[Ria P]

I had a hamster who shredded before. Maureen, a female foster hamster who shredded her boredom breaker mat and then cardboard, any shape of cardboard.

Resident hamster Clive who is currently running on his wheel after a long freeroam, shreds small, cut to size pieces of cardboard placed by his front door. He won't touch loo rolls or egg boxes. He shreds it so finely that it looks like finacard and i have to remove some from time to time.

I'm trying to figure out why he does it and who else has hamsters who shred cardboard.

I originally placed a piece there when he bar chewed because he had to wait for his freeroaming turn. But now when the cardboard goes down and his teeth hit the bars he'll stop and look around for another piece of cardboard. He gets so carried away that sometimes his door is wide open and he's not even aware of it.

I'm just wondering if this is a negative behaviour, am i missing something or is he trying to tell me something?