Are Brown Paper Bags Safe

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Hi,

Finally piggies are starting to eat more hay but they dont seem to like their hay rack, they will eat all the hay sticking out the side but wont eat any of the hay inside it. I bought them one of those log tunnels, ive seen them called fiddle sticks or something and I stuff it full if hay and they love it and now looking for something else to stuff full of hay that might interest them. Ive seen threads about brown paper bags and just wondering if they are safe for them to eat or if anyone has any suggestions about what else i could use that would be fun for them and entice them to eat more hay? Sorry to always ramble and ask questions lol.
 
Those brown bag's are fab and fun and cheap toys for them to eat out of and to eat the bag itself :tu:
 
They love a brown paper bag, just make sure you cut off any handles.

Mine like a toilet roll tube stuffed with hay too. I snip down it from each end so no one cane get stuck if they try and go through it.

I found mine enjoyed their hay more once I ditched the rack though, I use a litter tray and they love to sit in it, burrow in it and eat it. They don't seem troubled by the fact it gets wee on it either...
 
Mine do love a good toilet roll stuffed with hay or readigrass. They also love cardboard boxes with doors cut in them, they only tend to last 2 weeks before it is completely destroyed and needs recycling. Not tried the paper bags yet but I do have some ready at home. Thanks for the advice of cutting the handles off.
 
Crystella said:
Those brown bag's are fab and fun and cheap toys for them to eat out of and to eat the bag itself :tu:
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And they get no digestion issue's? I can see how they would love them, they get to hide and eat at the same time lol.
 
Tigermoth said:
They love a brown paper bag, just make sure you cut off any handles.

Mine like a toilet roll tube stuffed with hay too. I snip down it from each end so no one cane get stuck if they try and go through it.

I found mine enjoyed their hay more once I ditched the rack though, I use a litter tray and they love to sit in it, burrow in it and eat it. They don't seem troubled by the fact it gets wee on it either...
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Wow a toilet roll, so simple and genius. Thanks for that tip :)
I cant stand that hay rack, piggies prolly see me get so frustrated with it they too scared to go near it now lol.
 
Hank288 said:
Mine do love a good toilet roll stuffed with hay or readigrass. They also love cardboard boxes with doors cut in them, they only tend to last 2 weeks before it is completely destroyed and needs recycling. Not tried the paper bags yet but I do have some ready at home. Thanks for the advice of cutting the handles off.
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Just a plain brown box with no ink?
 
Well mine have had them with ink in and never come to any harm! I would recommend ones without ink though. Mine eat fleece beds, sponge, newspaper on a regular basis because they are so naughty and all of them still live to cause more chaos. Hopefully your piggies aren't as naughty as mine :D.
 
Hank288 said:
Well mine have had them with ink in and never come to any harm! I would recommend ones without ink though. Mine eat fleece beds, sponge, newspaper on a regular basis because they are so naughty and all of them still live to cause more chaos. Hopefully your piggies aren't as naughty as mine :D.
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Not as yet but ive only had them 4 weeks. They do squabble over food something bad so i put two piles of veg out and two bowls of pellets but they will still share the same pile and the same bowl and squabble over it and move on to the next and squabble over that too lol.
 
My guinea pigs love brown bags,i place hay and food treats for them to forage in...primark bags are there favorite !just cut the handles off.ive put three bags out at floortime and place different types of hay in each bag,they run in and out of all the bags,it keeps them busy for at least two hours,then usually they sleep ,or wee in them so the bags have to be disposed of.!:roll:
 
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