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My degus have a tank filled with soil substrate for them to dig in. Do degus prefer to dig in hard or soft soil?

April 26, 2017degus Dig filled hard prefer soft soil Substrate tank

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My degus have a tank filled with soil substrate for them to dig in. Do degus prefer to dig in hard or soft soil?

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Degus prefer to dig in soft soil as it is less energetically expensive per unit of soil shifted. In the wild, degus will often dig out burrows in the winter, just after rainfall when the soil is soft.