Donkey - Capturing a Stray Degu

We were initially alerted about a stray chinchilla, which then turned into a stray gerbil. There had been numerous sightings throughout a housing estate in Congleton.
A local then spotted the animal in their garden and managed to grab them, the rodent managed to administer a strong bite and escaped. The locals identified the animal as a degu.

We spent a few nights in torrential rain searching for the degu but to no avail. We decided the best way forward would be to humanely trap the degu(s) and bring them to safety. After briefly interviewing the locals, we managed to pinpoint the most common sites the degu(s) had been seen. We set the traps in common locations.

Within a few days, Donkey was captured. We kept the traps set for an additional week in case the sightings had been of more than one animal. Once Donkey had been removed from the wild, there had been no further sightings and the traps remained clear. It's highly unlikely there was more than 1 degu.

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Donkey was a male stray degu. He had a fairly poor body condition, we put this down to burning off energy and being unable to consume enough calories. Remember, degus are native to Chile, Donkey was very out of place in the gardens of Cheshire.

Remarkably he was uninjured. 

We put out an appeal to find his owners, but no one came forward. Donkey was now our responsibility.

As a social rodent, Donkey ideally required companionship. We attempted to bond him to our herd of permanent resident degus.

Darious has since passed away, however, Donkey still lives happily with Dave. Donkey has gained weight and is living a healthy and happy life.