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Chinchillas => Health => Topic started by: Snickerdoodlesmom on May 24, 2012, 02:08:37 PM

Title: Chew toys
Post by: Snickerdoodlesmom on May 24, 2012, 02:08:37 PM

I would appreciate a complete list of safe chewing materials. On the small websites directed mainly at chinchillas they sell loose branches. I do not intend to offend any of you store owners, but how am I supposed to know that everything is safe and natural?  ::shrug:: One of the sites posted in the websites sections has very appealing prices, but safety, not price, is my priority when it comes to my precious chinchild.  ;) also, are the following materials acceptable:
Seagrass
Pine
Broom grass
Orchard grass
Cardboard
Thanks!!!!

Title: Re: Chew toys
Post by: chinclub on May 24, 2012, 03:01:52 PM

Yes they are safe.  You don't want your chinchilla eatting large amounts of cardboard bit ingesting some is safe.

Title: Re: Chew toys
Post by: Snickerdoodlesmom on May 29, 2012, 05:35:57 AM

Uh oh... He seems to have an insatiable passion for tissues and their boxes. We play a game where he eats it and I grab him away and put him on my knee but he runs back. I'm not sure he loves this game, but he certainly loves his tissues!!!
Is pine ok? And breech?

Title: Re: Chew toys
Post by: Snickerdoodlesmom on May 30, 2012, 12:41:29 PM

Is yucca ok?

Title: Re: Chew toys
Post by: lilchinchilla on June 01, 2012, 10:17:48 AM

Yucca, pine and beech woods are all safe.

Title: Re: Chew toys
Post by: jmdebb on June 03, 2012, 08:40:15 PM

what are beech woods?


other safe items..

hay:  bermuda, oat, alfalfa - but not alot,

wood:
poplar, apple, pear, willow, mulberry..

just to name a few,

treats:

rosehips, chamomile, hibiscus, unfrosted cherrios or shredded wheat, rose buds