Im so confused

[LitldevlblueBar]

I am so confused why in the world does my Panther like to eat bits of bark of the stick thats in his cage. I caught him doing it once before I cut the piece of he was munching on now he just found a little more the chew in WTF is this bad I dont want any impaction problems

 

[dom1959]

i take some stones and cover the bark or soil to ensure he can't get to it.

 

[LitldevlblueBar]

the bark he is chewing on is high up off the floor in his cage. I cant put stones up there. He only chews on it for like a few seconds at a time. I dont even know if hes eating it or not.

 

[carol5208]

If the bark is loose then I would take the stick out and sand it down so there is nothing that he can eat. I don't think anyone can give you a positive answer as to why they chew stuff like this sometimes. Some say it is a vitamin deficiency but who really knows.

 

[shaunaroxanne]

Fuego went through the same stage when he was a juvenile, it almost seemed like he was teething if I didn't know better At first I freaked out, but then I just let him chew away. Once that was over, he went through a phase where he eat the dead, crunchy leaves that fell off his ficus. Not the yellow, soggy ones or the green, healthy ones, only the crispy, crumbly, brown ones He got over all those phases

 

[Psychobunny]

Just scrape all the bark and junk off the sticks and wash them with a stiff
brush and hot water.
Thats what I do and havent had any problems

 

[JiouD]

I am so confused why in the world does my Panther like to eat bits of bark of the stick thats in his cage. I caught him doing it once before I cut the piece of he was munching on now he just found a little more the chew in WTF is this bad I dont want any impaction problems

Weird, my little panther does this too, he trys to chew off bark from the sticks in his cage. Im keeping a close eye on him, hes kinda dopey it seems like haha
My guess it would be a phase suggested by shaunaroxanne