Most people walk away from a steady job for a promotion or a better salary. Lee Shepherd walked away from his to make wooden toys and sugar-free treats for degus, a small South American rodent that most of Britain has never encountered. And he has never looked back.
Shepherd, 49, lives in Stoke-on-Trent and shares his home with 17 degus spread across multiple large cages in his living room and a dedicated room elsewhere in the house. What began as a practical solution to finding suitable products for his unusual pets has grown into a full-time online business called Totally Degu that ships specialist products to rodent owners across the country.
