Degu play fighting

[smithomatic]

Hey everyone,

I noticed today that when I wriggle my fingers at my degus or try to tickly thier bellys they grab my finger with thier little hands and gentley bite and tustle with it.

I know some degus treat thier owners as fellow degus, would this kind of behaviour be reminicent of play fighting? or are they trying to tell me im annoying lol!?

Do anyone elses degus do this?

[Ady]

My little boy does it. When i scratch him, he would hold still or lift his arm up for me, after while he grabs my finger and gives me a nibble, then he encourages me to scratch him back again and so on. It's pretty similar to 2 degus grooming each other in short turns.
I think if they were annoyed with you, they would most likely push you away with their paws or give you 'warning bite' than nibble you.

[Deleted]

Mine do this as well At first they were nibbling quite hard, but I practiced giving
that squeak that says I'm in pain, and they seem to understand it very well. If they
don't want to be scratched, they simply push my hand away with their paw

[smithomatic]

yeah, letting them wrestle your fingers is loads of fun, especially when they dont get carried away and bite you too hard lol !