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Q & A / Re: Chinchilla safe wood-dyes and paints for chews?

« on: October 20, 2015, 04:56:00 PM »

Nah, that's not our Totoro. We have a charcoal colored chin.

This is the full sized GIF, found on Tumblr.


Thank you for the advice with the dyes. I'll look into vegetable dyes and as a last resort, regular food coloring (used lightly). And I will make sure the wood is solid.

Also this is Totoro

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Q & A / Chinchilla safe wood-dyes and paints for chews?

« on: October 20, 2015, 01:27:23 PM »

My girlfriend recently adopted a chinchilla (now named Totoro) after doing a lot of research on them. They're very different from the other rodents she's owned, but she loves him.

Anyway, I'm a hobbyist. I'd like to make Totoro some chews. Whenever I finally come across some wood that they can chew without being detrimental to their health (my backyard is full of oak so that's a no go), what can I use to color the chew, if possible? I've seen some recommendation for food coloring for making colored rodent chews, but I was curious of your take on this.