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Post by degulover21 on May 19, 2019 22:41:50 GMT
Okay I’ve noticed hazel and snowball are being lazy(relaxing) cos it’s hot or weather change I don’t know.
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Post by savvy on May 19, 2019 22:54:00 GMT
Mine have been in bed most of the day as well, especially Dixie. I think it's just the change of season.
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Post by katta94 on May 20, 2019 10:02:14 GMT
They're less active when it's hot..since when they're active they produce heat.. Take them out in cold room and you will notice how much "stored" energy they have XD I put mine in a playpen, and they go nuts.. jumping a lot .. you see there is much energy that wants to get out..
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Post by miabeardiego11110 on Jun 15, 2019 23:11:08 GMT
Okay I’ve noticed hazel and snowball are being lazy(relaxing) cos it’s hot or weather change I don’t know. Im not no scientist or anything but ive been told if they do that its probably caused do to the temperature or cause their getting depressed. I'm not saying they are, its just if you dont play with them at least every day, they can get depressed. Hope they are ok. ^^
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Post by savvy on Jun 16, 2019 1:00:02 GMT
Depression tends to occur when you have lone degus as they need to live with other degus, DL21 has two groups of two, all living in the same room, so in this case it's more likely down to the change in the weather about the time of the original post, than depression.
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Post by miabeardiego11110 on Jun 16, 2019 1:03:28 GMT
Ohhhhh i only thought that bc my aunt told me that my degu would get depressed if i didnt play with him. But thank you, know i understand.
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Post by savvy on Jun 16, 2019 1:12:56 GMT
If you have a lone degu, they do need extra attention as depression can occur. Degus are very social animals and tend to live in groups in the wild.
The problems occur because they need interaction with other degus, we can give them plenty of attention, but at the end of the day, we're not degus, we can't speak their language and they are extremely vocal.
If you have a lone degu, I would suggest looking into getting him a degu friend.
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