Treats through the bars

[SammyJo]

I was just thinking last night, would feeding treats through cage bars encourage bar chewing? It might give the message that good tasty things come from there?

[kyrilliondaemon]

We feed treats through the bars with some of our dwarf hams and its never been a problem.
We don't feed the syrians through the bars now though, and those are the only two we've got who ever bar chewed. (For more than 10 seconds anyway - Scruff trying bar chewing and deciding she didn't like it doesn't really count by me.)

[pinkneon]

I never feed treats through the bars but that's just because I like to give them to Belle myself ...

[gutterglitterxx]

I do it through the bars quite often. Usually only if I know I don't really have time to play. I feel like a tease if I open up the cage and then close it quickly.

[Wisper]

I was told that feeding any small furry through the bars could encourage them to bite fingers more often as they see anything coming through the bars as food. So I generally dont feed through the bars just in case.

[lorrapaw]

I feed felix treats through bars and hes never bitten me.

[Call me Alison]

i always feed through the bars and i have never been bitten!

most of the time come 9.00 there waiting :) xxx

[SammyJo]

Thanks guys. She's started taking food from me now, so I'll continue to pop the odd bit through her bars with no worries :D