cardboard destructors

[KennyFace (:]

Is it okay for he chins to chew on cardboard? I got this big long cardboard tube which they love, but of course they chew on it. I just want to make sure it's not bad for them or anything?

 

[AZChins]

It's okay but as long as they aren't eating it in large amounts. If they are just shredding it, it's okay.

 

[Brittney]

I give the boys Kleenex boxes stuffed with goodies so once they shred them they get treats. That's all I was listening to all night. Mr. Charlie's is still in tact though, oh well, I tried. Brson and Ande's looks like it exploded in the cage.

 

[AZChins]

Awww...Charlie is so appropriate. It's a little strange that he didn't destroy a kleenex box!

 

[shubbles]

My chinchilla loves cardboard. he could shred a tissue box to dust in a few hours.

 

[AZChins]

I gave a little box to Laverne and Shirley the other day. The next morning it looked like they set off a bomb and exploded it...it was all little shreds. Of course, it doesn't surprise me anymore. Chins love to shred up little boxes and brown paper bags. At least the pieces compost well....

 

[mishellyshel]

i use the tall tissue boxes in the one cage that holds 2 chins and i stuff it with hay every night. they dont seem to shred it that much, it lasts a few weeks.
the single boys all get toilet paper tubes or shipping tubes i get from work stuffed with hay and they really dont eat it. just nibble & shred.
i only use the tubes with no traces of glue. some of the paper towel or toilet tissue tubes are horrible. i got thru about a roll of paper towels a day and i keep buying different brands (whatever is on sale!) it seems the cheaper ones actually use less or no glue.

 

[Carol~Anne]

Oh yes, give them cardboard unless you don't mind your walls being chewed, haha. I give my boys lots of cardboard to chew on and tonnes of toys too, but they still chew on my walls. =(

 

[KennyFace (:]

Thank you everyone. I'm glad they can because I don't think I'de be able to take this tube away from them, they love it way to much. It's about 6 ft long and they run through it non-stop almost. - and carol ann tell me about it! I have a whole project ahead of me of sanding down window sills and floor molding! Their monsters haha!