Need help for my 5 Gu's!

[andreaj]

Hi guys, I am not a 'beginner' degu owner as I have had my 4 girls for 3 years and my little man Eddie for 1 year however, I am in need of some assistance regarding cages and introducing degus.

Wednesday gone, Eddie was neutered and is currently making a fantastic recovery but, in about 6 weeks it will be time to introduce Eddie to my girls at which point I will need a new cage that is regarded as mutual territory for all 5 of them - if the introduction is successful I will then need a large keys for all 5 of them. This is my main concern, my current cage for the girls is a NIGHTMARE to clean and in general just very difficult to work around. For example, due to the design I can no longer hang hammock or toys from the top of the cage anymore and obviously, Eddie's cage is too small for 5 Gu's. I really need help with either building my own or having it designed and built for me. Ideally, I would like to speak to someone who can help me out with this as the cage I want has to be perfectly suited to 5 degus. I am living in the UK so phone numbers or anything are not of any use to me however email addresses/websites etc would be. Any sort of help would be greatly appreciated!

[meganw]

Have you looked at the savic royal suite? Not sure how many you can keep in there but it looks very large and all doors open fully, maybe someone else could recommend how many to keep in there?
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[ntg]

You can only get 3, maybe 4 at a huge push into a Savic Royal Suite.

Can you give us some more details on the space you have for the degus, such as the maximum depth, width and height it can be?

I have a cage design in mind for myself for a group of four, but it can fit up to 6, which is 120cmx50cm (lxw) and over 2m tall with 5 full levels for a CARA of 30,000cm^2.

The majority of the forum is from the UK, so we can help you to source materials etc, where abouts are you from just incase someone lives by and can point you towards shops/timber merchants etc?