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Degu Care Guide
Degus are diabetic-prone herbivores needing sugar-free, high-fiber diets of hay, herbs, and specialized pellets.
Degu Care Guide
Degus are highly intelligent, social rodents from Chile that are prone to diabetes — making diet critical. They thrive on a sugar-free, high-fiber diet of hay, herbs, and degu-specific pellets, with daily dust baths, lots of enrichment, and same-species companionship.
Quick Care Facts
- Diet: Unlimited hay, degu-specific pellets (NO fruit or sugary treats — diabetes risk)
- Lifespan: 6–8 years
- Social: Must be kept in same-sex groups of 2 or more
- Dust baths: 2–3x per week — same as chinchilla dust
- Intelligence: Highly trainable; provide puzzle feeders and foraging enrichment daily
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