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Post by danni84 on Oct 30, 2012 11:22:15 GMT
well iv had my ladies for just over a year, bought them from p@h, told they were girls i checked what i could see, they were girls. now they have grown i can see much better  , they are all boys ha ha  , well I'm glad they not mixed at least, so will have to think of new names, iv got names for my 2, will have to see my step son see what names he wants ha ha, oh the joys of people know having a clue  |
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Post by Lrak on Oct 30, 2012 11:23:47 GMT
Well it could be worse, you could have got the P@H "buy one get 6 free" deals.
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Post by danni84 on Oct 30, 2012 11:26:34 GMT
haha, yea, iv been waiting for babies lol, i often think if they were mixed id have a littler by now haha, i cant belive its taken me this long, i was just sitting by them giving them nuts an had an idea to double check, glad i did, just name change lol, so nothing to bad. poor boys being called girls names, haha the embarrassment, but all 4 had girls names so no 1 was left out lol.
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Post by danni84 on Oct 30, 2012 11:28:19 GMT
ill be speaking to my friend who is a manager at p@h bridgend. iv read a lot on ya how crap they are with knowledge of different animals.
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Post by Lrak on Oct 30, 2012 11:29:49 GMT
Well it's sadly like that and we are slowly trying to fight them, anything you can do can only help  |
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Post by animalmadchloe on Oct 30, 2012 11:32:39 GMT
Pretty sure all mine are boys now have seen them "washing themselves" ha ha was a shock when I first saw that LOL
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Post by danni84 on Oct 30, 2012 11:32:40 GMT
yip, like is said just a name change, im sure they'll be happy with boys names now haha. wondered why they were so boisterous for girls haha, are boys an girls the same they, or is there a difference ??
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Post by Lrak on Oct 31, 2012 9:25:39 GMT
From what i know, boys are abit more Ermmm "bouncy"
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Post by moletteuk on Oct 31, 2012 10:35:37 GMT
Just to confirm, don't be confused if you see the little sticky out bit, that is the urethral cone and girls and boys have it, it's all about the space between the two openings.
Behaviour is very similar for boys and girls, it depends more on their personalities.
I shouldn't think they'll be too disturbed at having wrong sex names, at least I hope not, because I'm always calling my girls fellas or lads because I was used to having boy hamsters and couldn't kick the habit!
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Post by Lrak on Oct 31, 2012 10:40:51 GMT
It will just give them inferiority complex,s ;D like the gold fish next to the TV ;D
"Why are they all looking at me? Do i have something stuck to me? ARGGGGG i can't see my back! Someone has stuck i sign on me! I know it! ARGHHHHHHHHHH" ;D
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Post by danni84 on Oct 31, 2012 11:16:36 GMT
haha, oh ill have to have another look if they'll keep still, they might be still girls en haha, oh well what ever they are they are the same as no babies. phew !!
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Post by deguconvert on Oct 31, 2012 19:00:28 GMT
Well . . . don't celebrate yet, I'm sorry to say. I've known a few owners from here that had male and female together for 2-3 years, thinking they were same sex as there were no babies and they had been told they were same sex, then suddenly one day . . . BABIES?? Sometimes they just don't mate, or at least not successfully, for a go long while. What changes I don't know, but . . . no babies isn't a complete guarantee that you have same sex goos.
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Post by danni84 on Nov 1, 2012 9:58:52 GMT
ah well see what happens in the future lol, i cant separate them now lol, been together over a year. ill check today, they little wigglers on their back so il have to be quick haha. thanks for that tho, i could have a surprise 1 day then haha.
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Post by dyzired on Nov 1, 2012 15:31:54 GMT
Yeah... At the sanctuary I worked at, we had a pair of degus. They were a brother and a sister. We were told they wouldn't breed together since they were very smart and wouldn't breed with siblings. Well we had them for a couple years and seemed to ve true...and one day, shocking!... They bred. And then never stopped. And unfortunately this was all before I knew of this forum and there isn't any degu info in my area, so they didn't know how to sex them. I can't complain though. My boys came from there, and wouldn't be here without that mistake |
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Post by danni84 on Nov 1, 2012 16:31:01 GMT
haha, ah well i suppose just sit and wait and see what happening, if it does it does, so far so good.
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 3, 2012 6:10:26 GMT
Just be forewarned Danni . . . female degus are their most fertile and DRIVEN to be impregnated again, immediately following birth, and for the next four days. Many females will wait to give birth until night, so you may not be aware of the babies coming, and may not be able to prevent a second "piggy backed" pregnancy. Female degu pups in captivity are in general given a more consistent caloric intact than what may be available in the wild, and are often able to conceive as early as six weeks of age. Young male pups are able to impregnate any females as early as 13 weeks of age . . . possibly earlier. With this kind of fertility, they can multiply exponentially.
The first litter is hard to resist, but be saving up your pennies so that you will have a secondary cage in which to house the male as delivery day approaches. This way you can avoid a second litter in the next 90 day time frame, and save yourself from the stress of a neutering. Assuming that is, that you will want to keep some males and some females?
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, they are all boys ha ha 
, well I'm glad they not mixed at least, so will have to think of new names, iv got names for my 2, will have to see my step son see what names he wants ha ha, oh the joys of people know having a clue 
