Title	Willow and Pumpkin
Author	mort the first
date	Apr, 2008
Caption	Willow and Pumpkin having a sandbath. This one was taken with a digital camera and is quite long and not so good quality but is very cute.
Description	The Degu (Octodon degus) is a small, caviomorph rodent that is native to Chile. It is sometimes referred to as the Brush-Tailed Rat (although not related to the rat family) and is also called the Common Degu, to distinguish it from the other members of the genus Octodon. Other members are also called degus, but they are distinguished by additional names. The name "degu" on its own, however, indicates either the genus Octodon or, more usually, O. degus. Degus are closely related to the chinchilla and guinea pig (Order Caviomorpha).