A sea of baby bodies

[Degumagic]

I have put this messgage on under a few topics hoping everyone will see it.

After getting 3 Degus from the rspca and being told they were all males to my horror 1 is a boy and i now have 2 litters, about 16 babies. born today(26th) and friday.

Both mums have had them in the same nest, which i have to say looks like a sea of bodys. I have removed dad(hope thats ok?)
Have mesh front to cage 1cm by 2cm's, will they get out ?

I will need to rehome them in 6 weeks from now and need all the support and advise i can get. I'm making new cage as we speak of the males once i've sexed them.

Am very upset, as the last thing i wanted to do was breed them.

Please help
Cheers
Will send pics soon

[diet otaku]

unfortunately, this sort of thing happens a lot with degus. inexperienced employees see the degu's urethra and mistakenly believe it to be a thingy, when in actuality both males and females have that protrusion. once you've sexed and separated the babies, i would suggest asking the RSPCA to take them for rehoming, since it's their fault they were born in the first place.

[ra]

I bought what I thought was one male Degu last March. First week in April my "male" Degu "Virgil" gave birth to 9 Degu puppies! "He" has since been re-named Mocha Java. I ended up re-homing two of the three females, kept one Tanzania Peaberry as a companion for her mom and sent the five remaining males (one pup died shortly after birth - I actually thought we only had 8 until I found the dead puppy buried under the nest box) back to the pet shop where I bought Mocha.

Was a real trial by fire! I was rushing about reading everything I could on pregnant females and newborns. Hopped on this forum and on Meg's website reading everything I could find. Check all the internet links too. There is lots and lots of information on this board. Ask any and all questions and I am sure one or more of us will have an answer or atleast a suggestion.