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Chewing Can Guinea pigs chew on Amazon box's

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I recently received a cardboard enclosure for my Guinea pigs. They ate it thoughly. So I was wondering if I could give them amazon boxes as well as I have a mountain of those. Can my Guinea pigs safely consume and chew on amazon with out any negative effects or is ut bad for them?

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I never worried about mine nibbling cardboard, but they also never just outright ate it. I wouldn't give them a steady supply of it, but putting a box in occasionally shouldn't hurt.
 

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My little cretins have all LOVED to destroy boxes, with the exception being Simon. Here are the guidelines I try to follow.

First, ALL traces of tape, glue, labels, ANYTHING like that MUST be removed. Your aim should be for cardboard and cardboard only.

Second, I do my best to find out if the ink used is vegetable based, or oil based. Veggie based is obviously better.

The glue can potentially cause problems for your guinea pigs digestive tract so it really does need to be removed.
 
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