2 degus...
By Esplosivo
@Esplosivo (34)
Hungary
February 11, 2008 6:20am CST
Everybody, who know a little more about degus, know that they like to live in pairs. They need attention, and the best choice is to buy 2 or more degus at a time. My girlfriend has 1 girl and 1 boy degues, I have 2 boys. I realized that my two buys fight for everything, food, water, toys... but the degus at my girlfriend are so calm. what do you think, was it a bad choice to get 2 boy?
1 response
@daffodilpixi (21)
• United States
29 Jun 08
I had 4 girls and 2 boys. I actually found that the girls were more aggressive toward eachother than the boys were.
So,I think it has a lot to do with how many there are, and the individual personality of the animal.
A good way to eliminate fighting is to provide 2 of everything. 2 food dishes and 2 water bottles helped keep them from arguing at feeding time. No one ever hurt eachother, though, so I think squabbling is just a natural thing for them. It helps establish the dominance.
