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08-18-2010, 09:59 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Michigan usa
Posts: 88
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bar chewing
patches is constantly bar-chewwing! i put a chewee in there its basicly a peice of wood and he just ignores it and chews on the bars!
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08-19-2010, 01:15 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
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Re: bar chewing
Yep, the joys or our little furry friends!!
Just watch that he doesnt become too obsessive over bar chewing, they can break teeth or get sores on their noses if they do it too often, but a bit of bar chewing is to be expected, their teeth are constantly growing and its natural for them to naw to keep them down. You can get flavoured wood chews (not sure in USA though) that he might be more drawn too! You can always try tieing the wooden chew to the plce where he chews to see if he will chew that instead - sometimes it works, other times they just move to a different place to bar chew! Little monkys!
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08-19-2010, 01:41 AM
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Winter White Addict
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Central Europe
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Re: bar chewing
I had to tie cardboard paper on places where my previous hammie chewed, so that he couldnt get hold of the bar.
My current hamster started chewing the plastic base. I put a wood there and its harder for him to get there, so he stopped it, LUCKILY!
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08-19-2010, 10:54 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Michigan usa
Posts: 88
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Re: bar chewing
ok i just read on hamsterific that too much bar chewing can lead to brain damage and that really worried me
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08-19-2010, 10:59 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: manchester/lincolnshire
Posts: 80
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Re: bar chewing
i just posted a thing about a bald patch but lucky i am so nosey because this caught my eye
"they can break teeth or get sores on their noses if they do it too often"
i think gavin has a sore, what can i do about this..? will this require a trip to the vets..?
and i too am very intrigued on how to stop this bar chewing. despite what i put in her cage and buying her salt licky things and stuff the only thing i have found gav is remotely interested in is toilet roll tubes. and i am not sure they're really that efficient at keeping her teeth down.
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08-19-2010, 11:07 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Michigan usa
Posts: 88
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Re: bar chewing
i also have a pumice stone that hes supposed to chew on. i got it from the petstore specificly
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08-19-2010, 11:08 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: manchester/lincolnshire
Posts: 80
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Re: bar chewing
yeah same but no luck! gav just sits on it and nothing more lol.
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08-19-2010, 11:12 AM
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The Hamster Princess
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Essex, UK
Posts: 7,424
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Re: bar chewing
Quote:
Originally Posted by patches
ok i just read on hamsterific that too much bar chewing can lead to brain damage and that really worried me
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Wow, just looked at this but never heard of anything that serious happening
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08-20-2010, 02:13 AM
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Retired Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 8,136
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Re: bar chewing
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Originally Posted by gav100
i just posted a thing about a bald patch but lucky i am so nosey because this caught my eye
"they can break teeth or get sores on their noses if they do it too often"
i think gavin has a sore, what can i do about this..? will this require a trip to the vets..?
and i too am very intrigued on how to stop this bar chewing. despite what i put in her cage and buying her salt licky things and stuff the only thing i have found gav is remotely interested in is toilet roll tubes. and i am not sure they're really that efficient at keeping her teeth down.
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Hi Gav - It should heal on its own - just check that it doesnt get infected, or stay too long. Of course if she is a persistant bar chewer it may well do. You could try cable tying a wooden toy to the area where she bar chews so that she can chew that instead, or try waving cardbord strips in and out of the wires.
Memeber Princess Rhi had a terrible time with bar chewing and she managed to perspex part of the cage so that her hammy no longer hand access to the bars the link is here
Perspexed - Rhi -1 Bar Chewer - 0
Or you could try her in a cage with no bars like a zoozone, or Duna Multy or a glass tank if it get very bad.
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08-20-2010, 10:11 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: manchester/lincolnshire
Posts: 80
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Re: bar chewing
i wil try the cardboard thing at the moment as she does enjoy chewing that... its about the only thing she does like other than the bars, i have tried her with wooden toys and she doesnt seem bothered about them. thanks for the help!
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