Chips or no chips.

falken · Dec 17, 2005

Hey everyone i saw this on the internet.

I'm glad you decided to ask me, because there are a couple things you should know. FIRSTLY, WOOD CHIPS are a terribly bedding for guinea pigs. It's not comfortable for them to walk on, not good for them to eat (they will always eat a bit of their bedding) as it can make them choke, and it also contains aromatic oils in it which when eaten in large quantities, can kill pigs. A MUCH safer and cheaper option would be pine shavings. It's soft for them to walk on. Aspen shaving would be good (not the chips), and CareFresh is the best possible thing but it is expensive. Guinea pigs can walk on top of any of the bedding that i mentioned.

I was wondering if pine of aspen is better. He also mentioned somthing about
aspen (not the chips) what is beter for your pigs(and mine) pine or aspen(not ships).Also how much is the price to aspen (not the chips).

Herbie Girl · Dec 17, 2005

I heard pine is bad too. I would only go with aspen or carefresh.

Becky

guineapiglvr14 · Dec 17, 2005

Kiln dried pine is fine to use.

Herbie Girl · Dec 17, 2005

Is there a difference between kiln dried and regular or do they just sell kiln dried pine? Just curious.

Becky

Kriket · Dec 17, 2005

I think there is a difference. Non KD pine has a very strong pine smell to it. BUT. If you let it air out, it should be ok.

Percy's Mom · Dec 17, 2005

I rarely find any that is specifically marked kiln dried. If it doesn't say kiln dried, dump it into a box and let it air out for a few days. Dig through the pine chips each time you walk by it to make sure everything gets aired.

laura220 · Dec 17, 2005

KD pine is baked to remove the aromatic oils and make it safe for small pets. Plain pine hasn't been dried out to remove the oils.

BabyGrl · Dec 17, 2005

KD pine still has oils in it. If the wood has a smell the oils are still there. Kd pine is definitly a better choice than cedar( which we all know is horrible), but as far as wood shavings go aspen would be the best.

aqh88 · Dec 17, 2005

I really need to get the link to that study back. It's on my other computer that died. Anyway there's a rat study that showed rats kept on even kiln dried pine still had increased liver enzymes even though they weren't as high as plain pine or cedar. Liver damage is one side effect of keeping animals on cedar or non kiln dried pine. Pine also still causes allergy and respiratory problems in humans or sensitive animals even when kiln dried or turned into pine pellets which are suppose to have no oils. Personally I do not recommend even kiln dried pine or some pine pellets with stronger smells. I would use aspen or paper based beddings.

Ly&Pigs · Dec 17, 2005

Falken, next time you post something here from another internet site, please include the link to the site where you got it from. Thanks.

falken · Dec 17, 2005

Ly&Pigs said:
Falken, next time you post something here from another internet site, please include the link to the site where you got it from. Thanks.

Sorry about that dude!
Here it is.
https://experts.about.com/q/1574/3543072.htm
I got some careFRESH.
I will see how it works.

Ly&Pigs · Dec 17, 2005

Thanks for posting the link, but I am definately not a dude.

falken · Dec 17, 2005

Oh sorry about that..

I call everyone a dude.
Even my mom.

Chloë-Jasmine · Dec 17, 2005

LOL, when I saw that you called Ly a dude I thought that was pretty funny. Other than that I have nothing to add to this thred. Except maybe that even some people find regular pine heard to be around, think of the piggies and their super sensitive smell! I know someone who has sneezing fits when she's near it.

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