Degu Versus the Toilet Roll

I've had my degus for 2 weeks and 4 days and I'm quite surprised at how tame they have become in such a short amount of time. They are all starting to come out of their shells and their personalities are really starting to show!

Only last week I was able to do spot cleans (removing and replacing handfuls of soiled substrate & bedding) without too much trouble as they'd hide in a corner. Now, they climb on my hands and my head and try to escape. Just this morning I had to put them in the storage box I use for transporting them to their play area because 1 climbed out when I wasn't looking! Looks like someone will be on 'goo' duty when I do the major clean out on Sunday.

As well as being incredibly naughty little degus this morning, it looks like they were also up to no good last night. My girls have got lots of things to play with and keep them amused. Cardboard tubes, a wheel, digging pit, makeshift burrow, egg box, bridges, tunnels, and a toilet roll suspended from a shelf. It's been there for 2 weeks and had barely been touched… until last night!

This is what I was confronted with when I went to do their food & water change this morning. That toilet roll was three quarters full when I went to bed last night. Just how much toilet roll do you need in your nest girls? They couldn't have been cold either because it was very warm last night.

I might give them a tissue box full of tissues when the toilet roll has gone. That should be fun!

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