Chewing on himself?

[primabella]

Mickey has really long hairs on his front arms and lately I've noticed he likes to chew on them. Not that he'll bite himself, but he'll chew on his hairs. I gave him a toy and he only starting chewing on it, but before he didn't want to take it and only chewed on himself.

Could this lead to some excessive behavior?

Thanks. :)

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Thats intresting, Molly did that too, but she stopped after I gave her legs a nice soapy bath. :p Maybe theres something in Mick's fur that could be irritating him?

[primabella]

Yeah I guess so. I was planning on giving him a bath soon. Okay thanks for the tip. ;)

[binka_nugget]

yep..kai has that on his front legs too...not his back legs cuz I had a bit of a mess-up with a scissor...Lol. I'm never becoming a hair stylist or a groomer I guess lol. Kai does it when he gets an itch and when he's a bit dirty...he doesn't do it too much but I see it now and then.

[Dogz]

If they bath doesn't work, you can get some Sour Apple spray, it works really good. I know that Prince actually chewed on his back, so I sprayed some of that on there, and then he stopped chewing it.
Good Luck.

[primabella]

Okay thanks guys. :) I think he stopped after I gave him his tug-o-war chew toy. I guess the ropes are like his hair and he wanted to chew on something similar. :p it's time for a bath anyway...*Muahahaha*

[sammi]

Buddy chews on his back upper legs esp. when stressed. I think it gets to be a habit also - the vet gave me some spray to put on it and it does help.

[wolfsoul]

I'd keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't start chewing his skin. :)

Remember Leather's humungous gushing wound? She did that to herself. She has an CCD (canine compulsive disorder). It started off with minor things, licking herself, chewing a little bit but not enough to do anything, and took a huge turn and suddenly she starts ripping holes into herself. My poor baby. :(

[primabella]

He hasn't done it in a very long time. I think it's just that he was lying their and bored, so he grabbed his fur and started chewing on it. :confused: I gave him a bone or toy and he stopped. :)