Doesn't chew cardboard?

[Matthias]

Matthias doesn't seem to care to chew on his cardboard tubes, is this normal?

He does like to squeeze his fat self through it but he doesn't chew it, I've never met a hamster who doesn't chew cardboard into tiny bits before lol









-M

[Emma]

Hiya



That seems perfectly normal to me, most of my guys don't chew cardboard much - they have various tubes and boxes in their cages, they seem to prefer chewing on their wooden toys, hard biscuits etc. I have known hams partial to a bit of loo roll in the past, but most of mine have not demolished them for bedding the way gerbils do for example.

[Coco1]

Same goes for Nibbles, he doesn't munch on anything other than food! He doesn't touch the wood chews I put in (Well, he has had a quick nibble, but then left them) and doesn't touch his wooden house or other wood tubes. He never touched the cardboard either. So I do give him a dog biscuit each week to help keep his teeth filed.

[Matthias]

Dog biscuit? What kind of dog biscuit do you usually give your hamster?











-M

[SnuggleHam]

I had a toilet paper roll in geralds cage for a a month or so and he never touched it, he just doesnt care for them for some reason, he gets lab blocks in his diet so I think that helps wear the teeth down. On the other hand, my gerbils love them, they will chew and entire cereal box down in a day.

[Coco1]

I'll use like a half of a small dog biscuit. Natural flavored preferably, nothing with extravagent flavors in it! Just simple ones. My dog eats Eukanuba and her biscuits are the same so I have given him a small bit of one of those before, which he simply LOVES! However, although they're good and natural, they can have garlic in. Other ones I've used are just the simple homemade natural biscuits. You can also give a small piece of rawhide to chomp on.

Otherwise anything thats crunchy will be good for their teeth.

[Matthias]

Excuse my ignorance but whats wrong with garlic, Ive never heard anything about it before

[Coco1]

Well, maybe someone else can fill in here - I just know that garlic is one of the ingredients to avoid. In most books it mentions giving dog biscuits but to avoid ones with garlic in them. It may not digest with them well or cause stomach upsets? However - dog bones are also high in protein so are good for an occasional supplement.

[Matthias]

OK good to know , thankyou learn something new everyday

[Coco1]

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