YourSoJelly
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Cavy Slave
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Hello all! My lovely sow, Sarabi, has taken to the bad habit of fleece chewing. And I don't mean a nibble here and a nibble there, I mean something the size of a small country is getting chewed up. She ate so much of the fleece Forrest, we had to take it completely out of the cage. We threw out the old liners because of the holes she chewed. I know it's her because I've seen her, and only her be the fleece destroyer. Any tips?
I've included her first chew up project, and I took that out right when I first noticed it, which was probably within a day or two. I'm just worried for her health, because she has consumed A LOT of fleece. She doesn't seem to have a specific fancy between polar/non-polar, color, or length of time in use. Anybody else facing the same problem?
Neither Pumpkin nor Nala chew, and Sarabi's biological daughter, Butternut, doesn't chew either. She has a 24/7 supply of hay and water. Veggies are served twice a day, along with pellets being served twice a day. No changes in environment, pets, or season when she started chewing. They have a hay rack, to prevent her from chewing fleece where her hay lands. They also usually have a cardboard box or sorts in there to chew on too, along with little (guineapigcages.com approved) wooden blocks.
Here is her first project:
And the culprit herself as of 5 minutes ago:
I've included her first chew up project, and I took that out right when I first noticed it, which was probably within a day or two. I'm just worried for her health, because she has consumed A LOT of fleece. She doesn't seem to have a specific fancy between polar/non-polar, color, or length of time in use. Anybody else facing the same problem?
Neither Pumpkin nor Nala chew, and Sarabi's biological daughter, Butternut, doesn't chew either. She has a 24/7 supply of hay and water. Veggies are served twice a day, along with pellets being served twice a day. No changes in environment, pets, or season when she started chewing. They have a hay rack, to prevent her from chewing fleece where her hay lands. They also usually have a cardboard box or sorts in there to chew on too, along with little (guineapigcages.com approved) wooden blocks.
Here is her first project:
And the culprit herself as of 5 minutes ago: