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09-08-2005, 01:43 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sand Springs,Oklahoma
Posts: 11
| Eating the walls My little guy was a year old in july and has been eating the walls. When we lived in an apt. he never did this but now that we are in a house and the couch is next to the window he will lay across the top and chew on the wall next to the window. I'm not sure if it is anxiety related or not since he dosen't do it when we are at home. But he has done it long enough i guess that it looks like a great dane paw print intention in the wall. He dosen't seem to be sick or anything from it but I know that it isn't good for him. Could someone suggest what I could put on it so that he will stop. My walls are white so I don't want to put anything on it that will stain. Danielle Momma to Jesse James the holy terror ~ |
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09-08-2005, 01:51 PM | #2 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| Roxy and TJ, especially TJ has and will eat the walls too! Roxy is 9 months and TJ is 7 months. I have had to block the wall/moulding in their room while I am at work with pieces of cardboard wrapped in sheets or fabric. Unfortunately, the room looks like a clown room, but I can't have them doing that anymore b/c it makes them very sick! When I am home they have free roam, so they have others things to occupy themselves with. Good Luck, I am not sure what you can do to block it. Maybe try "Bitter Apple" or use some clear deordorant on the spot he is chewing and maybe it will deter him from continuing his chewing... |
09-08-2005, 02:01 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sand Springs,Oklahoma
Posts: 11
| Actually, he has smelled my deoderant before and licked my under arm. Not all the time,and dosent' do it for very long. But he has been known to lick deoderant Danielle Momma to jesse james the holy terror ~ |
09-08-2005, 02:08 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada
Posts: 2,999
| Have you tried a dog or a cat repellent ? It worked great for mine when they were eating the walls . You can find those in petstores , Wal Mart etc . |
09-08-2005, 02:51 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Orange, CA
Posts: 136
| my walls are like that where the kiddy gate is.....she will lay there and chew but has stopped after I was on her non stop......she liked the bitter stuff and our tiki bar has the corners chewed as well she is pretty good about it now but I think it was bordom......now she chews on her little bones....every time she wuld chew i would give her her bone....now she gets it...every now and again she will slip up and then over goes the bone. Befoer we got her crate what she is in when we leae now I had a lamp on the table by the window and I went to turn it on one night and it wouldnt and I looked and she chewed the cord all the way through at the base I am just glad that it was a switch light and not active at the time......byt that is what she would go sit on the table and chew while she was looking out the window..... we just got Gidget a new bone that she LOVES it is little and pink and smells like mint but it is gooshy so it is like a teether and she just loves it.....even thought she isnt teething....I think it releaves stress (what stress you have from playing and eating and sleeping I dont know :P) |
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