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Post by andynkirsty on Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:39 am

Mia has started to chew everything she can find, wardrobes, paper shes even chewed the sky wires in 2. She has plenty of toys to chew on so i dont know how to stop her

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Re: chewing everything

Post by jstaff on Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:44 am

She is most likely chewing. The best advice I can give is to remove anything of value whether is be monetary or sentimental. Ice cubes, frozen and stuffed kongs and frozed sliced vegetables will all be of help.

Also vicks or bitter apple on anyhting left over she chews on will help deter her.


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Re: chewing everything

Post by janey on Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:06 am



What Jstaff said!! Also be really carefull to remove or cover anything electrical as that could be fatal, sorry I don't want to scare you Xx


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Re: chewing everything

Post by Melwilk47 on Sun Jul 22, 2012 1:32 pm

Hello, maybe if she has plenty of toys but still chewing she might be understimulated, just a possibility. Maybe try and get her playing with the toys, making them a fun and interesting thing to chew on, making a game out of it will stimulate her and hopefully encourage her to chew on them more. Also maybe only leave a few toys out at a time and change them over so she doesn't get sick of having all the same toys available all the time. As jstaff said the Kongs and ice cubes and frozen carrots are also great for them (I only just tried the carrot and ice cubes two nights ago and my two loved them) Big Grin
The only other thing I can think of is maybe a chewy meaty treat, my two love pigs ears and roo sticks. Hope this is of some help Big Grin

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Re: chewing everything

Post by Jackieb on Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:24 pm

Buy a stagbar ! They are awesome at satisfying the chewing desire, also frozen carrots are gr8 for teething and a kong filled with something tasty too !

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Re: chewing everything

Post by andynkirsty on Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:36 am

Thanks i will get her a stagbar see if that helps. I tried her with the frozen carrot but she just turned her nose up at it

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Re: chewing everything

Post by Jellytot on Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:40 am

Ralph didn't like the carrot - but he does LOVE a frozen tomato!

Yum!

Someone on here said to cut up apple and freeze the bits in a bowl of water, so they can chew into the ice and get a nice treat. It's a really good idea - in the garden though! Big Grin

Ralph wasn't interested with his stag bar to begin with - but now he won't leave it alone.

Also, as jstaff said, the bitter apple is great - really works with putting them off things!


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Re: chewing everything

Post by andynkirsty on Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:26 pm

Thanks i will try the apple with her and see how she goes with that. Managed to get her a kong to keep her busy which she loves

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Re: chewing everything

Post by jstaff on Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:10 pm

Best of luck and don't worry it's only a phase Big Grin


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Re: chewing everything

Post by Chantel on Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:39 am

Loki has also started doing it now, but I know she's teething (she already has 2 big girl teeth Big Grin ).
We do the frozen carrots and she really enjoys that. Also got her some decent bones which keeps her attention for quite some time. I tend to keep an eye on her, and whenever she goes near anything not meant to be in the mouth, I exhange that with a chew tow. She is beginning to understand that certain things are no-no's and she's getting better.

As soon as all the permanent teeth come out, this chewing behaviour should stop.

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Re: chewing everything

Post by mjh444 on Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:16 pm

Whats a stagbar please !

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