We are passionate about Degus. We are in Kent, UK. We have 41 + new babies and more due any time tha I could not imagine my life without them now.
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We have 41 + new babies with more due soon Degus here in our home that have all be rescued for one reason on another. We have now started to rehome on any that have no health issues and are in good condition. Some may have arrived with medical issues and will not be up for rehoming before they are given a clean bill of health by our very experienced vets. You will need to complete a questionnaire
and show proof that their new home is both a suitable one and is appropriate for their needs which includes meeting all their basic needs. We prefer them to go in their established groups to avoid further upheaval for them and you need to understand they will need a time to settle in to their new surroundings before they will fully trust you. We work hard with all the Degus in our care to make them friendly, confident and human friendly. Some times this will be difficult due to their past but we do not give up. We will advise of the most friendly and outgoing of them if that is what you require. This is a family home so they are all used to children of various ages and my children do hold them while closely supervised so they are also used to child contact. Any that have ongoing issues will not be rehomed unless specifically requested by yourself and you have the experience, knowledge and understanding of their ongoing needs and the costs involved. Some have rather specialist needs which require ongoing treatment and special care or cages to assist their standard of living to one that we find acceptable. I will over the next few weeks / months try to put up pictures of them individually and their name and any special needs including why they came here when they did. We are very committed and focused on all of them having the best possible life they can for the rest of their days regardless of how long that will be. Some require frequent vet visits and operations (especially dentals) as a known common issue especially if they are not given very important daily Hay and Herbs which keep their back (molar) teeth ground down and stop this from forming. The are also unable to have sugar in their diet as they have an intolerance which can lead to diabetes and cataracts if not followed very strictly. There are so many things that they can have though which are available online rather than the very limited items that are in the shops currently. Safe woods are also very important for them so they can chew on things constantly due to their ever growing front teeth. Degus are very good at hiding illness sometimes until it is too late to save them. They can be prone to respiratory infections, eye infections and other minor ailments that can escalate very quickly if not caught early. I am very lucky to have the support and mutual respect of a fantastic and very knowledgeable vets locally that quite uncommonly has 5 vets that are both qualified and very experienced to deal with these little exotic trouble makers. They are so rewarding and loads of fun to have in your life too.
Thank you so much to the very thoughtful person who sent us the exact amount of donation to get both of these.
We are so grateful and thank you for donating in honour of your Rainbow Degus.
Beautiful sentiment to allow others to have the chance to recover and gain strength back in memory of your treasured family members.
This is Vincent Van Goo who a gardener in his work van pulled up at a vets to say they had a mouse in their van. We were contacted by the vets and went and collected him on the hottest day of the year. He was suffering heat stroke and shock at the time and was not sure he would even make it home as he was so wobbly and lethargic.
As you can see he is now fully recovered and available for his furever home. He did not get on with any out out solo boys and he likes to whine at you when you/ answer you back if you talk to him. Please fill in the adoption questionnaire and message us if you are interested in adopting him.
We have been informed of an urgent rescue of over 50 Degus in Kent. Is anyone able to help us, anyone able to foster for us at all?
Thank you so much for this bag of Emeraid recovery food.
So kind to help us.
Thank you so much to our amazing followers for these incredibly generous donations.
We are blown away by your kindness.
We feel so blessed to see such generosity when we are really struggling.
We are just needing some help with the Oxbow Critical Care now, but know that most places are selling it for a shocking price including Amazon. We have found 2 places that are selling it for reasonable prices.
We would be so grateful if anyone is able to help us get some of this too as we mix them together for the best recovery foods out there. Happy with whatever is easiest.
We can provide our address for deliveries or you if you prefer you can send a donation to our PayPal and we can purchase it ourselves.
Thank you so much everyone.
We are in urgent need of both Emeraid IC herbivore and Oxbow Critical care from our Amazon Wish list as we only have a couple of days worth left for all our poorly ones. We have burgess excel dual care so don’t need that thankfully.
The wish list is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/39JPS1VGK5QY4?fbclid=IwY2xjawE0qVMBHXZgC10kZpsD59Js7PYmyv-MFhi_EJWwB6-4bdV4MLGXRcwUAWc6rwF8Qw&sfnsn=scwspwa
We currently have 3 needing the vets too but need to build
We also need to find enough to cover those costs too. We are currently spending £45 every 2 weeks on science selective due to the amount in our care.
I will in a few days update a few solo boys who are ready for adoption including Vincent Van Goo who is now a healthy boy who has recovered well from his heat stroke and shock. He is a very vocal boy that’s for sure. We also have Biggles who should have been called Giggles as he giggles to himself every time he jumps in his wheel to run.
If anyone is able to send us either of these recovery foods we would be so grateful. Or even just £1 towards a pack that would be so helpful to us via our PayPal [email protected] using the friends & family option so we can receive the entire donation instead of paying PayPal fees as if we were selling something.
Thank you so much for reading this in advance.
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We have been sent lots of Emeraid thank you so much.
If anyone can help with Oxbow Critical Care. Amazon is really expensive for that but I have found it cheaper elsewhere. £37.99 for the 454g bags and £15.99 for the 141g bags. I am happy to share the details to anyone who is able to help us or send some pennies to PayPal and I can order them. Thank you so much for the amazing response we have had so far.
PLEASE NOTE: that The Degu Den will be closed for just over 2 weeks due to a very rare get away for us.
My partner will still be around running things such as looking after the animals and giving meds and syringe feeding but he does not deal with the page in any way (never has) so please be patient and aware that any responses other than life threatening emergencies will not be answered until after 30th August.
If there is anything really urgent please message me privately rather than on the page.
Thank you.
Tiddles says hi.
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🔍 Rescues wanted 🔎
We’re looking to gift a box of ‘mixed hays’ to 4 separate rescues. This is hay that’s gotten mixed together during packing (usually from under the scales!) that we collect up the end of each day. They will be a mix of Pure Timothy, Cotswold Sweet and Timothy Blend in unknown quantities. Whilst we can’t sell it as we can’t label exactly what it is, it’s still perfectly usable and too good to bin. If you know of a rescue that is struggling for hay supplies right now please tag them below and we can get in touch with them.
Whilst we have 4 boxes right now we will regularly have more so if we can compile a list of rescues that would benefit we can refer back to the list the next time we have a box available and work our way through them.
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🔍 Rescues wanted 🔎
We’re looking to gift a box of ‘mixed hays’ to 4 separate rescues. This is hay that’s gotten mixed together during packing (usually from under the scales!) that we collect up the end of each day. They will be a mix of Pure Timothy, Cotswold Sweet and Timothy Blend in unknown quantities. Whilst we can’t sell it as we can’t label exactly what it is, it’s still perfectly usable and too good to bin. If you know of a rescue that is struggling for hay supplies right now please tag them below and we can get in touch with them.
Whilst we have 4 boxes right now we will regularly have more so if we can compile a list of rescues that would benefit we can refer back to the list the next time we have a box available and work our way through them.
Thank you so much for this amazing donation. Very thoughtful of you.
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Thank you such for this donation.
We really appreciate all of you and any way you can help us.
Thank you so much to those of you who have wished this newcomer a speedy recovery and sent some bits to help his journey.
If anyone still wants to help us then some giant rolled oats would be great as he has only today started eating on his own after his ordeal.
Starting to look like recovery may be possible for this little one.
Look at Thursdays’s photo to todays.
Due to his circumstances surrounding his arrival and no previous knowledge of his name etc we are calling him “Vincent Van Goo”.
Also still in need of some funds as would like to have him vet checked too as we have some concerns about his health. But we are hoping he is.now out of immediate danger.
Thank you all.
So this afternoon we were contacted and asked to help an urgent case. A Degu had been found in a gardeners work van in Sidcup.
Off I went to rescue the poor little thing and found out this poor baby is actually really unwell.
He seems to have signs of heat stroke from today’s extreme heat and in shock as a result.
We will do everything we can to pull this poor boy though but he is lethargic and very unsteady upon collection. Barely moved on the way home.
Was not showing these signs before this afternoon.
Please keep him in your thoughts and if poss donate some recovery foods or funds to help us try and pull him through.
Thank you so Much to whoever sent us this amazing package that arrived today.
We are so grateful to any and all support that is offered.
This beautiful little lady went off to her furever home last night and made an instant bond with her new friend.
Both recently bereaved were so happy to have a fellow Degu of similar age to snuggle with again.
Thank you so much for this very generous donation.
You are very kind to think of us.
Thank you so much for these parcels that have arrived from some very generous followers. Thank you also if they are for Bumbles Birthday.
Please watch his page for his special post for his birthday and just to let you know you will need the sound on to appreciate it fully.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
We are looking for a volunteer to help us remotely. It has become obvious that at the moment with additional personal pressures and the pressures of looking after so many Degus is very time consuming in addition to working 48hrs of overtime every month to make ends meet as having to buy 10 bags of Degu food a week has totally depleted our funds and I am now subsidising them that we need some help.
I am ashamed to say that I do not have time to go through all the adoption questionnaires and we have lost potential adoptees which would also help us out by reducing the number of degus in our care. We also have 2 needing dentals and one needing assessment (Tiddles) as she is still being mutilated by her family on occasion.
So we are looking for someone who can routinely maybe once or twice a week check out the questionnaires for us and update us of potential safe forever homes for our rescues.
Please contact us here if you can possibly help to return to the smooth running of our rescue.
Thank you.
Photo of Bumble and Sherbert for attention. (We have not mentioned this yet but it will be Bumbles 6th birthday on the 2nd May.
I know some of you like to spoil this legend of a degu on his Burfday.
Thank you for reading.
I have finally as of a couple of hours ago got my laptop back and working. Never thought we would get to the bottom of the problem or how to fix the issue!!!
Got a lot of catching up to do.
Important message.
For those of you waiting responses about adoptions please accept our sincere apologies.
We are trying at the moment to coordinate with other rescues the rescue operation in London to get all the degus to those who have space.
My laptop is currently broken and in the process of being repaired (hopefully by the weekend) and I am in the process of personally moving my dad who has dementia and I am also his carer into an assisted living location. This will take the pressure off hopefully as he will have on site care staff 24/7 instead of me trying to juggle the rescue, a full time job, caring for my dad and my own household including children.
I know I have been lax and not up to our usual standard and speed of responses but I do have some time off to catch up from the weekend. For now I have set aside both days this weekend for rescue business alone to catch up.
Once again. Sincere apologies to all who have been so patiently waiting.
I have sent some of you who messaged me on Facebook a quick message of apologies.
I would very much like life to settle again and normality resume.
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A massive thank you for the amazing continued help of food donations towards all the little mouths to feed here.
This is so heart warming and greatly appreciated.
We are so lucky to have so much support. 🐾🐾
Hi everyone.
We have been contacted. By a London Borough to try and help them. They have been alerted to a home that has around 70 free roam Degu’s in a flat that need to be removed asap.
The tenant and the degus need to be removed from the location as the property needs to be totally sorted out and have a lot of work done to it.
We are still very full as you all know from the last big rescue.
Is there anyone who would be able to help at all we have lots of degus ready to rehome now if anyone has been thinking about it. We have some larger groups that can go together or. Be split to smaller groups or pairs.
Any other rescues out there that would be able to take any? If so how many / how many cages do you have spare.
Please contact us
Thank you.
Photo of Lulabelle for attention.
Thank you so much for all the donations sent. That’s have all arrived so far and I am also awaiting an order from VetUK from those of you who have. Been kind enough to send some money through PayPal.
You are all so amazing for supporting us like you do. Thank you so much.
***** urgent help needed *****
Bopit is wondering if anyone would like to help us by sending some food to them from our Amazon wish list.
With 97 little mouths to feed every day (which means almost 1kg of food used every single day here) so the food goes down really fast. We need all the help we can get. We need both types of food as we mix them. One bag of each lasts us just 2 days at the moment.
Please note that you can change the seller to the Amazon one so it is £5.99 per bag of science selective as I can’t choose the cheaper option myself to save to the wish list. I have also added the option of selecting a pack of 2 bags for £11.99 if that’s easier for you. Sorry for Amazon making it difficult for you all to help us.
Or alternatively you can pop a donation to our PayPal and we can order direct from other sites and get more for our money.
Our PayPal details are [email protected] and please remember to use friends & family as otherwise we lose part of your kind donation to PayPal fees as if we are selling something.
Thank you so much in advance.
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Such a sad day.
Lulabelle and I came back home from Trinity together.
Once home I showed her Wanda so she could say goodbye.
Lulabelle gave her a beautiful and very gentle groom goodbye, almost like a little kiss. They were always so close. Inseparable.
So sorry you could not pull through beautiful one. Such a gentle and sweet girl who loved her cuddles. You will be so missed. Run free 💔💔💔💔
We need to pay the outstanding bill in full tomorrow. Thank you to those who have helped already xx
**** WE NEED YOUR HELP ****
Wanda has been dropped off to Trinity this morning for her dental and also investigation.
Lulabelle has gone in with her as company and support.
Please wish her luck today and if anyone is able to help with a donation towards the cost of today which has been estimated in the region of £280 + depending on what else is found we would be so grateful.
We can update the total cost later when we collect her.
You can if you prefer contact Trinity direct on 01622726730 and make a donation of any amount over the phone by card.
Or you can send a donation to our PayPal account [email protected] but please remember to select the friends and family option otherwise we will not receive your entire donation due to PayPal fees assuming we are selling something.
Thank you so much. In advance.
Thank you also for the previous food donations and Amazon donations. Luckily we got some critical care and Emeraid in which has kept Wanda going whilst waiting to go in today.
Today Lulabelle our 3 legged Degu came out for some cuddle time with me. She is such a healthy happy girl since her amputation and by no means acts disabled in any way. Not been this affectionate with me for a while. Possibly as have been so busy with personal issues that I have not had the chance to stop and relax.
I think Lulabelle was also demanding my attention to show me that Wanda is poorly.
Looks like we need a dental from the photos taken today of the messy, slow eating and constant teeth grinding and pawing at her mouth. Wanda is also blind and we believe the oldest and original girl from huge rescue we took in last year in very poor condition.
Lulabelle, Wanda, Fizz, Tabitha and Myrtle are a very happy little group of 5 girls who get on amazingly well.
So now our mission is to try and raise enough funds for her to have a dental asap. I am working till Tuesday so can’t be before then as I can’t either get her there or collect her before the vet closes.
We have had some much love and cuddles and she has been going mad on soft food after a little metacam to help her until we can get her in.
She snuggled down on my arm between feeds very happily and really gently groomed my eyelid to say thank you too.
Absolute beautiful soul.
Just need to be able to get her in for a dental and if needed X-rays.
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**** SOLD ****
We have a rare and amazing opportunity for someone to both benefit from and help our little rescue out with some much needed funds.
We have a Savic Suite Royale 95 up for grabs that is not needed. We are hoping for around £80 for it. It has wear and tear but new these are very expensive.
They are great for larger rodent types like Chinchillas, Degus, Rats, Sugar Gliders etc and are a well known secure cage that will last years to come.
It is still fully assembled and if you live locally we can deliver it as it will fit in my car as in the photos.
Please contact us if you’re interested.
Thank you so much to everyone who has sent us some food for the Degu’s, and to those who donated some pennies too.
I am just seeing how much we get of either of the foods before ordering some so I can make sure we have around the same amount of both types. This is what has arrived so far. Bumble is blown away by your generosity.
We really appreciate all the help we are offered right now as it’s such an expensive time of year and with the rescues funds so low.
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This is Vincent Van Goo who a gardener in his work van pulled up at a vets to say they had a mouse in their van. We were contacted by the vets and went and collected him on the hottest day of the year. He was suffering heat stroke and shock at the time and was not sure he would even make it home as he was so wobbly and lethargic. As you can see he is now fully recovered and available for his furever home. He did not get on with any out out solo boys and he likes to whine at you when you/ answer you back if you talk to him. Please fill in the adoption questionnaire and message us if you are interested in adopting him.
We are in urgent need of both Emeraid IC herbivore and Oxbow Critical care from our Amazon Wish list as we only have a couple of days worth left for all our poorly ones. We have burgess excel dual care so don’t need that thankfully. The wish list is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/39JPS1VGK5QY4?fbclid=IwY2xjawE0qVMBHXZgC10kZpsD59Js7PYmyv-MFhi_EJWwB6-4bdV4MLGXRcwUAWc6rwF8Qw&sfnsn=scwspwa We currently have 3 needing the vets too but need to build We also need to find enough to cover those costs too. We are currently spending £45 every 2 weeks on science selective due to the amount in our care. I will in a few days update a few solo boys who are ready for adoption including Vincent Van Goo who is now a healthy boy who has recovered well from his heat stroke and shock. He is a very vocal boy that’s for sure. We also have Biggles who should have been called Giggles as he giggles to himself every time he jumps in his wheel to run. If anyone is able to send us either of these recovery foods we would be so grateful. Or even just £1 towards a pack that would be so helpful to us via our PayPal [email protected] using the friends & family option so we can receive the entire donation instead of paying PayPal fees as if we were selling something. Thank you so much for reading this in advance. *** EDIT *** We have been sent lots of Emeraid thank you so much. If anyone can help with Oxbow Critical Care. Amazon is really expensive for that but I have found it cheaper elsewhere. £37.99 for the 454g bags and £15.99 for the 141g bags. I am happy to share the details to anyone who is able to help us or send some pennies to PayPal and I can order them. Thank you so much for the amazing response we have had so far.
Hi everyone. Bumble here trying to get in to the festive spirit!!! We have a bit of a problem though. We are getting really, really low on noms. Can anyone please either spare a few pennies to send to lil old me to buy some or please purchase a bag from our Amazon wish list. We really need BOTH beaphar care plus and science selective if anyone can spare anything please. We have lots of treats and herbs but not proper food. Any help will be so greatly appreciated. Thank you to all the hooman slaves out there and their Degu masters. https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/39JPS1VGK5QY4?fbclid=IwAR12YAtdJGabA-fSbOz2Jsr_jBYYvxCVsAevuG3VeDCxl0XMFAFnOq8BfEM
Just look at this cuteness for a Sunday morning happy place. Tiddles 🐾🐾
Tiddles is being such a good girl with taking her meds and taking additional syringe feeds to try and help her catch up with her brothers and sister. Just look at this. How sweet is she. 🐾🐾
Sheldon update!!!! Sheldon is responding to fluid therapy really well. It’s taken a few days to see a difference in him and he did look worse first. We are still fighting with him. He is becoming more active and has as of last night become interested in food again. We need to try and get a urine sample but he is much more active now and gets stressed very easily (angry is more like it). He knows when it’s fluids time and waits by the door impatiently for them. Since Sheldon’s arrival our vet bills have been particularly increasing. Paid out £323.97 on them and will have another larger expense once we have the urine sample which needs to be sent off and see if he will be suitable for a specific medication to help him for the rest of his life. So happy to see him finally eating for himself again. Mostly baby food for now but at least it’s something. He seems to now have one eye closed too. Bathed it as it was shut with dried sleep but it is still not open properly. Something else to be looked at. If anyone is able to and would like to help with his now ongoing vet costs please send a PayPal payment to [email protected] but please remember to send it friends & family and not goods and services otherwise we will lose a percentage of your kind donation to PayPal fees as they will think you have purchased something from us. Also if you would rather not send cash to us you can phone the vets directly and ask to pay a donation amount of your choice to our account so when we pay our next bill the money will be there to go towards it. Of you can help us by getting us some items from our wish list on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/39JPS1VGK5QY4/?ref_=list_c_wl_lol_ovle
For those of you who don’t follow Bumbles page here is an update on Sheldon. My dear friend is home thank goodness. I was so worried about him. Sheldon saw Dr Richard for examination and was taken straight off then and there to put him under anaesthetic to see what was wrong. He had to have X-rays done as there was nothing obviously wrong. His teefs are perfect just like mine. The X-rays show that he is much, much older than originally thought. He has lots of arthritis. I am just so happy he is back home to stay even if he is old enough to be my Great, great Grandad. He is my friend and I am soo hoping that with a treatment plan set up now it will hopefully make him feel better. Look just how much we missed each other. Bumble 🐾🐾
It is with such deep sadness that I write this post to tell you that little pup passed away being snuggled up to my neck at 10.40 on Tuesday night. Sweet dreams little one. I know you wanted to fight so much with us. I am sorry for the delay in updating you all but it has been a really difficult time here. Mum and babies are all reunited over the bridge. We knew it would be challenging for so many reasons. Mum we believe was quite old and far too old to be having babies but also all the pups had deformities to a certain level (which we always made sure were not visible) even the last little boy. We knew about the visible ones but there could have also been more going on inside that we were unaware of. The last precious baby was not growing properly and not gaining weight as he should have so we sort of knew his days were numbered. We did not love him any less or try and less to help him fight those odds though. We are truly heart broken by all that has happened in the last 11 days. I wish the outcome could have been very different. He had lots of round the clock love and attention. Went on adventures with us and even stayed out all night with me. Wherever I went he came too with feeds made up and everything he could need packed with him. Now I feel lost and like I am forgetting to do something. Hand rearing babies is such an all consuming thing to do but no way would I ever give up on any of them. A little video of him sleeping with me after a feed. 🐾🐾
Nothing like a little dream now is there. It’s very tiring having to eat every 2hrs. 🐾🐾
So little one has chosen a new comforter for their new home. Look how happy it has made them tonight.
Love their little hearts.
Feeding time for the big group of baby girls. They just never get it that the other levels of their cage get the food first as it’s so much easier when empty! Could you imagine opening that door with them all there? Welcome to the life of a small rescue. Hahaha. So cute. ***** They have now been with us 3 weeks this weekend so all the girls and 3 baby boys are ready for rehoming, I will be going thought all the adoption questionnaires tomorrow afternoon and evening and contact any who have shown interest. *****
The beautiful and highly supported Pandora has gone back home today. Good luck sweet girl and keep fighting. She has started to be self sufficient and eating for herself for the first time in ages. Thank you to everyone who supported us to support her and make this possible. 🐾🐾
Would you believe this this little lady is on permanent meds for root growth? Vanilla you are such a nest maker. I think you have made Cinnamon dizzy. 🐾🐾
Pandora is back at the den and feeling much happier after seeing Dr Richard and her dental. I can understand those of you concerned about how she looks on photos as she really pancakes on us so here is a little video of how well she is going and how far she has come in her recovery. She has been left with a head tilt but when she arrived the first time she could barely stand and was unable to walk as she kept rolling over instead.
A beautiful start to any day. Honestly it makes me so happy to hear Dexter this happy (you need the sound on for this). I have got very attached to this little boy. We have the most amazing cuddles. Look at the way he pushes into a snuggle with his new best friend. 🐾🐾
Someone is definitely feeling a lot better today. Sweet Pandora is going home tomorrow with lots of goodies and things she needs thanks to the amazing support of our vet Dr Richard and all of you wonderful people who donated to her cause here. We are going to miss her but she needs to be back home with her mummy now she has recoverd from the anaesthetic nicely. 🐾🐾
Just to show how good Pandora is with her syringe feeds which are every 2 to 3hrs at the moment. If you listen carefully you can hear her little happy squeaks she makes when she realises it’s yummy Emeraid or Oxbow Critical Care and not her meds. 🐾🐾
As previously mentioned on the adoption post here is the video of our “hi five girl” she is one of the Pair of 11 month old sisters.
Last night I came home from work to a bit of a surprise. The biggest heavily pregnant girl from the recent mixed sex rescue has been busy and has safely delivered 5 little trouble makers. Congratulations mummy on delivering your healthy babies with all the upheaval of moving home too. If anyone has one of the beds in this video spare we would be really grateful as the next due mum is looking like she may only be a short way from her delivery too. She is in the other cage so they can’t share. We are keeping a close eye on them but so far this is a really attentive mum with 3 very involved aunties looking out for them. Mum is feeding them well.
We are a small non profit Degu rescue in Kent who have 72 Degus Currently here in our home that have all be rescued for one reason on another. We have now started to rehome on any that have no health issues and are in good condition. Some may have arrived with medical issues and will not be up for rehoming before they are given a clean bill of health by our very experienced vets, or to an experienced degu owner who understands completely the implications of taking on a degu or degus with that particular health issue. You will need to complete a questionnaire and show proof that their new home is both a suitable one and is appropriate for them, which includes meeting all their basic needs. We prefer them to go in their established groups to avoid further upheaval for them and you need to understand they will need a time to settle in to their new surroundings before they will fully trust you. We work hard with all the Degus in our care to make them friendly, confident and human friendly. Some times this will be difficult due to their past but we do not give up. We will advise of the most friendly and outgoing of them if that is what you require. This is a family home so they are all used to children of various ages and my children do hold them while closely supervised so they are also used to child contact. Any that have ongoing issues will not be rehomed unless specifically requested by yourself and you have the experience, knowledge and understanding of their ongoing needs and the costs involved. Some have rather specialist needs which require ongoing treatment and special care or cages to assist their standard of living to one that we find acceptable. I will over the next few weeks / months try to put up pictures of them individually and their name and any special needs including why they came here when they did. We are very committed and focused on all of them having the best possible life they can for the rest of their days regardless of how long that will be. Some require frequent vet visits and operations (especially dentals) as a known common issue especially if they are not given very important daily Hay and Herbs which keep their back (molar) teeth ground down and stop this from forming. The are also unable to have sugar in their diet as they have an intolerance which can lead to diabetes and cataracts if not followed very strictly. There are so many things that they can have though which are available online rather than the very limited items that are in the shops currently. Safe woods are also very important for them so they can chew on things constantly due to their ever growing front teeth. Degus are very good at hiding illness sometimes until it is too late to save them. They can be prone to respiratory infections, eye infections and other minor ailments that can escalate very quickly if not caught early. I am very lucky to have the support and mutual respect of a fantastic and very knowledgeable vets locally that quite uncommonly has 5 vets that are both qualified and very experienced to deal with these little exotic trouble makers. They are so rewarding and loads of fun to have in your life too. I could not imagine my life without helping them now.
