UMary Allen
I<em>Degus ayizozilwanyana ezincamisayo – kodwa kusemnandi kakhulu ukubukela iimpuku ezintle, ezinje ngempuku zigrumba yaye zitsibela ngapha nangapha. Kodwa into enye ibaluleke kakhulu ukuba unomdla ekugcineni i-degu: Akukho degu ufuna ukuhlala yedwa. Ayifuni ukwabelana ngobukho bayo nenye impuku okanye umvundla, kodwa ifuna izinto ezicacileyo – ngokupheleleyo!
Unxibelelwano alusebenzi ngeMivundla
Imivundla kunye ne-degus zifana kakhulu nemivundla kunye neehagu zeguinea: Kwimeko nganye, inokusebenza ukufumana iimpuku kunye nezilwanyana ezinendlebe emide ziqhelane, kwaye zikwazi ukwabelana ngoxolo ngekheji. Enkulu kodwa: umvundla ayiloqabane elifanelekileyo lentlalontle yedegu. Kuba ingxaki apha "sisithintelo solwimi": iihoppers zinxibelelana ngokwahlukileyo kakhulu kuneempuku ezithambileyo ezisuka eChile. Oku kuthetha ukuba imivundla kunye ne-degus ayikwazi ukuqondana konke konke, nokuba iyafuna. Ingxaki efanayo ikhona nge-Meerlis kunye ne-Chinchillas, nokuba i-degus inobudlelwane bosapho nazo zombini. Kwaye i-hamster njengeqabane le-cage ayifanelekanga kwaphela - emva kwayo yonke into, le yodwa.
I-Degus ifuna iClan
Ngoko akufanele ugcine i-degu kunye ne-rodent "yasemzini". Endaweni yoko, i-rodent yakho entle idinga i-clan ukuze yonwabe! Kuba yile ndlela i-degus ehlala ngayo kwindawo enkulu yangaphandle, kwilizwe labo eChile. Apho bahlala bengamaqela eentsapho ezihlanu ukuya kwezilishumi kwaye baphila ubomi obucacileyo. Oku kude kube kude kangangokuba iimazi ezininzi zinokuzala ngaxeshanye kwaye zonke izilwanyana ezincinci ezinevumba lendlwane efanayo zikhathalelwa zizo zonke iimazi ezincancisayo. Iintsapho ezizizo ziye zadityaniswa zibe ngamathanga axengaxengayo. Imizalwane isondelelene, kodwa iyileyo inommandla wayo. Iidegus ezingamakhulu ambalwa zihlala zihlala kwindawo enjalo.
Kutheni iDegus ifuna i-Conspecifics
I-Degus iyathanda ukudlala, i-romp kunye nokugrumba kunye ubomi babo. Phakathi, baqhubeka bebonisa ubuhlobo babo. Emva koko kubonakala ngathi ngothando badlana uboya. Kunokuba nzima kwimivundla okanye iMeerlis. Ke ngoko, akufuneki uthintele kwidegu yakho kwaye ungayigcini nje kunye nezinye iimpuku. Xa ucekiseka, kufuneka uhlale ubonelela ngokuhlamba isanti kunye nesihlabathi esikhethekileyo sokuhlambela i-chinchilla. Njengezalamane zabo, i-chinchillas, i-degus isebenzisa oku kucoceko lomntu. Kodwa ikwanceda ekunciphiseni uxinzelelo kwaye isebenze njengendawo yokuhlangana yentlalo. Uhlala ubona ukuba i-degus yakho ingena kwisitya kunye - emva kwayo yonke into, yonke into imnandi kakhulu kunye!