Right if he were eating them that would be one thing but.....What a dick! Hahahaha... I guess he IS an herbivore so we can't judge too much. (Except that I have a hunch he's killing it because you added it.)
If you're moving them I'd just cut off the one stem that doesn't have any leaf left and keep the others as is. Second pic, "southeast" stem.
Thx plant lady