Degu Versus the Squash

I'm in the process of making a degu calendar which I'll be selling via Redbubble. I have 5 of the 12 photos ready but still need to take decent photographs for the rest. I had a brainwave this morning with the idea to make the photographs for December, July, and October seasonal.

July will be beach themed, December will have a Christmas theme, and October will be autumnal with a hint of Halloween. I already have stuff I can use for December and July but not October so this morning I bought some squashes and pumpkins. Then on the way home it struck me. How on earth am I going to stop the degus from eating the squashes?

So as you can see I let them have a sniff in the hope that they'd lose interest in them because they aren't really that keen on fresh veg anyway. They seem to prefer eating the stalk than the flesh so I might just pull this off with a few millet type distractions.

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