Chewing & Gnawing?

[GillyXBean]

One of my twins (Riff- the girl, 4 weeks old today!) will not chew on any of the hard items provided (wooden blocks, the plastic on the dish [not hard plastic, stuff the other hams all chew constantly]). She chews the cage, which I know she's not supposed to do, but I can't get her to chew other things.

So, any recommendations on the best alternatives?

[Dr Doughnut]

Try cardboard, and paper.

[Zouave]

Cover the cage, keep it dark, be quiet. Noise and light will excite them.

If all else fails get a 30 gallon bin and use the cage as a place for play and for foraging.

[Moosley]

get one of the chews that you use for the others or a clean apple tree branch and poke it through the bars of the cage where she likes to chew the most...

[LMDH]

Get rid of the cage befor it becomes a learnt behaviour. I bin cage will encourage her to chew better items.

[GillyXBean]

They have cardboard tubes (toilet paper & paper towel), but only use them to hide in and run through. None of my ham's will chew on those. Should I try stiffer cardboard? I do have a cardboard "hideout" that I made attached to the bars of my mama ham's cage, and she claws at that, but she doesn't chew it.

I'll try a few more things yet this week before I look into changing Riff's cage.

Has anyone ever soaked a wood piece in anything like cucumber liquid? Would that maybe help?

[GillyXBean]

I picked up dog biscuits today, so hopefully that will help. :)