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Post by willyfrancis on Apr 21, 2021 10:05:39 GMT
Good Morning!My name is Francesca and I'm new here ☺ I have a question regarding the room temperature: currently I'm living in north Italy, in the mountains, and the temperature is around 18 °C in the house. I'll move soon in Venice where the temperature can arrive at 34 °C in summer. I guess in the house will arrive at 28-30 max because is north exposed. Is this dangerous for degus? Any advise? Are there degus owner in hot countries?
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Post by bouncy on Apr 21, 2021 10:28:12 GMT
Degus are used to temperature between 17 and 22°c. Much colder, and they'll fluff right up and give you evils. If it gets too hot, they're in trouble. Degus don't have a sweat mechanism, so a breeze or fan won't help. Their natural defence is to return to the burrow underground, where it's a lot cooler. In an apartment, it's different. If it's a few degrees warmer, you can give them cold surfaces to lie on, such as granite or ceramic tiles. Much more than 25°c I would think about leaving the a/c on!
Do/will you have a room that faces north that the goos can live in? If you can shutter the room/draw the curtains, keep the windows and door closed, it should help keep it cooler in there, but there's no guarantee it'll stay low enough.
Mine live in a North facing room. I keep tiles in the fridge that I put in the cages on hot days, and have turned the a/c on them before now! My place can easily hit 32°, so it's important to plan ahead.
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Post by willyfrancis on Apr 21, 2021 11:01:46 GMT
Degus are used to temperature between 17 and 22°c. Much colder, and they'll fluff right up and give you evils. If it gets too hot, they're in trouble. Degus don't have a sweat mechanism, so a breeze or fan won't help. Their natural defence is to return to the burrow underground, where it's a lot cooler. In an apartment, it's different. If it's a few degrees warmer, you can give them cold surfaces to lie on, such as granite or ceramic tiles. Much more than 25°c I would think about leaving the a/c on! Do/will you have a room that faces north that the goos can live in? If you can shutter the room/draw the curtains, keep the windows and door closed, it should help keep it cooler in there, but there's no guarantee it'll stay low enough. Mine live in a North facing room. I keep tiles in the fridge that I put in the cages on hot days, and have turned the a/c on them before now! My place can easily hit 32°, so it's important to plan ahead. Thank you very much:) the room is north exposed and I can buy a a/c and use it all day when the temperature will be above 25! Thank you for the advice that a breeze or fan don't help I didn't know they don't have a sweat mechanism! |
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Post by bouncy on Apr 21, 2021 13:10:54 GMT
No probs - let us know how it goes! And don't forget, we LOVE degu picture on here  |
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Post by bouncy on Apr 21, 2021 21:27:27 GMT
I've used a mist spray on mine before to act as sweat. Even if it did work, I still got evils for the rest of the day. They hated the water spray!
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Post by cookiedegus on Apr 25, 2021 18:21:27 GMT
My vet said that if their tips of the ears are turning pinkish, they are turning hot and this indicates that they are too warm.
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Post by deguconvert on Apr 26, 2021 5:42:09 GMT
Cookiedegus, if you have a flat rock, or access to some large (medium) ceramic tiles . . . you can put them in the refrigerator to make them cool, and then can put them in the cage for the degus to cool down on.
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Post by willyfrancis on Apr 28, 2021 19:47:12 GMT
Grazie mille per tutti i consigli interessanti  lo farò!
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lo farò!