Why it's awesome: At around 10 to 12 inches (25 to 31 centimeters) long with brown fur, degus look like oversized hamsters with long tails. These round rodents are endemic to the Chilean Matorral ...

after his companion had to be put to sleep A "lonely" degu repeatedly rejected by fellow rodents has finally found love following a Valentine's Day appeal. Greg, three, was left alone after his ...

and disease management. .... Degus are very active and social [rodents] animals; indeed, in the absence of social interaction and physical stimulation, animal may become aggressive or self-mutilate (e ...

These round rodents are endemic to the Chilean Matorral region in South America, where they live in complex underground tunnels with as many as 10 other degus. And within these degu societies ...