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Old 02-14-2016, 11:23 AM  
Pebbles82
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Default Re: Safe wood for making shelf??

I'm not sure about mdf - it's made with formaldehyde I think and hammies have an acute sense of smell and sensitive to chemicals. Similarly plywood can have a lot of glue fumey glue in it. I also think pine is probably safest (it's not the same as pine shavings due to less surface area) and plastikoting seals it a bit. I know rodipet houses and shelves are made from a type of birchwood ply but it's made using pet-safe glue. Pine is probably easiest and cheapest, but oak, ash, birch, rubberwood, are all ok too. Some woods aren't ok.

Melamine is also ok. Although it's chipboard in between that is sealed in by the melamine. The Germans use it a lot for cage building. So a those flatpack kitchen cabinets you can get from B&Q for about £10 would have a big piece in probably, but for £10 you can probably get better than that. Also melamine could be a bit slippery and then you'd need a grass mat or something on it.

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