zara
Newborn Degu
My degu Hopkirk
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Post by zara on Oct 24, 2008 11:09:16 GMT
OK i have 1 nearly fully grown degu and i'm getting 2 more degus given to me. They are only about 1 or 2 months old. Will they fight with each other or do you think my fully grown degu will accept them. Because i think hes been a bit lonely, he did have a brother but he died before i bought him.
so do you think he will accept them?
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zara
Newborn Degu
My degu Hopkirk
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Post by zara on Oct 24, 2008 11:22:52 GMT
Oh yeah i forgot to say that they are all male. They should get along shouldn't they? My degu i have now is friends with my guinea pig and they got along from the second they met each other
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Post by taipan on Oct 24, 2008 11:57:44 GMT
Just to give you a heads up, so you are knowing what will likely come along. When your newest goo is getting close to sexual maturity, about 5-6 months of age, he will feel that he needs to challenge the hierarchy of the group, and sue to become top goo. So that means he will start challenging your dominant goo. There will be boxing, and cursing, and it very likely will escalate to furious chasing around the cage, and maybe kung foo fighting. If you see them rolling in a ball, you must separate them. They will be severely biting each other and may cause serious injury or death. Don't give up on keeping them together yet, but it can take 2-4 months for them to figure this out. Ours had to be separated for a couple of months on and off, lots of off, until they finally settled it all. It's just part of the testosterone. hi thats a quote from deguconvert on another tread on this page. as i've never introduced new goos to each other it was the best i could come up with. hope it helps.
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zara
Newborn Degu
My degu Hopkirk
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Post by zara on Oct 24, 2008 12:14:18 GMT
thanks taipan =)
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Post by sophiethebest on Jan 3, 2009 0:34:38 GMT
yes, i had the same problem, try getting a 2nd cage and put the different ones your introducing in them, put the cages right next to eachother for a few days and they will get to know eachothers sents et. then put them together and they will get on fine!!!!!!!
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