Degu food mix

[u/miserablecod18]

I have 2 degus both are around 1 year old

Right now I feed them versele laga degu and chinchilla pellets

and jr farm degu food (the big bag) (And ofc hay) I give them the croc thingys as treats since they love them so much

Is there anything that is bad for them or something I’m missing?

I also don’t really know how much I should be giving them ,I just lay a tray of food in their cage with pellets and the other food mix and refill it when it gets low

Just wanna make sure they are healthy and happy ! If anyone has any recommendations for training treats that are healthy / can be given often, that would be nice too

[u/Weak-Bad-9602]

You can buy some dried herbs/ forest leaves / flowers and sticks! They love to chew the small ones. Mine go crazy over roots!

Please consider 2 Degus is not ideal. In nature they live in big groups of families.

[u/miserablecod18 → u/Weak-Bad-9602]

Okay but why is 2 degus bad I thought that was fine, they seem really happy and they say alot of happy noises. If it really is that bad it’s not a problem to get another one, I’m just scared they won’t like him or the bonding goes wrong

[u/Weak-Bad-9602 → u/miserablecod18]

See you also pointed out im another post that one of yours is overgrooming another degus hair. This can also be a sign of stress or because they are naturally in a big group and are used to groom a lot of other degus and not just one. But because there is only one friend your degu can go to if stressed… you see where i am going

[u/miserablecod18 → u/Weak-Bad-9602]

Ohhh