Chewing Building hide houses?

megamazing · Mar 22, 2016

I work at Home Depot so I was thinking about picking up some materials to make my piggies hide houses. I know that certain woods are ok for them and certain woods are not, so that's my question. If I were to build some for them what materials are ok and what do I avoid?

bpatters · Mar 22, 2016

Definitely avoid any kind of treated wood, or anything laminated. Most wooden houses that are sold for guinea pigs are made of pine or fir.

megamazing · Mar 22, 2016

bpatters said:
Definitely avoid any kind of treated wood, or anything laminated. Most wooden houses that are sold for guinea pigs are made of pine or fir.

Great thanks!

lunarminx · Mar 22, 2016

When you build the houses make sure they have two ways in and out, opposite corners works great.

megamazing · Mar 22, 2016

lunarminx said:
When you build the houses make sure they have two ways in and out, opposite corners works great.

Cool, I didn't even think of that.

For binding materials, I would assume wood glue and not screws. But I'm not sure if that's safe for them either? I would feel so bad if they came into contact with something they shouldn't and it was my fault.

bpatters · Mar 22, 2016

I think Elmer's Wood Glue Max is safe, and here's a link with a couple of others.

Saylavi · Mar 22, 2016

Try to use poplar wood, as its safer than pine (although harder to cut)

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