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Post by joseybarth3729 on Jan 2, 2022 14:50:16 GMT -8
My mom got me these two gerbil hideouts from amazon. One is painted blue, and the other one is painted pink. My gerbils are chewing the hideouts, and I wanna make sure the paint or wood isnt dangerous for them. 🙁
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Post by PipSqueak on Jan 2, 2022 14:56:13 GMT -8
It depends on what type of paint is used. If it is a natural or non-toxic paint generally it is safe if chewed but you want to make sure that they aren’t ingesting any of the wood or paint. Do you have the link to the hides? If so can you link it?
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Post by Joseybarth73382 on Jan 2, 2022 15:10:03 GMT -8
No, I don’t know how to link it on my phone, but I can copy and paste it! The pink hideout is called YUEKUA Hamster Pets Hiding Place, Hamster Hiding House, Snail House, Ladder, Seesaw Suitable for Gerbils, Purple Mouse Chewing Toys, Hamster Cage Accessories And the blue hideout is called Babyezz Wooden Hamster House Hiding House Mouse Hiding Place, Double Villa Design, Chewing Toys for Hamsters, mice, Gerbils and Other Pets You have to search it up on amazon, but to make it faster you can just copy and paste them. Also, im sorry it’s long!
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Post by joseybarth3737 on Jan 2, 2022 15:24:11 GMT -8
Wait, NO! I’m so sorry!! Don’t search those up because they aren’t the right ones to search up!
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Post by joseybarth38838 on Jan 2, 2022 15:31:11 GMT -8
The blue house is right to search up, but the pink house isn’t. I can’t find what the pink house’s real name is.
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Post by joseybarth38392 on Jan 2, 2022 15:34:48 GMT -8
Okay, I just figured out that the houses are non-toxic, Im so sorry to bother you!
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Post by Markpd on Jan 3, 2022 12:52:56 GMT -8
No probs, others will know now too Where did you find out they were non toxic though?
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Post by PipSqueak on Jan 3, 2022 16:53:35 GMT -8
This is what I found on the blue house: “Environmental protection and health materials: the product adopts ecological board, which is a kind of environmental protection and health board made of wood as raw material. It has the characteristics of waterproof, moth proof, aging proof, high hardness, not easy to crack, zero formaldehyde, non-toxic, no paint and so on.” While it does say that it is non-toxic, the fact that it is waterproof makes me think that it has some sort of coating on it. Even though it’s non-toxic I wouldn’t think that it would be the best thing for gerbils to be chewing on. It doesn’t have paint as well so I’m not sure how it’s colored. In addition to this, it never mentions exactly what type of wood it is made out of. Since it doesn’t specify, there’s no way of knowing if it is safe or not. I personally wouldn’t use this because of these reasons but what do you think Markpd?
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Post by PipSqueak on Jan 3, 2022 16:54:11 GMT -8
You might want to consider creating an account joseybarth38392, it will make posting so much easier.
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Post by Markpd on Jan 3, 2022 23:17:49 GMT -8
This is what I found on the blue house: “Environmental protection and health materials: the product adopts ecological board, which is a kind of environmental protection and health board made of wood as raw material. It has the characteristics of waterproof, moth proof, aging proof, high hardness, not easy to crack, zero formaldehyde, non-toxic, no paint and so on.” While it does say that it is non-toxic, the fact that it is waterproof makes me think that it has some sort of coating on it. Even though it’s non-toxic I wouldn’t think that it would be the best thing for gerbils to be chewing on. It doesn’t have paint as well so I’m not sure how it’s colored. In addition to this, it never mentions exactly what type of wood it is made out of. Since it doesn’t specify, there’s no way of knowing if it is safe or not. I personally wouldn’t use this because of these reasons but what do you think Markpd ? I guess it's dyed rather than painted then? But anyway, yea agreed, seeing as it doesn't say what type of wood it is, I wouldn't be using it.
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Post by LilyandDaisy on Jan 4, 2022 9:06:04 GMT -8
I always avoided things made of that "eco(logical) board" because it seems to be some kind of blend of wood and plastic. It's not a material that any of the major pet product manufacturers (e.g Trixie, Rosewood, Savic) use and products made from it only ever come imported from China, and I'm unsure of the safety standards.
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Post by joseybarth372829 on Jan 5, 2022 15:26:56 GMT -8
Thank you so much for replying, and I’ll take them out right away. But, I’m not sure how to take them out. I can, but I haven’t tamed my gerbils yet so I don’t want them to bite me and the blue one is big. They are also sleeping right now too.
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Post by joseybarth3729 on Jan 5, 2022 15:35:43 GMT -8
Also, the pink house is in their tunnels and I don’t wanna mess up their tunnels (if it’s bad). And I think the blue house is too big and I will be unable to take it out (i’m not for sure though.)
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Post by Joseybarth299283 on Jan 5, 2022 15:39:01 GMT -8
Are my gerbils going to die with that? I’ve had it in there cage for a few days and they seem fine.
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Post by PipSqueak on Jan 5, 2022 16:47:36 GMT -8
They certainly wont die with that being in their enclosure. I would try to take it out as soon as possible but it’s not too risky. Don’t worry, your gerbils won’t bite you and they might not even come out with your hands in there if they aren’t fully used to you yet. I am very curious, how did you get the hide in but can’t get it back out? May I ask how large their enclosure is? You shouldn’t mess with their burrows too often but once in a while is okay if it’s completely necessary.
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