my piggies are eating there hutch!

[sugarandspice]

i dont know whats wrong but both of my guineas pigs sugar and spice, have been starting to eat an awful lot of therye hutch theres a few giant chunks from it. they get fed plenty of food they just started chewing theyre wooden hutch. if anyone has any ideas about whats up please reply if I'm not quick theyll escape no joke !

 

[sugarandspice]

i dont know whats wrong but both of my guineas pigs sugar and spice, have been starting to eat an awful lot of therye hutch theres a few giant chunks from it. they get fed plenty of food they just started chewing theyre wooden hutch. if anyone has any ideas about whats up please reply if I'm not quick theyll escape no joke !

please answer me 3 people looked at it and went off !!

 

[PiggiePal]

You could give them some other things to chew on as they need to wear their teeth down - for example hay, carrot, or a wooden toy for small animals.

 

[sugarandspice]

You could give them some other things to chew on as they need to wear their teeth down - for example hay, carrot, or a wooden toy for small animals.

weve already given them hay and carrots but ill try the wood toys

 

[nutmeg]

Guinea pigs love to eat hutch. Sorry but it's normal. They can have loads of toys etc, but they just love hutch! lol xx

 

[MidnightAngel]

Try giving them a wooden tunnel that they can chew on instead. My two love chewing on their tunnel and also their houses! However both houses are wood it's not a problem

 

[Laura-CCC4]

Plenty of hay is the biggest thing you can (and should) do, refreshed at least twice daily will help deter them from eating their hutch, but on the whole it is normal behaviour. If they continue biting the wood and either it causes the wood to splinter or it poses a risk to the pigs, you could try applying bitter apple spray to the wood. No guarantees and I've no experience of it myself but it's the only safe bitter deterrant I can think of.

 

[sugarandspice]

Plenty of hay is the biggest thing you can (and should) do, refreshed at least twice daily will help deter them from eating their hutch, but on the whole it is normal behaviour. If they continue biting the wood and either it causes the wood to splinter or it poses a risk to the pigs, you could try applying bitter apple spray to the wood. No guarantees and I've no experience of it myself but it's the only safe bitter deterrant I can think of.

do you know anywere you can get sour apple spray cheaper its all really expensive like £10.00 for 239ml ! can they have lemon juice thats sour and surely safe please reply on this

 

[Laura-CCC4]

You could try lemon juice, I don't see why not - as long as they don't like lemons, of course!

 

[flintstones]

You could try lemon juice, I don't see why not - as long as they don't like lemons, of course!