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Post by darkangel on Mar 3, 2008 14:50:11 GMT
Is it easy to intro male degus
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Post by Lala on Mar 3, 2008 14:59:27 GMT
Hi! It depends really, people usually say it's easier to introduce females to females as they're not as bothered with dominance as males tend to be. It is possible, but it's a long process, It's better to introduce younger males to your existing ones as they won't be too much of a dominance threat to your already dominant goo! You'll need to introduce them somwhere neutral [like a bathtub!] give them all a good sandbath [try adding a few drops of vanilla essence too the sandbath too, to get them all smelling the same] pop them all in together. Have a water squirter and a towel on hand to break up any fights. When I was introducing Jack&Coke to Punk&Rocket I put them in the bath together for 15-20 mins a night... until we realised Jack & Coke were girls and which we stopped - we didn't want any unexpected babies, but it looks like we may have them anyway Hope that helps!!
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Post by darkangel on Mar 3, 2008 15:04:55 GMT
Thanks i'm not sure on ages i think mine are about 5 there are some on preloved for free so was going to see if there are any males as my 2 boys have just got a huge cage
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Post by Lala on Mar 3, 2008 16:20:54 GMT
Have you got a spare cage available incase your existing two don't get along? OH I forgot to mentions, it's better to let your new goos settle into a new cage and put it as close as possible to your existing goos' cage so they can all smell each other [but far enough apart so they can't reach each other to fight!] and swap them over cages for the first week/couple of weeks before you try them in the bath!
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Post by darkangel on Mar 3, 2008 16:31:10 GMT
Will have to have a think as the room is pretty full at the moment don't know if i can fit another cage in next to theres
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Post by Lala on Mar 3, 2008 17:07:02 GMT
Could you divide you existing goos cage into 2 halves? That way you could still acommodate the new goos? Then if they get along you can remove the divide?
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