Physically looks like gerbils and also have some physical similarities with squirrels , although it is related directly to the guinea pig and chinchilla.
Degu Pets are characteristic because their teeth are orange . Originally from Chile, they live in captivity an average of 6 years.
Its main requirement to keep at home is very happy to have a large cage and having a partner can be the same sex to avoid problems with many offspring.
An ideal cage is 60x60x150 cm , aviary type but the bigger, the better .
They must have several levels, a wheel, twigs, bark , stairs , burrow, several shelters . Drinker ball , sandpit bath , corner for pipi and trough. You should never forget the water.
The degu can be very still, so you have to give them things to be distracted such as branches with leaves , pieces of rags, handkerchiefs
The degu are very clean , your stools are hard so you can sweep perfectly and if we put a cornerback with sand, there will pee .
Once a week require a bath with chinchilla sand .
The degu pet must always have hay available. A part of the hay, will give about 30 grams of feed per day and degu , we can give the feed chinchilla or guinea pig .
We can give you all kinds of fruit and vegetables except potatoes and cabbage that are toxic to them . Dandelion and clover suits them . Fruits not abuse them because degú not synthesize the sugar even fruit . Vegetables should be giving them to room temperature, not cold .
EL degu always have to have Resinous bark not available , the fruit trees are best.
Do not have a degu above 32 degrees , so not having this pet exposed to extreme heat or where high temperatures are reached.
Most curious of degu are your sounds when happy can emit a similar sound song of a nightingale . If the noise is loud and obnoxious , it's because he's scared. If discontinuous emits cries , is that we are calling because you want something, or to cleanse the cage, which you feed , which has no water ect
If you are considering having two degu, male and female, say that pregnancy is 3 months and born around 5-8 pups per litter , 2 litters a year .
The pups are like the guinea pigs are born with hair, and active and are born quite advanced and independent.
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