down like a tire swing, a giant ladder I bought yesterday that's hooked next to the house and leads to the top of the cage (for climbing :'D), two puzzle toy things (wood woven together like a rubix cube with jingly's in the middle), two giant carrots made out of hay, a sock stuffed with cotton/hay I made from them to chew on, a hammock I made for sleeping, a giant wheel, about 12 kiwi wood chew logs, and a wooden ramp tunnel thing. But I want more hanging hammocks <---nowhere sells them x.x BUT YAH Those are my goos.

[dusty]

They look really cute, especially the one with kodiak in the house It sounds as though you have quite a lot of toys etc for them but, hey you can never have too many toys ;D
Oh, and welcome to the forum

[ntg]

Hi, welcome to the forum! The cage sounds like it might be a good size if it has a few full levels! The length is more important than the height because, much though they like to think of themselves as great climbers, they are a little clumsy and like to run at full pelt which they can only do if the cage is around 100cm wide.

Cute photos Gryphon looks like he could be a right character lol

[Lrak]

Great photos, Welcome to the forum and you can never have too many toys ;D
You could always make your own hammocks

[moletteuk]

Welcome to the forum Wolfbane I love the pictures, Gryphon has got a brilliant bushy tail! We have a few members in Canada, so you might find a few more familiar references than you might think and there will be somebody to help if you have any Canada specific questions.

Have you tried them with some plain old cardboard boxes?

[jenowuk]

Adorable pics and welcome to the forum:-)

[Wolfbane]

Thanks for all the welcomes and picture comments And I like getting new toys every week so they have something new to play with and so the cage looks kind of full. I just ordered some stuff from HERE so they can have more levels and keep the running space. (A long shelf, two story hammock, ramp) so

I made a hammock/'U' shaped thing that Gryphon completely loves to hang out in, but i'll try to make another one for Kodiak because Gryph's a bit selfish x.x I haven't tried just giving them cardboard boxes though so i'll do that today. :DD

[jenowuk]

That's a great site for hammocks etc - thanks for sharing

But is it just me, or does anyone else wish they sold the stuffed rats? They're really cute!

[deguconvert]

Hello Wolfbane, and welcome to the forum!! Nova Scotia is such a beautiful place! My sister and her family lived there for several years and it became like a second home to me. We all miss it, now that they've moved away. Your degus are beautiful little girlies!!