Can Piggies Play With Toilet Roll Tubes ?

[artcasper]

Sorry for the daft questions ! Is cardboard ok for them to chew/eat? we have tons of loo roll tubes in this house..

 

[Veggies Galore]

There is no such thing as a daft question on this forum. Toilet roll tubes are OK. Some members recommend filling them with hay. There is a very good thread in the housing and enrichment section entitled guinea pig toys which I suggest you look at

 

[artcasper]

thanks.. I will defo fill with hay as one piggie got stuck in a tube i previously had ( which was actually for a hamster )...

 

[Veggies Galore]

Some members put a slit along the tube to make sure their guinea pigs don' t get their head stuck

 

[sport_billy]

Some members put a slit along the tube to make sure their guinea pigs don' t get their head stuck

This is always a good idea to do, especially with piggies of Widget type intelligence

 

[artcasper]

Good idea !

 

[biscandmatt]

i use kitchen roll tubes cut down the centre and then stuffed with hay. they love them it doesn't matter if they have the odd nibble of the cardboard but obviously you don't want them eating huge amounts or anything

 

[funnehmare]

i use kitchen roll tubes cut down the centre and then stuffed with hay. they love them it doesn't matter if they have the odd nibble of the cardboard but obviously you don't want them eating huge amounts or anything

^^ This I also fold down the ends to make little parcels and pop dried herbs and other tasties to make them work a little harder....doesn't always work some of my lesser intelligent piggies will sniff it and then walk away or lie ontop of it...

 

[Chief Guinea Pig]

Of course! Toilet roll providing there is no ink on it is absolutely great!

 

[artcasper]

Of course! Toilet roll providing there is no ink on it is absolutely great!

no ink or toilet roll left on it Chief Guinea pig .. they enjoyed playing with one earlier..

 

[Chief Guinea Pig]

no ink or toilet roll left on it Chief Guinea pig .. they enjoyed playing with one earlier..

Aww bless them! x

 

[Tim]

"Does my bum look big in this?"

One of the dangers if a slit isn't put in.

Our piggies aren't that bothered about toilet rolls anymore, but find more enjoyment out of a paper bag stuffed with goodies. It usually takes less than one minute for one of them to empty half the contents and make it into a cosy!