How can I get my hamster to...?

Question

stop chewing her bars? I know she needs to grind down her teeth and I've tried several chew stick and mineral sticks and a little edible hut home and she won't use any of them. She prefers chewing the cage bars. What can I do?

Answer 1

put lime on the bars that what i did :D

Answer 2

My hamster always does that

Answer 3

put in a place she usually goes and put chew toys there and you should buy the ones that taste like food

Answer 4

give her something else chew on

Answer 5

don't put lime just get a aquarium dat wat i did cause wen hamster bite on the cage they get brain damaged and i'm not playing yea i would change the cage

Although many hamsters chew on their cage bars, it is neither healthy or safe. Chewing on the hard metal bars of their cage can cause brain damage and misaligned teeth. Excessive bar chewing can cause the brain to become misaligned, in turn causing brain damage. Likewise, chewing the bars can cause a hamster's teeth to break, misaligning them. Misaligned teeth will need regular trimming to keep them at the proper length. If a hamsters teeth break off, they will be different lengths. Left untreated, they will grow up into the brain, eventually killing the hamster. Bar chewing is sometimes caused by boredom, so take plenty of time to play with your hamster, and provide plenty of toys. Swap the toys around regularly to stop your hamsters' environment from becoming monotonous. As an alternative to chewing the bars, you might try providing fruit tree branches (make sure they have not been treated with pesticides) or wooden chews. However, many hamsters will not want to chew on the wood. As an alternative to wooden chews, many hamsters prefer to chew on unflavoured dog biscuits. If, even after all this, your hamster still continues to chew on the cage bars, it is in your hamsters' best interests to move it to a barless or aquarium type cage to stop the problem.  

Answer 6

she'll be fine my hamster did that for a while but stopped shes probably teething if it really bothers you try putting a yucky taste on the bars like rub mustard on it my Friend did that and it stopped her hamster!!!!

Answer 7

All my gerbils (yeah I know, not hamsters) do that. They think its fun and keeps there teeth healthy. She'll be fine... But if it really bothers you, you should put something she doesn't like (but nothing that will harm her) on the bars. I wouldn't, but every ones different.