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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: ahappycamper on July 29, 2009, 04:45:30 PM

Title: Milk carton
Post by: ahappycamper on July 29, 2009, 04:45:30 PM

Milk cartons like this one are made out of cardboard.
(http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3931123/2/istockphoto_3931123-stock-photo-of-milk-carton.jpg)
I know cardboard is generally okay for chins but I just wanted to make sure, because it seems to have some sort of coating on the outside that makes it slick. Is this type of cardboard okay for chins? I have a few empty milk cartons that I washed of course, and I wanted to know if Po could have some.

Title: Re: Milk carton
Post by: Jo Ann on July 30, 2009, 07:13:16 AM

 ::silly::  I am not familiar with what they are coated with now so that would be hard to say.
 
In the past, they were coated with wax ... which I don't think would be a good thing for chins to eat.

Remember .... they will eat/chew anything they can get their little teeth into.

I have a problem giving my little ones things that have ink print on them ... some inks would not be very good for a chinchilla ... or anything else that is living.   ::puke::

::wave::  Jo Ann

I often take boxes that have print on them and peal off that part, then give it to the little ones to play with/in and chew on.   :)