Degu yog tus tsiaj uas nthuav dav heev los ntawm cov xaj ntawm nas, uas nws lub tebchaws yog Chile. Khaws degus hauv tsev yog qhov txaus siab heev thiab tuaj yeem coj ntau yam kev xav zoo rau tus tswv. Txhawm rau txhawm rau kom tus tsiaj ib txwm noj qab nyob zoo thiab siv xov tooj, nws yog qhov tsim nyog los pub rau nws kom raug.
Nyob rau hauv cov xwm, cov zaub mov tseem ceeb rau degus yog ntoo tsob ntoo, noob, nplooj, thiab txiv hmab txiv ntoo tsis qab zib. Nyob hauv tsev, lawv cov khoom noj yuav tsum sib puag ze zoo li ua tau. Pub yuav tsum tau ua ntau yam kom ntau li ntau tau. Lub hauv paus ntawm cov zaub mov yuav tsum yog quav nyab, uas tuaj yeem sau thiab ziab nws tus kheej, lossis yuav tom khw muag tsiaj. Nyab yuav tsum sau kom deb ntawm nroog, txoj kev thiab tsheb ciav hlau. Cov tshuaj ntsuab xws li dandelion, clover, thiab mint yuav tsum tau nyiam. Yog tias tsis muaj kev ntseeg siab rau txoj kev tsis raug mob ntawm cov nyom, nws zoo dua rau qhov muab pov tseg, vim tias nws tuaj yeem lom tau cov tshuaj lom. Cov tshuaj ntsuab yuav tsum tau muab pub kom qhuav lossis tshiab. Nws yuav tsum tsis txhob ziab, lwj, pwm, qhov no yuav ua rau mob raws plab. Tsis tas li, degus yuav tsum tau noj nrog pelleted zaub mov ua tshwj xeeb rau lawv. Koj tuaj yeem yuav nws ntawm txhua lub khw muag tsiaj loj. Yog tias tsis muaj khoom noj rau degus, chinchilla counterpart yuav ua haujlwm, tab sis koj yuav tsum xav tshem cov txiv ntoo qab zib, xws li txiv tsawb, los ntawm nws.
Lwm hom khoom noj uas degus nyiam noj yog ntoo ua xyoob ntoo. Cov ceg ntoo tuaj yeem sau hauv hav zoov, kom deb ntawm lub nroog. Cov ceg ntoo ntawm aspen, birch, hazel, roob tshauv yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau lub hom phiaj no. Thaum muab khaws tseg, nws yog qhov yuav tsum tau them sai sai kom lawv tsis muaj lichen thiab rot. Ua ntej muab cov ceg rau degus, lawv yuav tsum tau doused nrog dej npau npau thiab tom qab ntawd qhuav. Degu ceg yuav tuaj yeem tsis tsuas tuaj noj mov rau xwb, tab sis kuj tseem zom lawv cov hniav ntawm lawv.
Txoj cai ntawm tus ntiv tes xoo thaum pub degus yog tias tsis muaj qhov yuav tsum tau muab yam khoom qab zib. Qhov tseeb yog tias cov tsiaj no ntxim rau qhov muaj ntshav qab zib, uas tuaj yeem ua rau neeg tuag taus. Yog li ntawd, lawv tuaj yeem noj tau nrog khoom qab zib hauv qhov ntau tsawg.
Ntawm lwm yam, degus nyiam noj ntau yam nplej, xws li oats, millet, nplej, thiab lwm yam. Ua ib qho kev kho mob, lawv tuaj yeem muab cov noob paj noob hlis, noob taub dag, cog pob kws.
Yog tias koj pub koj tus tsiaj kom raug, nws yuav ib txwm muaj kev noj qab nyob zoo, txawb thiab yuav txaus siab rau nws tus tswv, coj nws ntau txoj kev xav zoo.
