how to stop chewing

You cannot stop it you have to prevent it.

Once rats learn to chew they will keep chewing no matter what even if place in another enclosure, worse they will teach others to chew as well, the only way to stop it is to feed the chewers off and by that I mean anyone in this enclosure.

When I have chewers and I rarely do they get retired IMMEDIATELY (no second chance).

Now how do I prevent chewing? I provide a wood block to all my rats, it's been working very well for me.

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Originally Posted by Alexandra V

Yeah, I'd try giving her something harder to chew than cardboard. Maybe a piece of wood, or if you can find them, the naturally shed deer alters that we sell at the pet food store I work at (though I don't know if they're available everywhere). They were originally made for dogs because they don't splinter easily but they also made smaller hunks for rodents to chew, and they get a little of the good stuff (marrow) inside as an added bonus.

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There is no marrow inside of a shed whitetail deer antler. Solid bone.

Feed it off. Like stated over and over, once they start, there's no stopping them.