They normally chew bars when bored, what's the chew toy made of? Some of them don't like chewing wood, try a mineral block, or rope toys from pet stores. I sometimes offer an unflavored dog biscuit too, they're good for the hamster, and nice and hard, so it wears down their teeth. Make sure your hamster is getting enough exercise too (2 half hour sessions a day is normally enough, hamster proof an area in your room and let them run around). If the bar chewing doesn't stop once you've offered all the alternates you can then it's best to move the hamster to a tank or aquarium (building a bin cage is the cheapest option, and often much larger than a tank of the same cost). Bar chewing can be dangerous, it can cause misaligned or damaged teeth, the metal's too hard for them to be chewing often, this is especially dangerous if they chew bars on the roof, I've had a hamster who slipped while doing that and tore out a tooth. Despite treatment the stress caused gave her wet tail and she died a week later. Also, in rare cases (if your hamster is biting hard enough, and often enough) the blows to the skull can cause the brain to shift slightly in the skull, causing brain damage (like I said, very rare).My 2mths old winterwhite does not chew on its chew toy but on the bars of the cage instead?
try keeping your winter white in a aquariam for a while then take your hamster out after a week or so and then see if your winter white still bites his cage
another way is to let our winter white out and play outside your hammie might be saying take me out
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