Are bones as good as wood for rats to chew on?

Question

They can clean their teeth on them. Also for toys in the cage I give them old plastic bottles and cardboard boxes ( not ones that held washing power etc)

This means everything in the cage is often replaced so easy to keep clean.

Answer 1

Yes bones are great for them to chew on,personally i didn't give the rats i had bones them because its not exacting what you want to see when your eating your break fast(especially if your a vegetarian!)

Or "Nyla-bones" are good these are very hard plastic bone shaped thing that normally are flavored with a chicken taste,these are found in the dog section of a pet shop.(depending where you live these in the U.K cost about £1.99 for a small one if you live in the U.S.A or somewhere else sorry i can't translate prices!)

Nyla-bones also can be washed/sterilized due to them being plastic.

Heres the website:

http://www.nylabone.com/

The bottles & that you use sound a good idea.

you can also give these chews they are 100% vegetable mater & smell quite nice too! plus rats adore them!

http://www.veggiepets.com/

Hope this helps.x*x

Answer 2

Okay i think so  

Answer 3

stick ye finger in the cage, and you will soon find out, go on i dare you, you will still av 9 fingers left. lol!!!!!!!

Answer 4

THATS SICK

Answer 5

The bones are fine - I am not so sure about the plastic bottles though. Stick to natural materials. Wood, bone, I also gave mine dog biscuits. Plain cardboard is fine as well, preferably without color - the dyes are not good for them.

Answer 6

Bones are fine for a rat to chew, just boil them thoroughly I wouldn't suggest chicken or turkey bones, because they splinter too easily, and could hurt your rat. I wouldn't suggest the plastic bottles however. Try buying a plastic doggie chew bone, it's healthier than plastic bottles, and it was made for pets to chew on.

Answer 7

NO, bones and spliner off and get logded in there throat and they can die. the only goon bones are ham bones

Answer 8

you should maybe try to get a block of wood then a bone

Answer 9

i have pet rats and i use bones but the dont ware down there teeth so u shud put  wood in 2

Answer 10

They're probably alot better than wood.  At least they may get some nutritional value out of them.

Answer 11

cardboard is good. bones are ok. PLASTIC IS NOT OK!! you can make him sick!!! there are a lot of chemicals in plastic that can be very harmful!