r/Degus • u/Curious-Orchid4260 • 14h ago
Our Snowqueen snuggling with her daughters. Although no one seemed to happy with the stacking arrangements 😅
(Note: I was asked to flair it, but I only had NSFW or brand, neither applied. So either I don't see them on mobile or the option is missing when posting)
r/Degus • u/ordinary-bloke • 14h ago
They will sleep anywhere as long as they are cuddling
r/Degus • u/verrycherrry • 22h ago
hi everyone. my name is verry and i am one of the new moderators here 🐾
before anything else i want to introduce my four little ones because they are the whole reason i fell in love with this species in the first place.
link is always the leader of the group. he is the most adventurous little guy out of all of them and marches confidently into every exploration like he owns the place. sonic is the fastest degu i have ever seen zoom around a cage. he is permanently glued to the wheel and rarely lets anyone else have a turn. trico is the grumpiest one with an old soul from the moment he was born. tiny body, ancient grandpa energy, we love him for it. kirby is the most gluttonous little tank i have ever met. food is his one true love and he will remind you of that fact every single chance he gets.
outside of my own fluffy crew i have spent twelve years fostering degus and volunteering with a local animal welfare association. loving so many tiny personalities over the years is exactly what made me want to help this community grow into something wonderful.
i really hope we can help bring this subreddit back to its former glory. my goal alongside the rest of the team is to build a cozy safe and degu loving space for everyone here.
we are currently working behind the scenes on a slight revamp of the subreddit and it will take a little while to get everything just right. feel free to drop any suggestions in the comments below. once everything is ready we will share a full update so please look forward to that.
thank you for being here and thank you for loving these squishy little weirdos as much as we do <3
r/Degus • u/Cute-Contribution682 • 7h ago
Ive had 2 male degus (brothers) for almost 4 years. They wouldve both turned 5 this year but one of them died. After losing his brother our degu became depressed and lost apetite, unable to watch him be depressed any longer we decided to buy a pair of degu pups. When we bought them they were both no more than 8 weeks old and both male. At first we put the pups in a seperate cage that was near the older degus cage so they can smell each other’s scent. The pups have adjusted pretty quickly to the environment and even to their new owners. We brought them home on 12th of june and the first 2 weeks the older degus was rather aggressive which seemed fine since degus are territorial. We tried to introduce the pups to the older degus in a neutral territory but it didnt go well and the older degus started aggressively attacking the pups so we seperated them. Im starting to doubt if it was a good decision to seperate them during the fight because Ive read that its necessary for degus to show their dominance through physical strength. So we tried the introduction again a few times but they all had the same ending. We obviously stopped trying since it seemed too dangerous. Another problem is that when we let the older degu run freely in the bedroom his cage is in, he always approaches the cage of the pups and attempts to bite them through it, we thought its harmless display of dominance until the older degu bit the pups finger and its now swollen. So whenever the older degu is running freely we try to enable him from biting the pups. I also noticed that one pf the pups is becoming more aggressive towards the older degu which I think is a bad sign because hes supposed to be submissive.
Its been a few weeks since the puppies arrived and I haven’t seen any improvement in their bonding. I would appreciate if someone would let me know what Im doing wrong and how to improve the situation.
Thanks for reading, i need advice asap