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10-18-2008, 04:03 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: South Wales, UK
Posts: 2
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Cardboard, is it safe? help.
Hi all, got a quick question to ask......
Is it perfectly safe to use cardboard in the cages? Ive just cut and made some small sleeping areas out of those energy light bulb boxes that we've been getting free through our doors in the post lately. Ive not used the actual glosy type boxes the bulbs them selves come in but, just the plain square cardboard boxes theyre posted it. Seems complicated but im sure some of you will know what im on about.
I did have some self made wooden houses in there, which i sterilized and cleaned, but they seem to be making the hamsters itch and scratch like crazy.......so ive taken them out and wont be putting them back in again.
Any advise or help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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10-19-2008, 10:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Sutherland, Scotland
Posts: 1,153
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
I personally don't see anything wrong with cardboard, I've always used it, and Jasper currently has a shoebox with holes in as a little hideout.
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10-19-2008, 02:40 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: sonning common, england
Posts: 227
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
ive always used cardboard and never had a problem with it.my hamster loves chewing everything so cardboard is the cheapest opion because of the amount she gets through. its also great because you can make your own houses and toys from it.
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10-20-2008, 10:01 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 5,941
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
Cardboard is just fine. Make sure you take out any plastic windows etc....
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10-20-2008, 01:57 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Yorkshire, UK but my heart lies in Scotland!
Posts: 28,199
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
We have never had any problems with cardboard either. All sorts of boxes have been used and are just fine. Cardboard loo roll tubes are a firm favourite. Egg boxes make fun play toys. Some people use the finacard bedding which is like small squares of cardboard too.
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10-26-2008, 06:37 PM
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Sheffield (United Kingdom)
Posts: 392
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
More great advice.
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10-27-2008, 08:59 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Cheshire, UK
Posts: 164
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
All of my boys LOVE cardboard-my robos love egg boxes and recently i made a play 'thing' from a yoghurt pot crate that yoghurts are stacked in at the supermarket, that they love climbing on and popping in and out the cut outs.
My syrian one day decided to move out of his hamster igloo plastic house, and camp out at the bottom of the tube in the cage, and i read that they arent greatly ventilated and therefore he might've been getting a little hot in there, so my fiance came up with the great idea of using an empty tissue box as a house for him-not a mansize box, one of those cosmetic facial tissue boxes that come in cubes. After a clean out, i popped it in for him, filled with bedding and some treats as a bribe and he has now moved into the tissue box quite happily, and it really is perfect for him!
Oh and they all adore the middle of toilet rolls, they also like it if I leave the last little bit on the roll for them to shred up and make their own bedding
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10-29-2008, 04:29 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Exeter, UK
Posts: 207
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
Cardboard is perfect because your hamster can play with it, and when its gets boring, just shred it up!
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12-22-2008, 12:48 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 15
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Re: Cardboard, is it safe? help.
Whilst I was awaiting my new cage a while back, I had to make an entire cage out of cardboard, of course it chewed through it, so i made the walls extra thick because I had no other option for a copuple of days.
the hamster seems to be fine, a little bit weird, but hey, that's little beard for you
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