Bought an expensive pair of Black Diamond trekking poles for my Maine to NY section hike this August. Been using my older pair but broke out the new ones for a hike to fish an alpine lale in the Big Horn Mtns. Left the poles with my pack while fishing and returned to find most of the cork chewed off by a marmot. Called BD and they told me there are no replacement parts for handles and I should be more careful where I leave them!! Thinking about trying silicon caulk to fill in voids and wrap with some type of tape. Cork is chewed off completely to pole in some spots. Any suggestions???