Rat chewed up all my wires!

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Hi, I hope I have the correct catagory.

I live feed my healthy 1 yr old bp inside the enclosure once every 5 days.

I upgraded to medium sized rats recently & after dropping it in (i have a tank with 2 identical caves on each side) the rat chewed the digital hygrometer bud sensor to pieces.

I have the sensors above the aspen substrate inside each hide.

Is this just a normal side affect of live feeding?

Or is there anything I can do to prevent this?

Thanks all!

If you leave a rat in an enclosure long enough it'll probably chew on anything in there, including wires. Be careful your snake isn't next...