Digging biting comforter and sheets

[mia]

My little girl loves digging and nibbling; she even nibbles her friends… Over time, she has stopped doing this to the flooring in her housing area since I lay small pieces of cardboard around and at one point, some old clothing. This is actually not a good thing because she actually eats everything she nibbles on leaving no crumbs (already discussed with vet and she’s also a great hay eater too so… *shrugs*).

Anyways, she likes to nibble all the comforter she can reach from the floor. Then jump on and dig dig dig and nibble (probably the happiest thing in the world for her). My comforter and sheets has tons of holes along the edges as well as random holes throughout. I was planning on tossing anyways so no biggie but now I’m buying nice new stuff and would like to protect it from her. Edges I can tuck under mattress but any method to discourage/prevent from the digging and nibbling on top other than penning myself in or not allowing bedroom access? She thinks it’s a game; when I catch her by just looking at her, she immediately jumps off laughing but jumps back when I turn away.

 

[LBJ10]

There’s the old shower curtain trick. It’s used for bunnies that like the pee on the bed, but I think it would work for digging too. Or at least it would slow her down enough that you would have time to intervene.

[BrunosMama]

I was thinking that, too. Maybe you could cover it with something old or a shower curtain/vinyl tablecloth when you aren’t able to supervise.

She sounds like our girl, Georgia. I’m pretty sure nothing makes her happier than destruction lol! If I scold her for chewing something she shouldn’t, she skips and binkies away, like its a game. We always joke that we will come home someday to the house burned and smoldering and Georgia will be doing binkies among the rubble.

[mia]

Ok, I have shower curtains for them already.

Almost all the girls I’ve had are destructo-maniacs. I keep saying, no more girls… Omg, as I was typing this, she killed my laptop charger. It was “blocked off” but stuck her nose/mouth in and in a 2secs, dead.

[LBJ10]

If the cord is close enough to the barrier, they always seem to find a way to get it through the bars.

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