What can i give my hamster to chew on?

Question

i have read that if they start knawing at the cage bars they could misalign their teeth and cause brain damage! obviously i dont want my poor little man to get this so i was wondering is there a toy/thingy majig of sorts that i can give him to chew/knaw on? thanks for answering

Answer 1

I give mine wooden pegs without the metal bit, also you can but wooden honey coated tunnels for a couple of £'s from the pet shop.

Answer 2

they have fruit flavored wooden chew sticks at the pet store .. and i found that my hamster like the organic baby cookies with no sugar and artificial flavor

Answer 3

You should put some (wood, that you find outdoors) sticks in your hamsters cage. Your hamster can chew on them (it will not hurt him) and climb on them. my hamster loves chewing and playing on sticks. you could also get him different nuts to chew on. In the petstores they also have these food 'bars' for hamsters, which they love. Hope this helped!

Answer 4

Pet stores sell wooden chew sticks specially for hamsters.

Answer 5

At pets stores they have things that dangle from the cage and thye can chew it they haves tons of stuff at petstores like Petco

Answer 6

you can buy mineral stones from pet places which keeps them amused and also helps maintain healthy teeth.

Answer 7

you can give him the cardboard toilet tube,as well as getting chew toys from the pet shop.hope this helps

Answer 8

nibble sticks from a pet store. They love them

Answer 9

you can buy chews for hamsters which taste nice and keep their teeth down or even a mineral stone, this will add minerals to your hamster diet which would be good for him. or if you done want to spend money cardboard does the same job of keeping their teeth down, give him toilet tubes, he will find it fun to run though them and will keep his teeth down by chew it. you could even give him branches out the garden but make sure you find out what plants are deadly to hamsters. i have a had many hamsters, mice and gerbils, they love to chew on what ever you give them but chew on the bars of their cage is very annoying. good luck

Answer 10

i give my hamster toilet roll tubes

don't waste your money buying stuff from the pet shop, i bought all sorts of sticks and whatnot for her to chew on, and in the end, she didn't touch them and would only chew and play with the toilet roll tubes :)

Answer 11

Well you can buy him chew toys they have tons at pet stores but even if you do that it might still chew on the cage bars so maybe you want a new cage! One like a fish tank is good if you don't want him chewing on the bars!    

          Hope I helped!

Answer 12

Chew toys can be homemade like plain cardboard boxes or sheets (non colored and non printed) and empty toilet tube rolls (which hamsters just love to chew on).

In shops you get wooden chew sticks which you can hang in the cage but make sure that they are not colored.

Hard dog biscuits have a high success rate in attracting hamsters to chew on them but make sure that the dog biscuit you give them is sugar or salt free.  

Answer 13

a pet Gerbil!