Jenk
Well-Known Member
My one bun, Emma, is horrible about cage/x-pen bar biting. She'll chomp on them at all hours, and I'm afraid that she will (or already is) harming her teeth.
My husband is thisclose to putting plexiglass on her side of the x-pen walls to deter the chewing. I've considered tying grass mats to the bottom of them, although I don't really want my other bun chewing them from the other side of the wall. :?
Some people may fault me for not having chewable toys in her cage area (i.e., no cardboard, phone book, etc.), but my reasoning is that her fecals decrease in size on a dime (as does her appetite/thirst); I can't rationalize putting non-ingestible items in her area because: 1) I know that she eats them; 2) I can't risk herhaving evenmore digestive problems. (She has plastic cat balls, a large rubber ball, plastic baby key rings andplastic baby rings.)
Any suggestions on other methods we may try to stop her from biting the bars (including other toys that she couldn't likely chew/ingest)?
Thanks,
Jenk
My husband is thisclose to putting plexiglass on her side of the x-pen walls to deter the chewing. I've considered tying grass mats to the bottom of them, although I don't really want my other bun chewing them from the other side of the wall. :?
Some people may fault me for not having chewable toys in her cage area (i.e., no cardboard, phone book, etc.), but my reasoning is that her fecals decrease in size on a dime (as does her appetite/thirst); I can't rationalize putting non-ingestible items in her area because: 1) I know that she eats them; 2) I can't risk herhaving evenmore digestive problems. (She has plastic cat balls, a large rubber ball, plastic baby key rings andplastic baby rings.)
Any suggestions on other methods we may try to stop her from biting the bars (including other toys that she couldn't likely chew/ingest)?
Thanks,
Jenk