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Originally Posted by BThuringer
Does anyone have any suggestions about what might be causing him to chew his bars? It feels like I've tried everything (and have spent an awful lot of money) but still come back to the same result, and I hate the thought of him being stressed/unhappy.
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Not everything has to be stressed induced. Think about it, he is small, unable to speak, so how is he going to get your attention? Have you found anything that calms him down after bar chewing?
Most of my hamsters used bar chewing to signal that they want out of cage time. Took them out for a bit, and they wouldn't touch their bars all night afterwards.
My newest is now with me for 2 weeks, still learning to trust being handled, but when she first wakes up she'll chew a bit. I feed her some alfalfa sprouts and some dehydrated duck out of my hand. And she goes to playing in her cages and doesn't touch the bars after that.