Chewing Pigs chewing on the grid bars

Mine used to do it too. But he quit when he realized it wasn't very fun and wasn't as awesome as his other chewies. Maybe make sure he has other great things to chew up there... some fruit tree sticks maybe.

I wound up having to put plexiglass on the inside of my cage to keep one of mine from chewing.

I believe that poster frame or binder spines will fit on a grid, might need to go up to the larger 80 page size that walmart sells though.

One of mine does it too when it's veggie time. It's annoying but he has not hurt his teeth as of yet . It is a possibility though.

Mums piggy does this also when it is veggie time and has been doing so form three years. He has never injured his teeth however I am always worried that he might break a tooth.

Thanks everyone so far! I might just have hang something there but I'm not sure because Dewey also loves to sleep in the same spot he chews..

I had to divide my cage because I found out I had 1 male and 1 female. Mine are chewing on the bars dividing them. My guess is that they are trying to get to each other. It is not continuous, but I was worried as well. She I stop this behavior when I see it?? should I be worried???

My guy was doing this like crazy tonight! I finally opened his door for open floor time and he practically flew out of his cage, so I hope he does not learn this behavior will get him out of his cage all the time

@NENGLERT I would probly put more than just a grid separating them. I would add some coroplast too because I've heard some stories (not completely sure if they're true or not) of sows getting pregnant through grid bars by a male. I don't want to add coroplast because its too small to buy a big expensive sheet though so that wouldn't work for me :/

@Veggielady79 lol that's what I think too! When he chews on the bars I want to give him more veggies so he's quiet but I don't want him to think I'm rewarding him for bad behavior

piggy getting pregnant though grids THAT IS SCARY!!!

bpatters said:

I wound up having to put plexiglass on the inside of my cage to keep one of mine from chewing.

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The weekend before Thanksgiving is when I rebuilt the cages into 3x3 stacked. New coroplast for both. Plenty of hay, wood, I throw in uncoated paper plates, toilet paper rolls etc.






I use to think they did it to get to the old guy's cage next to them but its under them now. Muggle was the main but I have caught Huggle doing it too. All 4 sides are chewed and as you can see some is chewed down to where poo flies out.