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Reminder not to leave pets unsupervised! Pets always seem to be able to find ways to get themselves in to trouble. I thought the room I let my degus run around was completely safe but Scott got himself stuck behind the radiator pipe. I was there, noticed immediately and was able to help him out by lifting him above the skirting board where the gap is wider, but because I thought the room was safe I would sometimes leave briefly to get more bedding while I was cleaning out the cage or things like that. Scott could have seriously injured himself as he started to panic if I had taken any longer to notice him. Thankfully he was fine, but it’s important for everyone to remember this, no matter how safe you think they are.

(The degu in the photo is Daniel but they’re the same size and it’s easier to get to Daniel stay put for photos)

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The degus got a hazelnut each yesterday, but they had a bit of trouble getting in to them because they kept rolling away.

Daniel must have knocked his nut out of the cage because during their time out of the cage today Scott found it, ran off with it and buried it in the digging tank filled with soil.

I found Daniel’s hazelnut again while cleaning out his cage, hidden at the back of his seagrass bed, I gave him a hand getting in to it.

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.