Post by lessthansign3 on Dec 18, 2012 17:34:24 GMT
So... I got my degus! 
I brought Wade and Herren home last night. I'm not sure who is who yet, because I'll need to spend time watching them first and right now I'm letting them settle in. The lil' guys are so adorable though 
I can't wait to build them their new home - their temporary cage is a little sad, but it will have to do for now. It's not like hideously small, but it's not ideal, either. It'd be appropriate for two or three rats, but like I imagined, degus are nothing at all like rats.
For the time being, they've been nibbling on their hay, run on their wheel a little, and hiding *behind* their hidey-house rather than inside of it. Typical, am I right?
So, aside from the shock of moving, they seem happy and healthy enough!
I brought Wade and Herren home last night. I'm not sure who is who yet, because I'll need to spend time watching them first and right now I'm letting them settle in. The lil' guys are so adorable though I can't wait to build them their new home - their temporary cage is a little sad, but it will have to do for now. It's not like hideously small, but it's not ideal, either. It'd be appropriate for two or three rats, but like I imagined, degus are nothing at all like rats. For the time being, they've been nibbling on their hay, run on their wheel a little, and hiding *behind* their hidey-house rather than inside of it. Typical, am I right?
So, aside from the shock of moving, they seem happy and healthy enough! 
the are wonderful little creatures 
But since these guys have no white spots, that trick's not going to work, so I'll just have to stare them down until I find some minute difference between them.