Earlier this year Daniel got in a serious fight with his friends and he was removed from the group for his safety. Despite working on reintroductions for months Daniel just isn’t getting on with the others, every time things seem to be going better they get in to a serious fight, luckily the worst injuries Daniel and the others have had is some minor scratches.

Daniel is going to be living on his own permanently from now on, as much as it upsets me to make this decision I think it’s in everyone’s best interests. Daniel will be moving back in to the old cage once I’ve done some work on it (new shelves, wheel, etc). The cage has been divided in two for months and it hasn’t really been enough space for anyone but I kept hoping that the reintroductions would work out and Daniel would move back in with the others.

Although degus are social animals and should usually be kept in groups it can happen that even after years of living together happily they may need to be separated and unfortunately that’s what’s happened here. Separating Daniel permanently isn’t a decision I’ve made lightly and I wish it wasn’t necessary. Daniel seems happy on his own and he will always get plenty of attention and chin scritches from me.