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Post by themoosevodka on Oct 20, 2005 18:59:21 GMT
ok, the good news.....more like great news, is that my parents are funding my custom ginormous degu cage and buying me 2 degus.....the bad news is....im not sure if i should get 2 or not moose is all by himself and if i get two that are together, will they make moose fell left out or gang up on him? also....will moose lose his dominance if i keep him in his cage but transfer him to the big cage with the others later? any feedback is welcome
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Post by diet otaku on Oct 21, 2005 1:22:41 GMT
for starters, dominance is about the degu, not the environment. you'll have to be careful introducing them, as moose will be used to having total dominion over his living area. keep the new degus in a cage separate but right next to moose (or divide moose's cage if you can). at first they may try to fight through the bars, but when they get used to each other you will see more socializing, trying to groom each other, talking to each other, etc. let them around each other under supervision, and as long as they aren't fighting violently, they should be okay. mine still tussle for dominance, but it's all humping and shadowboxing (they place their arms against each other and push back and forth). if one of the new degus ends up the dominant one, it's okay, as long as they aren't hurting each other.
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Post by themoosevodka on Oct 21, 2005 21:01:38 GMT
alrighty thankies ;D i just hope i can tell tham apart now lol, i should be fine with moose but i dont know about the other two....i'm all excited now, yay!
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Post by deguqueen on Oct 29, 2005 6:19:13 GMT
What you could do is keep Moose in the cage hes in now or put him into the new cage, aquire the two other Degus and leave them in the old cage and sit the cages beside eachother for a week or so so they get used to eachothers scent. Then let the new degus go into the new cage when you think they're ready. Im sure Moose would be thrilled to have some playmates. That way its new to Moose and new to them.
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Post by deguqueen on Oct 29, 2005 6:21:33 GMT
LMFAO!!! I just read what you said Diet and it pretty much said everythint I did. Whoops! But that quote is hilarious. Mine only argue over whose going to be on top of who when they're cuddling and that VERY rare. Princess is the butch and Ginger is the... ahem. LMFAO
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Post by Aimeelou on Oct 31, 2005 12:01:45 GMT
HeHe! LMFAO 2! I know what you mean, when i first got my two boys(Well, one didnt turn out to be a boy!) they constantly humped each other. Until i read it was a dominence thing, i put it down to them being gay Degus! It wouldnt of supprised me if they were though, i have a dog with a identity problem, 5 years old and still having her wicked way with my leg and also my visitors ;D
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Post by rhedette on Jan 8, 2006 22:06:59 GMT
hehe yeah, my partner called our two males gay-gu's hehe...they've stopped it now tho
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