Hey all, I am getting the tall thickets house cage to accomodate my 4 to be Degu, the only thing I am unable to find in my hours of research is this...

In the slide out tray below the mesh floor at the base, What material should I line it with, sawdust, shavings ect...?

I plan to have half the cage floor covered with a natural woven carpet so their little feet dont get destroyed.

Thanks, youre my last hope!

Darryl

what is a degu? (i've just seen a pic) is it a bit like a gerbil type or rat??

google it really, i did come across this site

Google Image Result for http://www.degu-web.net/en/housing/klec2.jpg

Hey thanks, I think that may be the one. Im going to try the wood shavings and see if that works. I aim to clean them out fortnightly so I have to try and make it as hygiene friendly as possible to start with.
Thanks,

we have 6 degus. and we use newspaper. We tried wood shavings but they make such a mess with it

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i guess they more of a chinchilla then?!

make a mini wall to stop the shavings going over everything

Yeah I was thinking about making a mini wall but but Im clueless on what to use and where to start. and what to use.

Ive decided to use a product called Megazorb to line the tray base, Its supposed to be similar to Carefresh (Which Ill be using to put in their little home as bedding) and Ive found the Megazorb real cheap at 10 pounds for 75 litres !!!

I saw a degu!!!!!!!!!! well...2 of them!!
And thought of you!!


So cute and look like they'd be a right handful yet fun pet!! - I'll stick to hearing stories before ever buying my own lol

I remember reading a description of how degus are as pets somewhere. It said that degus were "the poor man's chinchilla" lol

As far as what they are, they're from the octodon genus. Their closest relative in the realm of animals we usually see as pets would indeed be the chinchilla.

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Poor mans!? Theyre actually closer to Guinea Pigs I researched. I got my cage set up, food should be delivered today so may go buy em tonight, will keep ya posted.

I know lol, I thought it was a crazy thing to call them :-P but I thought it was funny nonetheless.

Sorry, my mistake if they're closer to guinea pigs, I was just going on memory . If you've done the research then you're more knowledgeable than I am.

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