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Safe Wood For Guinea Pigs To Chew?

Posted on January 6, 2022May 24, 2022 by adminguineapg

Guinea pigs love to chew. Guinea pigs need to chew.

The quality hay you provide will greatly help with guinea pig dental health as they chew on it.

But what else could guinea pigs chew on for some extra fun and enrichment?

Buying chew toys is rewarding. After all, who doesn’t love seeing our piggies excited about a new toy?

That doesn’t mean you’re limited to buying stuff for all important chewing purposes.

Check out the nak Shak Edible Hideaway for Hamsters and Guinea Pigs. It’s a 3 in 1 chew, treat and hideaway for small animals and comes in an all natural design to compliment any guinea pig setup.

Wood can provide an enriching and FREE way of giving our guinea pigs a chewable that will (or might) last a while.

But it’s only safe if: the type of wood is known to be safe, and if the wood is clean and free of any potential contaminants like fungus and of course chemicals.

So which types of wood or tree branches can you safely cut and give to your guinea pigs to chew away on?

Aspen Wood

Apple Wood

Spruce Wood

Beech Wood

Bamboo Wood

Birch Wood

Fir Wood

Pine Wood

Balsa Wood
Balsa is a very soft wood. It hardly feels like a wood at all.

Oak Wood

Whitewood

Plywood
Plywood is not a type of wood. It’s a manufactured board made up of thin layers of wood and wood particles that are glued together.

There are all different types of plywood like melamine plywood and MDF.

These processed boards are what low cost bookshelves, desks and other furniture are often made from and most people will have some sort of plywood or MDF products in the house.

Regardless of what type of plywood you’re looking at, none are safe for guinea pigs.

The glue or adhesive used to fuse the layers together, although nowadays generally foregoing the most highly toxic substances of the past, are still going to be a major hazard for guinea pigs. You don’t want them chewing on this stuff.

Avoid all plywood or particle board type woods for guinea pigs; they are simply not safe.

Stick only to real, natural, unprocessed woods.

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3 thoughts on “Safe Wood For Guinea Pigs To Chew?”

  1. Suzanne says:
    November 29, 2020 at 10:27 pm

    Could I give my guinea pigs part of our bamboo tooth brushes?

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  2. Nancy says:
    January 19, 2021 at 6:57 am

    Can they have apple tree branches to chew on?

    Reply
  3. Jenny says:
    February 1, 2021 at 6:24 pm

    No! Of course not

    Reply

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