Post by sarah on Apr 2, 2007 16:39:25 GMT
Hi everyone. You might remember that our degus had 5 babies a couple of months ago -- we found a wonderful home for two and have decided to keep the other three.
We have a very large cage and it's almost impossible to get the babies out for cleaning, etc. They are still very wild and we really want to get them hand tamed, so we're thinking about setting up a smaller, temporary cage just for the babies. It would be a 20 gal. aquarium with a topper and a wheel. It's our thought that we can get our hands closer to them for treats, etc. if they are in a smaller cage.
Ideally this would only be for a couple of weeks, until we can get them used to us. Here's my question though, do you think we would have problems re-introducing them to the big cage later? Two of the babies are boys and we would have them neutered before we put them back in with the others.
As always, your thoughts would be MUCH appreciated!!
Thank you,
Sarah
We have a very large cage and it's almost impossible to get the babies out for cleaning, etc. They are still very wild and we really want to get them hand tamed, so we're thinking about setting up a smaller, temporary cage just for the babies. It would be a 20 gal. aquarium with a topper and a wheel. It's our thought that we can get our hands closer to them for treats, etc. if they are in a smaller cage.
Ideally this would only be for a couple of weeks, until we can get them used to us. Here's my question though, do you think we would have problems re-introducing them to the big cage later? Two of the babies are boys and we would have them neutered before we put them back in with the others.
As always, your thoughts would be MUCH appreciated!!
Thank you,
Sarah
