Cardboard boxes

[ChocolateKisses]

So it's coming up to Christmas and I buy many of my gifts online.
I often get my deliveries in boxes and have given one to my chinchillas after I took off any tape and stickers.

One of my chinchillas has taken a real interest in it and is chewing the box a lot!

Just wondering if it is okay to let him chew it so much or if I should take it out to stop him chewing it so much?

 

[ticklechin]

Give him the box at playtime as opposed to being in his cage, they can digest paper but it just takes up space in the tummy where more nutritional things should be!

 

[Cuddlebug]

I would not give it back if he chin is chewing it. My sister had a guinea pig that died from eating cardboard. It swelled up in her gut and caused a blockage.

 

[Minccino]

I agree with ticklechin! Only let them have access to it under supervision.

Eli is weird. He only shreds cardboard, but will actually ingest paper items (paper as in thinner than cardboard).