The Big Degu Cage Build

The Big Degu Cage Build - Part One

Let's hope the cage build goes easier than getting the materials delivered. Ordered before 6PM on Wednesday for next-day delivery. It got to 7:15PM before the driver called to say he'd be about 10 minutes. 10 minutes later he called again to say he'd broken down and everything would be delivered Friday. Friday came with the expectation of the delivery arriving early morning. Wrong. 6PM the driver called to say he'd be about 15 minutes, then he got lost, and then when he finally turned up I was short of 2 lengths of timber. Nightmare.

This weekend is pretty much the last chance I have of making my cage before the new Pets at Home store opens. I used to have to travel an hour by public transport to the Metrocentre but one is opening in South Shields on 17th August and it's a lot closer. I'm planning to have the cage built, almost furnished and the bedding / substrate in so I can get my 'goos' and a few last minute items on open day. I basically have this weekend for the main build as my little helper has a fully booked diary for practically most of the next 2 weeks.

Update 4th August — My remain wood came before 9AM this morning. Excellent!

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The Degus Have Moved In

This morning 3 little degus became the newest members of my family and they're the 3 cutest girls ever! I was up until midnight filling and dressing their cage ready for them to move in and they are loving it. 2 of them still think that there are only 2 floors and not 4, and all 3 have spent most of the day running in their wheel. Just before I settled down to write this they were all in a 'goo pile' on top of their cabin. It's a little dark in the room for a decent photo and I don't want to use the flash so I'll have to wait until there's a little more light to get a photo of them huddled together. They are all still a little flighty and scared of the camera but I managed to get a few decent photos of them. Don't have any names yet as I'm waiting to see what kind of personalities they have. My brother wants to call them Penny, Amy, and Bernadette… The Big Degu Theory! UPDATE — Here's a little video my brother recorded. :)

Degu Home Decor

The girls have settled down a little since I got them on Friday so while they were snoozing earlier this morning I took the opportunity to take some photos of their degu home decor. Bottom Section - Grass Hammock If you've read some of my Cage Build Posts you'll know that the cage is built in 2 parts, a bottom & top section, for easier moveability. The bottom floor of the bottom section is the digging pit. My aim is to make this as natural looking as possible. It is filled with around 15cm of wood shavings and some hay. I've used horse wood shavings as the shavings are large and allows the degus to burrow when mixed with the hay. Underground Hideout They have an underground area which is a hay tunnel sunk down in to the wood shavings. If you can't find one of the girls the first place to look is here because they love playing in it. You can also see a few willow branches. I got a bundle of 20 of these from B&Q for £6.99. They're about 50cm long a