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The older two degus are Bram and Flora. Bram is named after the creator of my favorite text editor and Flora is named after my favorite high school (computer science) teacher.
The younger three are Romeo, Diego, and Fauna. Romeo loves attention and will basically climb into any hand that reaches into the cage. Diego is usually up for some sort of adventure and will either hop into a hand or use the hand as a means of getting to an arm that he can quickly scurry up. Neither Romeo nor Diego know fear. Fauna is a little more timid. She will allow herself to be picked up, but she doesn’t jump into any open hand she sees right away. She’s more cautious about it. Of the older two, Bram will cheerfully climb into a hand, but only when he decides to. If you reach for him, he tends to move out of the way. He’s more open to attention in the afternoon. Flora will sometimes climb into an open hand, but usually once she discovers there’s no food (left) in that hand, then she’ll wander away to do whatever she was doing before the cage was opened. I wonder if it’s an issue of age, or just how much attention they received in their respective pet shops. The little degu are much more social than the older degu I have. But the age difference isn’t really that much.
created: 2024-10-28
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