Do degus bury food?
Yes. Wild degus will store food in their burrows for winter food shortages, but will also bury their favourite tid-bits in order to stop other degus hassling them when they are eating and stealing/finding it. Degus bury food by clearing a space with their forepaws, placing in the bit of food and then covering it up with rapid forepaw movements. Degus have been observed to frequently uncover and re-cover the food when burying it (as if to check it’s still there). They may also return to the place they last stored it regularly to make sure it hasn’t been discovered! However it’s not unusual for the degu to forget where they buried it!
