Fast Question!! Is Hardboard Chin-safe

[sheena lee]

Im at Rona looking for something to glue tiles down onto (Chia tries to lift them now...) No piece of pine is big enough, and hardboard is essentially cardboard right?

Is it chin safe??

 

[sheena lee]

Nevermind, Googled it and it's not!
How about bookboard, used in bookmaking? That's cardboard right? loll...

 

[Sycamore Chins]

Using hardboard as a base for something is fine, as long as the chin doesn't have access to it. Most of the runs ranchers/breeders use have hardboard bases, but there are pans on top so no/minimal chewing occurs.

 

[jess32247]

Nevermind, Googled it and it's not!
How about bookboard, used in bookmaking? That's cardboard right? loll...

I don't think book board would be safe either. Better to not risk it! Maybe you should wait to get some wood for now!

 

[sheena lee]

Chia would not have access to it, and wouldn't chew much if at all. I'm going to check out my arts store and see about the bookboard cost, versus the hardboard!

I'd get wood but it would cost a fortune! and I'd have to glue boards together.

 

[ChinnyMom]

i use plywood for my boys' cage floor, covered with tiles and fleece. they can't get to an edge to chew, and it works great for me. mind you, i do need to replace it soon due to silly chinnies peeing wherever they feel like....... ugh! lol.

 

[sheena lee]

I actually ended up getting bookboard for 3 reasons: availability (I'm a fine arts student, there's an art store in my school), cost (two 36x40 sheets was $14), and I can cut it myself rather than rely on the hardware store hours & cost of cutting.

It won't be accessible to Chia, and if she does happen to get at it, it's really only non-corrugated, compressed, thick cardboard.

Any suggestions for what I should use to glue the tiles down?

 

[woolala]

Elmer's all purpose perhaps？