How many degus do you keep?

[Concepta]

I keep two females
There is a picture of my cage on the introductions page

[gwem]

I have one male, but I want to get a few more. It's hard finding them in Michigan though.

[Concepta]

gwem said:

I have one male, but I want to get a few more. It's hard finding them in Michigan though.

Have you tried the Humane Society? Last time I checked on the internet they had a few, petfinder might have some too, alternatively you could look for a breeder.

There are two degus in Michigan looking for homes on petfinder.com - search.petfinder.com/shelterSearch/shelterSearch.cgi?shelterid=MI571

There are three older females looking for homes:
search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=7430442

And a few young males, who would probably be easier to introduce to your male:
search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=7430458

Hope this helps!

[gwem]

Thanks, I'll have to check them out. Last time that I checked online for some degus the closest ones where in Canada, that is a ways from here and across the border. But thanks for the advise.

[Concepta]

gwem said:

Thanks, I'll have to check them out. Last time that I checked online for some degus the closest ones where in Canada, that is a ways from here and across the border. But thanks for the advise.

Let me know how you get on!

[gwem]

They're so cute....they are also in Lansing, but closer than Canada, which is a good thing. I'll have to discuse it with my dad.

[Concepta]

gwem said:

They're so cute....they are also in Lansing, but closer than Canada, which is a good thing. I'll have to discuse it with my dad.

Oh that's good! Well seeing as they're coming from a shelter, you may be able to organise with the people from the shelter to drive the degus half way if they're quite far from you, I've heard of people doing this quite often

[toyfire]

Good luck on getting a new degu. I have three now. My first one was from a shelter and the second two came from a breeder but they were given back to her, because the first owner didnt have the time for them. They are a lot more intresting in a group.

[Concepta]

toyfire said:

Good luck on getting a new degu. I have three now. My first one was from a shelter and the second two came from a breeder but they were given back to her, because the first owner didnt have the time for them. They are a lot more intresting in a group.

Oh definitely, they're such social animals. Great to hear that you've done some rehoming

[laurieb]

I have 3. I thought I was getting 3 sisters, but Lilly, Milly, and Nilly turned out being Lilly, Milly, and WILLY! OOPS! So I am probably going to have more this month!

[silver]

congrates on the babies to be!
i had a mix up in sexing too..
my babies came our local humane society who rescued them from a degu mill, so they came seperated, they thought that the males were seperate from the females, but i guese not!