Tobias and I have been making progress lately, he’s enjoying scritches and he’s tolerating being held better. I don’t expect that he’ll ever get to Daniel’s level of affection. At the moment we’re working on him not running away every time my hand goes near him in the cage. He’s a very clever boy and know what time is Food Time and he thinks that any other time I try to get him out is for medicine, checking an injury or to take him to the vet and Does Not Want To Come Out.

The first sign I noticed of Daniel’s tumour was a patch on his leg that felt different, on closer inspection he had lost a little patch of fur. He lets me stroke him all over but moved away every time I got to the patch.

It was such a tiny detail.

Me: my pet hasn’t been well today but he seems to have been feeling better for a few hours now and should be ok, at least for today

Also me: but I’m still going to sit with him until the vet’s close, just in case

Hey there, it’s the anon from before, I just wanted to say thanks for your advice after the loss of my degu. My remaining degu is named Tilly, is 8/9 years old, and she has been doing well, she is still eating, drinking and running in the wheel, and hasn’t showed any signs of unhappiness. We are trying to interact with her a lot more but aren’t in a position to bring any new pets into our household so we’ve decided to keep her alone.

I’m glad to hear she’s doing well. I wish you and Tilly all the best 💜