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Post by moletteuk on Nov 1, 2015 17:41:02 GMT
I think that's a bit stronger than the bird lamp I have, the strength they recieve is very strongly affected by the distance they sit from the bulb, it's probably worth looking up the strength to distance graph for that lamp.
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Post by feffie on Nov 1, 2015 19:10:59 GMT
12" I believe, it seems to be pretty much the same distance for most uv lights, or at least all the ones I've used for the reptiles before.
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Post by feffie on Nov 4, 2015 20:10:22 GMT
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 4, 2015 20:20:44 GMT
So . . . these are not Dante and Nero?
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Post by feffie on Nov 4, 2015 21:38:40 GMT
2 new ones, I fell in love with them so had to get them, plus an extra cage to go with them. Turns out Dante and Nero are females, these 2 I'm 99.9% certain they are male but the one is really quite small and has a noticeable gap but not quite as big as the other so I'm a tiny bit unsure
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 5, 2015 1:18:49 GMT
Post us picts of their nether regions and we will help with that.
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Post by moletteuk on Nov 5, 2015 10:40:20 GMT
LOL Feffie, you really caught the degu bug! Congrats!
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Post by uglibug on Nov 6, 2015 8:03:15 GMT
Try keeping an eye on them when they're grooming. Our boys get their bits out fairly regularly for cleaning and to "amuse" themselves. Not sure if they "amuse" themselves more because of the proximity of the girls or if its just a goo thing.
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Post by feffie on Nov 6, 2015 16:00:59 GMT
Thanks, I will keep an eye on them. They both seem pretty interested in the girls but that could just be because they are more goos there. I've also noticed that they both hump each other occasionally, to me it looks like a dominance thing so hoping due to that they are both males or I guess I will probably soon see otherwise.
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Post by feffie on Nov 6, 2015 17:39:00 GMT
Ice and Quillo seem to have settled in nicely, yesterday Ice was alarm calling for a good 10 minutes. Think it was due to Dante and Nero causing a ruckus plus the fact the room was moved around in order to fit both the goo cages in nicely.
Today however they are both perfectly happy with me putting my hand in, running up to it, climbing on it and just being curious little goos.
Ice did a Houdini act earlier, jumping out of the cage, climbing down onto the floor and went to say hello to the rabbits who live underneath them, had a run around the floor then managed to catch the little blighter with a pea flake.
They are very unsure about a more natural diet but are starting to try a few bits and pieces out.
They are both getting on fantastically, just a bit of humping occasionally which now seems to be getting less, they were both from different places so was slightly worried about introducing them but they have no problems with each other. Not sure how old they are but Quillo is tiny, Ice is a big bigger but they both are more the size of gerbils than degus currently so guessing both quite young.
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Post by feffie on Nov 6, 2015 22:13:49 GMT
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 6, 2015 23:33:06 GMT
Awwwww!! Cuties!
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Post by feffie on Nov 8, 2015 19:46:48 GMT
I am never attempting to clean the goos out with them still in the cage, I swear the little monsters made it take 10x longer! Nero kept stealing and running away with the brush, the cloth and attempting to with the black bag. I put all of their willow sticks in their hammock whilst I was cleaning and ended up having willow missiles being thrown at me!
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Post by feffie on Nov 8, 2015 21:26:57 GMT
A little bit of time spent with Quillo out He was slightly skittish at times but would quite happily just sit on me for a few minutes at a time and chill
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 8, 2015 22:03:51 GMT
What a cutie!!
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Post by feffie on Nov 8, 2015 22:52:05 GMT
He is very cute, so tiny as well and rather speedy! He loves to zoom around the cage like its a race track!
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Post by Bexi87 on Nov 8, 2015 22:56:03 GMT
Oh aren't they gorgeous!
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Post by feffie on Nov 9, 2015 10:31:50 GMT
Dante and Nero somehow managed to break their wheel last night, they are now looking at me as if to say why is it not working!!! Go get another now! Tough you little monsters you will have to wait until Thursday.
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Post by deguconvert on Nov 9, 2015 16:34:02 GMT
Feffie, did you still want help with the genders of your degus?
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Post by feffie on Nov 10, 2015 0:08:54 GMT
I would yes, haven't been able to get a picture as of yet though unfortunately.
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