Mocha

20th August 2016 – 16th November 2018

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Mocha was named for his colouring and because he was a sweet boy and full of energy. He was never very interested in his humans but was calm being handled. Once he had a playpen he was happier coming out of his cage because he knew how to ask to go back. He would climb in to my lap, walk up to my knee then look up at the cage while standing on his hind legs. I put my hand out in front of him and he would step on to it for a lift back to his cage. Sometimes he would come back out, more often than not he would fill up his pouches and go back to his hoard.

Mocha was healthy until 6 weeks ago, it’s only 1 week ago that his health really started to decline. He got some medication which helped but his little body just gave up.

I’ll miss his little face 🐹🌈

Health update

Just a short update this time because four of the degus are healthy

Jack (degu)

Jack lost a small patch of fur and has developed a small lump, it’s not looking like cancer but it’s going to be removed the next time he goes in for a dental (probably in the next few weeks) unless it changes in appearance before then and it’ll be sent off for analysis.

Mocha (hamster)

Mocha isn’t doing so well, he’s 2 years and nearly 3 months old now. He’s been to the vet more in the last month than in the previous two years. He’s lost a lot of fur, his skin is dry and he’s developed some balance problems. It could be any number of things, we’re trying a treatment which we’re hoping will help and if it does it’ll rule out some of the possibilities.