Chewing bars on the cage

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Hi all.

Harry and Dude have settled down now. Still the odd argument but they mainly live in the one house now, but occasionally we have to put one in the naughty boys corner.

Anyway, over the last week or so Harry has been chewing the bars on the cage quite a lot. I know hamsters do this all the time. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, but thought i'd check
 
my sonny does this a lot! i think it's because he's a lone piggy and trying to get to the girls,or to get attention! what he doesn't realise is that i'm usually gazing at him as he lives next to the sofa! have you got harry and dude cardbord tubes? try one,if a toilet roll,you need to cut it along the length so they dont get stuck in it. also,they may just like making the noise! lol,silly piggies x
 
Yep they have toilet rolls, a big cardboard tube they chew on and wooden chew sticks as well as a ball they chew on from P@H
 
i'd say that they just like being noisy! typical boys! can you post pigtures of your little rascals please?
 
Yep will post a few more of them later today. Thanks! :)
 
Do you have them out often? Because (I was just thinking) they could get a little bored with their usual surroundings. Is the cage nice and big? Do you let them have floor time?

Sorry about the questions :red:red
 
You can get an anti-chew spray thing from some pet stores, and online shops. Can't remember what it is called but apparently it worked for my friend's gerbils!

My boy Squeaky will chew the bars when it's breakfast and dinner time...but thats his just way of demanding that I hurry up!
 
my max dose this after i have took his dishs out to fill up but thats the only time he dose it

but then again he only at the frount when it feeding time anyways
 
I'm not bothered about him doing it as long as it doesn't mean he's unhealthy or doing him harm. They don't get out as much as I would like, their cage is a decentish size but we like to put them out in the run in the kitchen as often as we can.

We try to get them out every night, but don't always and it tends to be for a few hours. I've found putting them out in the run during the day they just sit in the house until evening and them come out and run around.

I've also put up a couple of pictures on the pictures bit
 
My first piggy (20 years ago) used to do that to tell us she wanted food... until she worked out it was easier to get between the feet of whoever was up first in the morning (usu my dad) so get attention and food! What I mean is that she'd race to the fridge and put herself on her back paws to inspect the fridge!

My piggies were allowed to roam free in the kitchen which was very secure with no wires whatsoever...

Anyway, chewing bars is something we always thought piggies did as a metter of course!
 
My old pig Max would chew his bars. He would start at one end and slide down so it made this really annoying noise. He knew it always got my attention and thats why he did it. My two girls think its fun to chew the sides of their C&C cage. But its okay I have another bottom piece if it gets too bad.
 
They are both being little attention seekers at the moment. I've never heard Harry squeek so load, and now even Dude is getting involved with the squeeking. Usually it's when they hear us or the door into the kitchen they'll start going, but recently it's for no reason. Just sit and squeek at each other. Quite funny.
 
Hi there,

Funnily enough I was looking for info about this very problem.

Our guinea pig Bungle, bites the bars of his cage all the time and it drives us nuts sometimes! Not only does he bite them, he also sort of pings the bar back with his teeth. I'm not sure why he does this and I thought that it was just hamsters that did it. He's let out quite a bit and has the run of the open plan living area/kitchen. He loves running about squeaking his head off so I shouldn't think he is bored. When he bites and pings the bars, we just ignore him and don't give him any attention in the hope that he might stop. When he eventually stops, we then let him out.
 
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