young degu

[mystery]

hi, im new to the forum and degus. i rescued 2 sister degus from a rescue. someone brought in a pair with 6 babies, the mum was put with the 4 daughters (2 of which i adopted) and the dad was put with the 2 sons. i was wondering how old the babies are because they were smaller than their mum (they weigh 100g each) the mum is pregnant and is showing signs which must mean she is between 8 and 12 weeks pregnant and im guessing if she got pregnant immediately after birth of the first litter that my pair must be between 8 and 12 weeks. can anyone please tell me how old your degus are when they are roughly 100g? thanks

[mystery]

ive looked on google for some sort of table or something that shows how much degus weigh at different ages but i cant find anything... does anyone have a rough idea of how old a female degu would be when its 100g? thanks

[girlrazor]

I'm not an expert on that so I can't tell you, I would email the webmaster of www.degus.org because they are really amazing.

Well done for rehoming the degus, I got my degus from a rescue too. They really are such rewarding creatures.

A degu pregnancy lasts about 90 days, it does become quite obvious when they're showing. Do they have nest building material? Apparently they get very into nest building when close to birthing. Be very gentle with her though, pregnant degus are very fragile and miscarry easily.

I'm no expert, those are just bits that I've picked up whilst researching degus, email the guy mentioned above though I'm sure he'll be able to help you if no one else replies quickly!

[mystery]

i didnt rehome the pregnant mother, i only rehomed 2 of her daughters, there was a mother, father, 4 daughters and 2 sons, i had 2 of the daughters, leaving 2 remaing daughters with the mum and 2 sons with the dad at the rescue

[mystery]

hi, i didnt get a reply from the person recommended can someone please give me even a slight indication? there must be a breeder or a person who has had young degus before on here who can tell me the age they should be when 100g? thanks

[Erica]

I found a degu growth chart!

For female degus, at 100 grams they're approximately 6 weeks old.

Female Degus Weight and Body Length (nose to rump)
100 g (3.5 oz) - 115 mm (4.5 inches) - 6 weeks
113 g (4 oz) - 130 mm (5.1 inches) - 7 weeks
123 g (4.3 oz) - 155 mm (6.1 inches) - 8 weeks
130 g (4.5 oz)- 175 mm (6.9 inches) - 9 weeks
137 g (4.8 oz) - 200mm (7.8 inches) - 10 weeks
170-300 g (6-10.5 oz) - 250 mm (9.8 inches) - Adult

I hope that helps.