The Degu Den Rescue Kent

The Degu Den Rescue Kent We are passionate about Degus. We are in Kent, UK. We have over 100+ Degus in our care including new babies and more due any time tha

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. I could not imagine my life without them now.

Thank you so much for this wonderful donation. There  will be some happy tummies later.
14/07/2025

Thank you so much for this wonderful donation. There will be some happy tummies later.

Thank you so much for our most recent donations. We feel so privileged to have such amazing and supportive supporters. S...
08/07/2025

Thank you so much for our most recent donations. We feel so privileged to have such amazing and supportive supporters.

So heart warming.

Thank you so much for these donations too. We are so grateful to everyone who has sent donations to help the Degus in ou...
06/07/2025

Thank you so much for these donations too. We are so grateful to everyone who has sent donations to help the Degus in our care. Bumble is also very grateful. And very happy someone noticed the request for crocks.

Thank you all so much for these amazing donations. We are so grateful to all of you. Also thank you for the 2 people who...
04/07/2025

Thank you all so much for these amazing donations.

We are so grateful to all of you.

Also thank you for the 2 people who have sent some money to our PayPal to help us too.

Thank you so much. Grabbed this in before leaving for work. Absolutely amazing.
03/07/2025

Thank you so much.

Grabbed this in before leaving for work.

Absolutely amazing.

Evening everyone. We are once again in urgent need of food for the hoards. I am hoping to be in a place to list all our ...
02/07/2025

Evening everyone.

We are once again in urgent need of food for the hoards.

I am hoping to be in a place to list all our available for rehoming Degu’s soon.

We are finding the vet bills and never ending food, hay and recovery foods ever draining. We are treading water playing this juggling act.

Please help with the following if you are able to please.

Or send some pennies and message letting me know what it is to be used for and I will post up once arrived with a thank you.

We are in urgent need of:

Burgess Excel Dual Care Box of 10 sachets. Recovery food.

Supreme Science Selective Degu 1.5kg bags.

Beaphar Care Plus Degu 700g bags.

Some treats.

Crock Complete Box of 7 packs if possible from Minipetz.

Lava ledges (any colours).

Our address to send any donations to is

49 Morris Close
Boughton Monchelsea
Maidstone
Kent
ME17 4UW

Thank you in advance.

Photo of Bumble for attention and to show his appreciation to you all.

Thank you so much for this really thoughtful donations. We are so lucky to have such amazing support.
14/06/2025

Thank you so much for this really thoughtful donations.

We are so lucky to have such amazing support.

Thank you so much to our followers and supporters who have sent us some food supplies  and some much needed cash towards...
09/05/2025

Thank you so much to our followers and supporters who have sent us some food supplies and some much needed cash towards 2 much needed dentals.

Bumble is very relieved that he has had a delivery of crocks from a follower too.

We still need to raise more at the moment so if anyone would like to buy one of the available John Hopewell Degu Cages please let me know.

We are in urgent need of funds. The last of what the Degus had went on the vets on Tuesday. We have another 2 needing de...
08/05/2025

We are in urgent need of funds.

The last of what the Degus had went on the vets on Tuesday.

We have another 2 needing dentals too and we will need to buy more food within a week for them. They have pleanty of hay. As had their monthly delivery at the weekend.

So we have two of these double tier Hopewell cages that are 8 years old and included are 2 tic tac wheels with each of them. They will need a good clean / jet wash and the chewed wooden shelves replacing but all the shelves have poo guards round them to help limit the mess going outside the cage. Can be easily made into separate cages in case of a fight or to help confine poorly ones to recover.

We are hoping for generous donations to hopefully cover the other 2 dentals and collection is from the outskirts of Maidstone in Kent.

Please get in touch if you are interested.

Also willing to allow if someone wants to pay for a cage at the same time as adopting some of our available Degu’s. We have a few at the moment.

Thank you for your time reading this and hope to hear from you soon. These cages will have to be stored in our garden as we do not have the space for them.

Also if anyone would like to donate some food for the degus we would be really grateful.

Thank you for your time and continued support.

Two beautiful boys now home recovering from their dentals today. Slim and Biggles needed dentals. Shady was just there t...
06/05/2025

Two beautiful boys now home recovering from their dentals today.

Slim and Biggles needed dentals. Shady was just there to supervise.

04/05/2025

We are so happy for our solo boy Biggles who has not mananged to get on with anyone for over 2 1/2 years.

As of last night he is no longer a solo boy. He is now part of a trio with brothers Slim and Shady.

Look at them all snuggled up this morning.

Oh my goodness!!!! Don’t tell Bumble 🐾🐾
04/05/2025

Oh my goodness!!!! Don’t tell Bumble 🐾🐾

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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.