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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 19:29:30 GMT
Hi Kay. It's up to you. The worry with that is Rufus may only have 2/3/ years left and then Kev will be alone and you'll go through the same problem. I'd personally advise you to adopt two young males who are already a pair, because at least when Rufus passes away the new boys won't be left alone? Xx
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Post by kay1989 on Mar 8, 2017 19:48:22 GMT
Yeah ideally I would like a degu roughly his age. Fingers crossed I can find one.
Hope all goes well with the degu. Do you have just females?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 19:52:32 GMT
Thanks Kay. I would really recommend getting your boy two friends still, just in case. Yeah I have four females. Two in a big five floor cage, who I would put Kev with. Then I have two females on their own in two lazybones cages because they don't get on currently and my two females who are together also don't get on with anyone but each other. I'm hoping a male would bring the group together a bit easier. Plus he'd have a great home
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 9, 2017 16:36:54 GMT
I've thought for ages that a neutered male would be great for you and your girls, so I have nothing to say against the idea.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 16:43:36 GMT
KEV IS HOME!!! He has quite long teeth, they're gonna file them for free whilst he's under anaesthetic, his castration is next Wednesday. His teeth are perfectly straight, just long. Probably from spending his life with a breeder/pets at home. He let me pick him up and he lets me fuss his cheeks. Eating hard food fine. He's very curious. He has a very curled tail. Eyes are clean and bright and his downstairs is clean too lol. Quite big cheeks.. but they don't seem to hurt him. He's lovely. He seems so excited! I'm so glad I got him. I'm also impressed with Companion Care for offering to check him over again today and to file his teeth for free.
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 9, 2017 17:06:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 19:00:39 GMT
Thanks!!!
So is the curly tail normal, nothing to worry about?
Also what about his teeth? They're long but even, is it just from not having enough things to wear it down on? Xx
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Post by ntg on Mar 9, 2017 19:53:26 GMT
Some tails are just curlier than others, Em! My Venk holds his tail curled more than the others have, it's never caused him any issues! He's a beautiful boy though! Do make sure to tell the vets to give his molars a good check as well when you take him in. They should do it without you saying anything but it's always good to get confirmation that they will.
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Post by savvy on Mar 9, 2017 19:53:49 GMT
I'd be more worried about the fact that, thanks to 'Keith' he knows what to do, lol.
He is a beauty though, I think your girls will love him!
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Post by ntg on Mar 9, 2017 19:55:04 GMT
Oh and how long is long for the front teeth? If he had nothing to chew on then as long as his alignment is okay he should be fine once they've been filed down.
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Post by savvy on Mar 9, 2017 19:57:42 GMT
Oh and he has just under a week to show you exactly what he can do with his bits! I think you'll be impressed, not only by the size, but also the agility, lol.
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Post by moletteuk on Mar 9, 2017 20:00:55 GMT
LOL! Congrats!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 20:45:49 GMT
Lol! Keith has had lots of babies apparently.
They're quite long, his teeth. I'd say they're a good 1/3rd longer than they should be.
Ewww! I don't wanna know anything about the size or anything else 😂
I'm impressed they're gonna file his teeth for free tbh. Probably felt bad I'm a poor student lol.
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Post by deguconvert on Mar 9, 2017 21:41:18 GMT
So . . . you could say he is a little long in the tooth? WA WA WA!!! LOL! All going well with the surgery and all, I think you will eventually end up with a very happy group!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 21:43:25 GMT
Yay!
Haha! That genuinely made me giggle deguconvert 😂😂😂 xx
I forgot to buy him a blooming water bottle so he's got a tub of water for now until i get one tomorrow 🙄. What a silly billy.
He's also got the broken really noisy wheel lol. It's the one from Zooplus I asked for a replacement of. It works fine just makes a hideous noise. So that's not so fun 😂
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Post by ntg on Mar 9, 2017 22:16:43 GMT
Lol! Keith has had lots of babies apparently. How many babies are we talking here? 😂 When I got Gandalf from the rescue he was called Big Daddy because he had about 50 babies that they knew of maybe Kev needs a new name too 😂😂
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 22:23:01 GMT
Keith is Kev's girlfriend lol, she had a lot apparently I don't know how many though. Kev is stuck as Kev. Bless him.
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Post by Emziedee on Mar 9, 2017 22:51:19 GMT
Lol! Keith has had lots of babies apparently. How many babies are we talking here? 😂 When I got Gandalf from the rescue he was called Big Daddy because he had about 50 babies that they knew of maybe Kev needs a new name too 😂😂 Same as Tibbs 😂 he was the farms gigalo and was used to breed hundreds of babies I imagine!! His nickname is Papa T 😎
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Post by goolover on Mar 10, 2017 0:46:51 GMT
@emdalliance Oh how lovely is this, just read the updates. Very excited for you Em and from experience I can see 2 of your girls being very happy indeed. He is gorgeous. I have mentioned before Lula's reaction to Joey, I didn't even have a full introduction, it was just a smell each other through the bars, excited happy peeps and trying to groom each other, opened the cage to let them meet and that was it. Lula just went all googoogaagaa lol. Of course they still have their up's and down's but its the best 'mistake' we ever made and I say mistake as joey was sold as a girl! Plus Snowy has 'authority' over 6 girls and they just let him. I'm a real believer in one male with female/females. Cant wait to hear how you get on. Emziedee - Papa T, luv it
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Post by goolover on Mar 10, 2017 0:48:02 GMT
Oh forgot to say, 5 months old.......yeah right!
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