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Post by degulover21 on Apr 13, 2019 0:54:56 GMT
I wanted to start a post about female degus in heat. So what’s the average weight your degus loses while in heat, I know it depends on the degu it’s self and how bad they suffer that month but I’m just wondering. Mine about 20-30g
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Post by titchycatnipsandwich on Apr 13, 2019 15:17:24 GMT
Miho used to lose about that much each month, and just about get it back on her bones before the next cycle started... I'll be honest, I haven't noticed it so much with any of my other girls.
That said, in Best's cage, Tilly and Rommie are clearly dominant over Best, so when they are in heat they choose when to approach Best. Whereas Miho, she was technically dominant over River, but when in heat she lost enough weight that River could dominate her, and would. Frequently. I have found myself wondering whether she lost so much weight because he would not give her a minute's peace when she was in heat...
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Post by moletteuk on Apr 14, 2019 9:58:54 GMT
Mine varied, Alice lost the most, she would lose 20-30g too at her peak and would put most of it back on, but not all of it, so she lost quite a bit of weight by spring time. My girls would exercise like crazy but had the double whammy of losing their appetite too.
I noticed a couple of things that aren't normally mentioned, and that was that they would still come into heat over the spring and into the summer, the severity of it would just lessen. And something else I am interesed in is that my girls didn't obviously show their cycle their whole adult life, I think they must have been about 4yrs before it was even noticeable, and tailed off as they got older.
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