okay so my three pigs live in a two storey wooden hutch i bought from P@H
it's this one-
http://www.petsathome.com/find/keyword-is-hutch/product-is-13199
they've got cushions, fruit sticks, a couple of toilet rolls (they love the cardboard lol) a regular guinea pig tunnel, and get fresh veg every day. the dry food bowl and water bowl are also filled up twice a day.
i'm just giving some basic information about their eating as i'm wondering if it might be something to do with my problem. basically, they're just hellbent on demolishing the hutch!
they've ripped most of the wood off the ramp which connects the two floors; i've been woken up several times last night by the noise of them chewing it.
so this morning i put them on the upper level and closed the bottom off so i could get a couple of hours sleep. and woke up to them chewing the lining of the top level.
it's literally driving me mad; i know guinea pigs chew things but the noise of it is so loud and they're literally ripping chunks off their lovely new hutch. they also keep taking turns- i get one to stop it and another just goes ahead and starts doing it!
i can't understand them being bored- i take them out twice a day and put them in a home made run, and like i said they've got plenty of other stuff to chew one. i've tried clapping and making noises when they go to do it, and it has no effect at all. aside from that i'm clueless as to how to stop them doing it. i have to keep going over to the hutch every five minutes to make them run away, and it's scaring them and upsetting me having to do it =[
if anyone knows of any guinea pig friendly repellents i could use to stop them doing this i'd be so grateful.
help please?
it's this one-
http://www.petsathome.com/find/keyword-is-hutch/product-is-13199
they've got cushions, fruit sticks, a couple of toilet rolls (they love the cardboard lol) a regular guinea pig tunnel, and get fresh veg every day. the dry food bowl and water bowl are also filled up twice a day.
i'm just giving some basic information about their eating as i'm wondering if it might be something to do with my problem. basically, they're just hellbent on demolishing the hutch!
they've ripped most of the wood off the ramp which connects the two floors; i've been woken up several times last night by the noise of them chewing it.
so this morning i put them on the upper level and closed the bottom off so i could get a couple of hours sleep. and woke up to them chewing the lining of the top level.
it's literally driving me mad; i know guinea pigs chew things but the noise of it is so loud and they're literally ripping chunks off their lovely new hutch. they also keep taking turns- i get one to stop it and another just goes ahead and starts doing it!
i can't understand them being bored- i take them out twice a day and put them in a home made run, and like i said they've got plenty of other stuff to chew one. i've tried clapping and making noises when they go to do it, and it has no effect at all. aside from that i'm clueless as to how to stop them doing it. i have to keep going over to the hutch every five minutes to make them run away, and it's scaring them and upsetting me having to do it =[
if anyone knows of any guinea pig friendly repellents i could use to stop them doing this i'd be so grateful.
help please?