SASKATOON -- Cradled in her hands as she takes her fingers to scratch a small degu’s head, a Saskatoon woman says she’s going to fight to keep her pets. The degu, a small rodent native to Chile, is now prohibited under the province’s expanded exotic wildlife rules. “A bunch of us in the degu community are very confused as to why this would be, because they’re not a threat, they’re not dangerous, they’re no different than owning a rat, a mouse or hamster,” said Ashley Dyer, owner of Serendipity Degus. “They’re also related to chinchillas, which are all legal pets.”