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Post by deguqueen on Sept 12, 2005 18:24:05 GMT
I know that Aimee said that Degus can usually have about 5-10 babies in a litter but I wanted to take a poll about how many babies your Degus has had if she ever had a litter?
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Post by rosberry on Sept 12, 2005 23:35:16 GMT
Good question. Ours only had 1, whom I found a friend for about the same age and they are soooooo cute!
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Post by ra on Sept 16, 2005 15:49:57 GMT
Mocha had nine of which eight survived.
5 boys and 3 girls
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northernstar40
Foraging Degu
May you always have an angel by your side
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Post by northernstar40 on Sept 18, 2005 2:52:25 GMT
Fratlina had 6 3 females and 3 males.
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Post by Aimeelou on Sept 19, 2005 10:00:56 GMT
Taquilla had 5 babys the first time, of which 1 passed away a few weeks later. She had 4 on her second litter.
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Post by thatllbe on Sept 23, 2005 11:06:28 GMT
Sweetpea has had three litters - the first had 3, a girl and two boys, the second had 4, three boys and a girl, and the third had 2 girls. all survived although one of the boys from the triple has passed away in the last 6 months due to intestine problems (all my friends have them so i get to have regular updates on them all!!!)
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tigerlily
Burrowing Degu
Octodon degus
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Post by tigerlily on Sept 23, 2005 15:51:46 GMT
Nikita had 4 (2 males, 2 females) and Rosita had 6 (4 males, 2 females) wich 5 survived.
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Post by deguqueen on Sept 24, 2005 1:16:55 GMT
it sounds like a lot of degus have a hard time making it through birth and being a baby. never heard about that
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Post by ra on Nov 7, 2005 20:58:43 GMT
Looking back on this thread I realize just how luck both Mocha and I were her babies were healthy and all but one survived. The pet shop certainly did not know she was pregnant - they sold her to me as a male! She had no pre-natal care. I was very careful and diligent about feeding her though I did not know "he" was a pregnant female. I handled her way more than I would have if I had know she was carrying babies.
As far as her breeding - heaven's knows. I really fear she was bred by her father. Hopefully not. All of the babies appeared to be properly formed (no bent tails ect). I have no intentions of ever breeding her myself. Sounds as though she would have been an excellent breeder. Iif the pet shop had kept her, I fear her life would have been dramatically shortened by the number of times she was bred and gave birth.
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Post by squirrelygirl3 on Feb 6, 2006 17:10:07 GMT
I currently have 6 pups from Cocoa born on Tuesday, and 3 pups from Yolanda born on Saturday. Today is Monday. I don't know what sex they are
It can be a very busy cage. The mom's swap out, the third adult female, Pisco, is an enthusiastic babysitter.
When I come home, there is a tiny little army dispering from the nest at once. It's pretty cute.
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