i just got a guinea pig yesterday..i have had one before but its been a while..well he doesnt have a chew block in his cage yet, and i woke up this morning to him chewing on his sleeping den....is there anything i can give him for a makeshift chew block..my mom doesnt get home until late..and if he keeps chewing on his box it may get destroyed and he may get hurt
2007-01-28 03:06:49 · 5 answers · asked by anne 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
so could i go cut a block out of a tree trunk and give it to him..like a wedge....do i need to remove the bark?
2007-01-28 03:11:34 · update #1
i know there teeth continually grow and it hurts them that why i want to get him someting now...my mom works until midnight and it takes her an hour to get home..so theres no luck i cant drive yet soo i need something now..his box is cardboard so i am afraid of it hurting him internally...andi took him out to play and he attempted to eat the couch lol
2007-01-28 03:18:00 · update #2
he has hay in his cage...but its not helping i guess i dunno is there an adolescent stage where he will chw for no reason
2007-01-28 03:33:25 · update #3
First off, he's not going to hurt himself chewing on cardboard. In fact, the only thing he'd probably RATHER chew on is OTHER cardboard, like a toilet paper/paper towel roll, or paper itself - try crumbling up some newspaper. I suggest putting some other source of cardboard in his cage for the time being, and tomorrow or sometime when your mom is home go out and get him a plastic sleeping den like the igloo-shaped ones they sell at pet stores. That way he can chew on cardboard til his heart's content and not ruin his bedroom in the process! =)
2007-01-28 14:26:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give him a piece of dry bread to chew on till your able to get some chew sticks and stuff for him. It is perfectly safe for him to chew on dried bread, my get that when I can't get down to the store to buy chew sticks right away. Don't give him any paper or cardboard as that is dangerous to them. You can give him a piece of an apple tree to chew on without the bark but don't try anything else as they can hurt the inside of their mouth and get what is call Lumps.
Hope this helps.
2007-01-28 12:45:21 · answer #2 · answered by rainbowlillie3587 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
More importantly than a chew block, he needs hay. In the wild, they use forage to wear down their teeth, not wood (much like horses or cattle).
2007-01-28 11:24:04 · answer #3 · answered by Lotus Effect 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can buy a nother box he may be doing it out of boremd get him out and play with him for awhile and see if he stops chewig on it and make sure when your mom gets home after a while that you go to the pet shop and get he a cheew block dont geta flat on make sure you get one thats got depth to it and hes teetyh may hurt there teeth never stop growing
2007-01-28 11:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by sarah_see_123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wooden blocks work well. Just plain wood, though, no dyes.
2007-01-28 11:09:42 · answer #5 · answered by longnosedquoll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋