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Post by michelleice on Feb 25, 2014 12:22:18 GMT
New to degus and rescued 2 pregnant females one of which had had 6 of the cutest little degus
Male has been separated
My question is how can you sex them as all 6 look like they have male genitalia I've tried google but as normal it's pritty vague
Any help would be appreciated as hoping to put males in with dad once weaned so we don't have babies again
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Post by Kins on Feb 25, 2014 12:28:13 GMT
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Post by michelleice on Mar 1, 2014 11:59:39 GMT
Thank you will look now
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Post by yasmin on Mar 1, 2014 16:51:25 GMT
Because I was so insecure about sexing them myself, I took my degus' litters of pups to the vet when they were between 6 to 8 weeks of age. He figured out who was male and who was female (though there was a wee bit of doubt in the case of a couple of them), put the males in one carrier and the females in the other, and then I took them home to be placed in the appropriate cages (boys with father Sean, Lilac's daughters with her, and Peridot's daughters with her). Two years later – no more unplanned pregnancies.  |
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Post by michelleice on Mar 16, 2014 16:53:16 GMT
After checking, checking and checking again we have 4 girls and 2 boys
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Post by ntg on Mar 19, 2014 12:39:47 GMT
That's great that you managed to sex them and you would have a nice group size for the males too! How old are the little ones now? |
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Post by michelleice on Mar 29, 2014 19:10:25 GMT
There 6 weeks now and full of character
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Post by ntg on Mar 30, 2014 13:47:17 GMT
Lol I bet you have a few troublemakers in the bunch!
At 6 weeks you'll want to split them into same sex groups as they are early bloomers. The girls will be fertile around now and the boys are soon to follow!
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 31, 2014 1:11:42 GMT
Yup, by eight weeks the boys can do the deed.
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Post by michelleice on Mar 31, 2014 15:09:59 GMT
There separated just in case
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