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Post by deguconvert on May 25, 2017 16:59:25 GMT
I think it is totally fine to do that. They have no concept of what it insurmountable, LOL, and I've never seen one overcome by stress when they could not succeed. One of our boys went through a two - three week interval where he was determined to remove and store in his hidey hole, a large and heavy queen sized quilt from my daughter's bed. He never even managed to budge it, let alone remove it from the bed. That didn't stop him from trying and trying, screaming, growling, and cursing at it. After about thirty minutes, he'd give up and go find something smaller . . . like a shoe . . . to squirrel away in his treasure trove. He was obsessed with accumulating! Or rearranging. LOL!
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Post by moletteuk on May 26, 2017 10:11:46 GMT
I think they enjoy larger items for a bigger project too. I think it's good for them too if you compare it to long term challenges in the wild, keeping their burrow ship shape etc. Mine spend months chewing sticks so they will fit in the digging box. Just be a little bit careful of pieces of wood that can shift and hurt someone if they landed on them.
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erin
Newborn Degu
Proud owner of 3 adopted goos: Peanut butter, Nutella and Jam
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Post by erin on Jun 10, 2017 10:59:02 GMT
My degus love these homemade toys. I can't remember where I got the idea from but it is basically a 'degu cracker'. All you need is a tube and some paper (natural is best). Put some treats like oats and rice in the tube then roll up with the paper then twist the ends to make a cracker shape. Egg boxes are also a favourite. Also, degus love apple tree branches!
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Post by Emziedee on Jun 10, 2017 11:29:29 GMT
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Post by Emziedee on Jun 10, 2017 11:29:59 GMT
Did that work? How do I link to threads again via Tapatalk
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Post by moletteuk on Jun 11, 2017 12:37:58 GMT
Just took me to homepage, but I am on desktop.
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Post by Bexi87 on Oct 20, 2017 18:40:49 GMT
I’ve really been struggling recently with illness, work and family drama. As a result Im feeling pretty rubbish for the girls because I barely have the energy to make my tea so they aren’t getting much attention at the moment. I’m out all day tomorrow so i decided to make them a little treat box each. Each box has 2 types of hay, seeds, forage and a massive nut in shell for them to find. They have one each so I’m hoping they will let each other enjoy them!
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Post by moletteuk on Oct 23, 2017 9:52:43 GMT
Looks great, did they enjoy them?
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Post by Bexi87 on Nov 1, 2017 20:05:59 GMT
I think so - I got home hours late (got abandoned in Manchester, my least favourite place in the world, due to Storm Brian) and there was just shredded cardboard around the cage 👍🏻
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