Degutopia Articles

Here you can find the latest articles and published papers written by Degutopia on a selection of degu topics. More articles are added regularly, so check back to see what's new! 

>Short Articles<

The Eye of the Beholder: Natural beauty Vs. the ignorant breeder	November 22, 2004
Degu Domination: Why your degu shouldn't be the boss of you	December 09, 2004
Crime and Punishment: The reward of attention	December 09, 2004
Food for Thought: How appropriate is our degus' diet?	January 26, 2005
How Your Degu Measures Up: The weighting game	April 28, 2005
Blue Degus: Cute but debatable (Julia Riedel)	November 28, 2005

>Reports<

 

Degutopia Feed Trial 1	November 2005
Degutopia Science Selective Degu Feed Trial	April 2009
ESG Labs Total Sugars Analysis	June 2009
Degutopia Degu Nuggets Feed Trial	October 2009
ESG Labs Total Sugars Analysis	November 2009
Degutopia XtraVital Degu Feed Trial	November 2009
ESG Labs Total Sugars Analysis	January 2010

>Published Papers<

 

Journal: Proceedings of the IOA- Reproductive vocalisations of the degu	March 2007
Journal: Bioacoustics- Vocalisations of the degu (Octodon degus), a social caviomorph rodent	December 2007
Journal: Proceedings of the IOA- Pups of the degu (Ocotodon degus) include ultrasonic frequencies in care-eliciting calls	March 2009
Journal: Reproduction in Domestic Animals- Pup growth rates and breeding female weight changes in two populations of captive bred degus (Octodon degus), a precocial caviomorph rodent	May 2009

>Case Studies<

 

Case Study: Surrogating degu pups	July 08, 2008
Case Study: Blood glucose treatment in a diabetic degu (Jo Bridges)	March 2009

>Newsletters<

 

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	Summer / Autumn 2009