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Post by jothelioness on Dec 5, 2005 2:08:03 GMT
awhile back, we got to degus from the store. they didn't know the sex, and they wern't tame. Yhey were terrified when they came to us, and like to nip and everyone exept me.  . awhile back, they had babies. we didn't know she was pregnate. we found the babies laying on the ground , all pink and deformed. my mom had cleaned the tank the day before. we thought she might have been making a nest and it disturbed her? please tell us everything about what to do when we have babies agian, and how to prevent this from happening. |
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Post by Aimeelou on Dec 5, 2005 12:35:30 GMT
Im sorry she lost her babys, but the main reason for degus to miscarrage is due to the handling while they are pregnant. It may have been that she was too young or that she was scared like you say when you got them. Maybe the stress was too much for her:(
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Post by ra on Dec 5, 2005 21:57:51 GMT
Unfortunately you can't know if the Degus you bought were related or not coming from a Pet store. Too much inbreeding could cause problems with the babies that would result in miscarriage too. I was very, very lucky with Mocha. She was supposed to be a male but was a very young, pregnant female when I bought her. She had nine babies of which eight survived and were healthy. When I questioned the pet shop owner she had no idea how she got pregnant let alone that the "he" they sold me was a "she".
Do you know for sure you have a male and a female now? Perhaps you have two females and one was pregnant when you bought them - that I think would be you best case senario. If you have a male and a female I don't know how a second pregnancy would fair. It's a risk not knowing their true background.
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Post by jothelioness on Dec 6, 2005 17:30:02 GMT
the only birth of animals i had an experince with was gerbils. they were both suposed to be boys... riiiiiiiighhhhhhhhttttttttt.....
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Post by ra on Dec 6, 2005 21:09:49 GMT
Know the feeling well! About all you can do is either wait until they get comfortable enough with you for you to check for their proper sex. Or if you want to be certain of no more unwanted pregnancies until you can sex them, put a screen divider in the cage so they can share the space but not mate for fear you have a male and female. You could put them in separate cages and place the cages together so they can interact but not get to one another.
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Post by jothelioness on Dec 9, 2005 0:49:33 GMT
we're going to (try) and sex the babies and parents after the first birth, but thats a good idea!
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. awhile back, they had babies. we didn't know she was pregnate. we found the babies laying on the ground , all pink and deformed. my mom had cleaned the tank the day before. we thought she might have been making a nest and it disturbed her? please tell us everything about what to do when we have babies agian, and how to prevent this from happening.
