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Old 10-18-04, 01:23 pm
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Just lately, our guinea pig has started to eat the newspaper I put under his bedding. Is this okay or should I stop using the newspaper? Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 10-18-04, 02:20 pm
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Re: Eating newspaper

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Just lately, our guinea pig has started to eat the newspaper I put under his bedding. Is this okay or should I stop using the newspaper? Any help would be appreciated.
A little bit of chewing is ok as long as the newspaper uses only natural ink. Soy based ink I believe. You should call the newspaper company to find out. If they use regular ink you should not even have it in the cage.
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Old 10-18-04, 03:42 pm
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A little bit of chewing is ok as long as the newspaper uses only natural ink. Soy based ink I believe. You should call the newspaper company to find out. If they use regular ink you should not even have it in the cage.
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Old 10-18-04, 04:16 pm
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Your welcome! So are you new to this forum?
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Old 10-18-04, 05:10 pm
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Your welcome! So are you new to this forum?
Yes. I am knowledgeable about cats, (I have two) and dogs (one), but the guinea pig is all new for me. He's my daughters pet.
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Old 10-18-04, 05:28 pm
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Yes. I am knowledgeable about cats, (I have two) and dogs (one), but the guinea pig is all new for me. He's my daughters pet.
Cool. I have 6 cats (love them, 1 dog (Chihuahua), and 9 guinea pigs (hopefully getting 1-2 more soon). I used to rabbits, quail, and hamster!

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Old 10-18-04, 05:43 pm
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Cool. I have 6 cats (love them, 1 dog (Chihuahua), and 9 guinea pigs (hopefully getting 1-2 more soon). I used to rabbits, quail, and hamster!

Welcome to the Forums!
Holy cow, you have lots of pets. I also have 3 girls aged 10, 6 and 3, so my quantity of pets keeps me busy enough.
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Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have 2 birds, 2 piggies, and a dog. I used to have another piggie too. = (

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Old 10-19-04, 10:00 am
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Thank you! Although our piggy is my daughters, he has found a place in my heart.
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Thanks, I can see it's going to be very helpful and the people are very friendly.
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I have 2 birds, 2 piggies, and a dog. I used to have another piggie too. = (

Welcome to the site Img99!
Thanks and as I said to someone elso, bear with me if I repeat myself, forums are new to me.
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Old 10-19-04, 07:56 pm
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dont worry we dont mind!
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I got 12 piggies, 1 dog and bunch of fishies.
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Oh I had a puppy for about 7 months and had to find a new home for her.
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Cool, how many cages do you have?
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Re: Eating newspaper

I have you all beat! I have 6 cats,6 dogs,2 parrots,1 canary,1hamster,fish and last (but not least) 4 guinea pigs. Anyway back to the topic "newspaper." I use it too but I was told on one of these sites that if it was over three days old it was safe to use.I always use week old paper and havn't had a problem but now I don't know............!
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Re: Eating newspaper

wow ur so lucky pet krazy!!! like my parents would let me have that many pets! i have a dog, 2 birds, and 2 guinea pigs.
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