cage size

[Anna]

My birthday is coming up and I asked my mom to get me two more degus. I'm just wondering how big a cage would have to be for housing four degus? My cage is 3 feet by 4 feet (thats just my moms guess). It takes up more room than my computer desk.
This is what it has in it:
Two wheels,
Potty box,
Two hammocks,
Two levels,
Two food dishes,
One house,
One metal hanging basket (they stuff it full of tissue and sleep there),
Two water bottles,
and two wooden chew things.

Their pretty spoiled haha. They have alot of room to run around and do their own thing even tho their usually doing almost every thing together haha.

[diet otaku]

that sounds like plenty enough room to me! it's at least twice as big as mine and i have 2 degus as well.

...do they actually use the potty box? that would be so much easier than replacing the bedding every week...

[Anna]

They mainly use the potty box unless they've used it like 5 times. Then I have to empty it or they'll go all over their cage.

[diet otaku]

wow! what do you put in it so they know it's a potty box and not a dust bath?

[Anna]

Well, They're kinda picky little dudes. I'll put a little dust in there and they'll use it as a bath when I first put it in there and the once someone goes to the bathroom in it more than once they wont use it as a bath anymore. I didn't teach them to do it either they just kinda do it lol.. I think the person who had my older one before me might of done something to show him hey go potty there.