"Best" Seeks Male Friend in North Manchester

[degusinthefamily]

Hi


We had two degus - Best and Brownie both boys aged 2.5 years old. Unfortunately, I found Brownie dead in the front of the cage this Saturday morning with Best shivering in his box. Not sure of the cause, but suspect that it was a bug. Best perked up within a couple of hours of removing Brownie - so maybe it was maybe he was just in a state of shock at losing his brother.



However, he is still down beat and not his usual hyper active self. I am pretty sure that it is not anything physical as he can still scrabble up onto the couch to see me and jump quite high.

So I need to get him a new buddy quickly - either by adopting a new one (which my wife is not too happy about) or putting him up for fostering (which my 7 and 8 year old daughters are not too happy about - but probably the preferred option as my wife rules the roost).
  

Best is very cute, tame and never bites.  He likes sitting on shoulders or top of head, eating rice crackers, lettuce, and especially fresh dandelions.  He is in good health (this is the first time that he has given us a scare).   He can be a bit cheeky.

Anybody know of a fellow lonely male degu near Manchester.   I have contacted Bowie's owner to see how he and Otto are getting along.  He has a large cage on three storeys which can be used for introductions and several bits of degu stuff.


Cheers



Gary

[deguconvert]

I am so sorry for your loss. Best is a real little cutie! I hope that your family is able to find a solution that you can all accept and be happy with, and that Best is well cared for. Hoping good things for you all.

[titchycatnipsandwich]

Possibly me? My Nyota is on his own at the moment, as Zoe passed away at the beginning of the month. If I'm honest, I was looking out for a partner to bring home to Nyota rather than giving him away. I can't take him just this moment, as I'm still waiting on my house move and house moves can upset stable groups, never mind part-way-through-introductions groups.

I'll ping in a couple of weeks, if you haven't found him a friend I should be able to offer him a home?

[Deleted]

He's lovely and I hope you find him a home! I'd love to have him as it seems my Pickle (girl) isn't going to ever get on with any of my goos, so I'm possibly looking for a male to neuter to live with her. He is the spitting image of Pickle!!

I think Nyota is probably more needing of a partner than Pickle though, and I think Titchy might be closer than myself.

If you really are struggling then PM me and I can be your last resort if you wanted, the offer is here if you ever want to take it. He'd be in 3 lazybones all joined together with my Pickle.

[titchycatnipsandwich]

Hi Gary,

I don't know if you're still looking to rehome Best, but I've moved house now and would be in a position to adopt him if you still want/need that.

If it would make your girls happier and make things easier on that front, you could set up an email address and I'd send photos of Best getting up to mischief for them, and in time pictures of him with Nyota - but I expect the introduction might take a while.

I don't need the cage, although if you had a spare wheel I'd appreciate that as I don't have a spare one.

Can I just ask the question - are you sure Best is a male degu? I'm not looking to explode my population

[winic1]

titchycatnipsandwich Gary has not been back on the site since April 26. However, if you click on his name, it will bring you to his profile and there is an email address there that you could try.

[titchycatnipsandwich]

I'll drop him an email now, but as I get notified by Proboards when someone replies to one of my threads i wondered if it would email him to say "someone's replied to your thread"

[deguconvert]

That is only if you select that option in your profile.

[titchycatnipsandwich]

Ah, that makes sense.

Anyway, I've been in touch with Gary, and Best is coming to stay here while I try and introduce him to Nyota

[moletteuk]

Fantastic!!

[deguconvert]

Wonderful news!!