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Old 09-18-2014, 01:17 PM  
DanniDorrito
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Default Re: Managing Bar Chewers

I brought Marbles home in a smallish cage, but had ordered a larger one the next day, so he was in the small cage for his first week with us. He went nuts on the bars and we tried everything to prevent him from doing so, but ultimately we knew it just came down to him being bored and not having enough space.

His new cage came (10gal tank with cage topper) and it was wonderful, but he soon fell back into the habit of bar chewing. Again we started trying everything again to get him to stop, and thankfully we found a solution!

After we purchased a suspended bridge for the top of the cage he stopped bar chewing almost altogether. He still did it occasionally in a specific spot, but the hanging bridge has kept him very entertained (He loves climbing). We placed a honey stick in the spot where he still chewed, so now when he goes to that corner he will just chew the wooden stick, he did it a lot at first but has slowly stopped.

It has been around a week since he last chewed the bars, we are very happy and it seems Marbles is too!

We'll still continue to give him new things to chew and new experiences to keep him entertained, he seems to enjoy trying new things with us
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