do any of you have degus or know anyone with them?

my science teacher has some that he's going to give away. they're adorable, but i don't know what it would be like with them as actual pets.

Wow, those things are really neat :grin:

Sorry I can't help you though. I've got a prairie doggie which, while a close relative, is probably not going to require similar enough care. Hope you get enough info to make a decision, and good luck! :flower:

I've never heard of them so I went in search of a picture. I found this site and it's looks like it has a lot of good information.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jean.wright3/dg/dg.htm

Go here (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/1568/deguz.html) there is a lot of info there.