Buyer question
How much does a degu cost?
The median asking price for a degu is $100, from 10 asking prices; half fall between $75 and $150.
Source: the Degu price guide, asking prices from listings on Everybarn and on other sites Everybarn indexes; not sale prices. Degu prices
The detail
The agouti degu is the wild-type color of a social, daytime rodent from central Chile, brown with a pale belly and a tufted tail. Degus are clever, chatty and long-lived, but they need a group, a sugar-free diet and a chew-proof metal cage.
What to weigh
Degus live five to eight years, chew through almost anything and cannot handle sugar. They are awake by day and need company of their own kind.