Chewing and eating....?

[mysticfire]

Twix chewed a hole in his litter box. Is there a way to prevent him from chewing on things he's not supposed to and keep him chewing on things he can? I have a lot of other toys in there that he can chew on (wood, apple tree twigs, a flip n toss, etc) but this hole is a pretty good size. I gave him a toilet paper roll yesterday...it's gone today. Apparently he ate it...that can't be healthy. I can't imagine the plastic from the litter box is a good idea to eat either. Twix is so confusing! :?

 

[MikeScone]

mysticfire wrote:

I gave him a toilet paper roll yesterday...it's gone today. Apparently he ate it...that can't be healthy.

There's nothing wrong with the bunny eating toilet paper/paper towel rolls. Don't worry about it. They're favorite bunny toys. Try stuffing them with hay for additional interest.

About the only way to prevent rabbits chewing on things is to provide sufficient other, more tasty, things for them to chew on. It's more distraction than prevention.

 

[HerbyBear]

Try using twine to tightly wrap a large bundle of hay strands in and hang it from the top of the cage. This is a fun and challenging distraction for a bunny. This is a good way to keep your bunny busy andfrom chewing on all the wrong things.

Although my bunny does not chew on bad things, this is one of his favorite "toys" to play with!

Hope this helps! :nod

 

[Whiskerz]

Gee...Uh, you need something that is durable...

I would try nylabones They sell them at your pet store or walmart. They come in the flex kind and then original SUPER HARD kind, I wouldn't get the flex cause its a bit softer and would probably get chewed up. But the hard kind is like IMPOSSIBLE to chew.
Your bun shouldn't be able to chew threw those and it should keep him busy.
They even come in veggie flavors!!

 

[funnybunnymummy]

I wouldn't feed a rabbit (a herbivore) a rawhide product (Nylabone--even the carrot flavoured ones--are made of rawhide--animal skin).

As has been mentioned, try feeding him his hay in a challenging way. That should keep him too busy to bother with his litter box.

Hope that helps!

Rue

 

[tamsin]

Do you know anyone with a apple, pear, hazel or willow tree? A nice branch of that is a god alternative chew toy

 

[MikeScone]

tamsin wrote:

Do you know anyone with a apple, pear, hazel or willow tree? A nice branch of that is a god alternative chew toy

Make sure that the branches are well dried, though - only apple is safe right off the tree (it's a real favorite if it contains some leaves or, best of all, spring blossoms).

 

[Whiskerz]

I read that the nylabones are just a hard safe to digest plastic, NOT a rawhide at all..

Here are the ingredients:
Wheat Starch, Glycerin, Cellulose, Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Chlorophyll, Parsley & Soy Flour.
Vitamins: Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B-6, Folic Acid, Vitamin A. Vitamin E, Biotin,
Choline, Inositol & PABA.
Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Ferrous Carbonate, Magnesium Oxide, Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Sodium
Selenite, Calcium Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Copper Oxide, Manganese Oxide & Sodium Molybdate. Omega Fatty Acids:
Omega-3 Fatty Acid & Omega-6 Fatty Acid.

 

[funnybunnymummy]

Sorry, I only Googled the carrot flavoured variety you pictured.The ingredient listhas animal by-products as the first item on the list:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002ASO3I/ref=asc_df_B0002ASO3I1226377?tag=the004-20&creative=395261&creativeASIN=B0002ASO3I&linkCode=asn

Ingredients
Beef by-products, carrots, casein, protein colliod, natural flavor, less than .03% (300ppm) by weight of ammonium hydroxide, propionic, sorbic, benzoic, phosphoric and citric acids, silicon dioxide, BHT and BHA (to preserve freshness).

And another list I found listssterilized rawhide:

http://www.nylabone.com/assets/001/27267.pdf

Original Nylabone, itturns out,is made of nylon with added flavour.

I have no idea how well the latter would stand up to rabbit teeth, but the former I certainly wouldn't give to my rabbit.

JMVHO

Rue

 

[Whiskerz]

Ok, fine.
I was wrong.

Im just listing what I found on google as "safe durable rabbit chew toys"

Here: http://www.rabbitweb.net/toys.asp

Google it yourself, I havnt found anything that says they cant have it but whatever

 

[funnybunnymummy]

I'm not trying to get into an argument or anything. I'm all for safe, durable rabbit chew toys and am always open to new ideas (hey, Gus gets bored of the same old, same old too! ).

But when I went off to Google about the carrot boneyou posted a picture of, I found out ithas animal by-products in it. Therefore, I posted about it and stated my opinion that I wouldn't feed it to my rabbit.I don't know anything about the original Nylabone, as I said. Maybe somebody else does.

Not trying to start a fight, just trying to make sure accurate info is being posted.

:hug2:

Rue