Providing your chinchilla with safe toys and cage things should always be a top priority.
Wood
| Safe |
Unsafe |
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Apple |
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Arbutus |
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Ash |
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Aspen |
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Balsa |
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Bamboo |
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Beech |
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Birch |
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Cholla |
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Cottonwood |
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Crabapple |
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Dogwood |
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Elm |
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Fir |
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Grape |
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Hawthorn |
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Hazelnut |
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Larch |
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Magnolia |
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Manzanita |
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Mulberry |
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Pear |
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Pine (Kiln Dried, look for the letters KDHT on the wood itself or on label) |
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Poplar |
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Sequoia |
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Willow |
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Almond |
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Apricot |
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Black lotus |
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Blackwood |
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Box elder |
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Boxwood |
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Cashew |
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Cedar |
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Cherry |
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Chestnut |
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China berry |
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Citrus (Orange, Grapefruit, etc.) |
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Cypress |
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Elderberry |
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Eucalyptus |
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Ironwood |
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Juniper |
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Laurel |
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Mahogany |
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Man-made (Plywood, Chipboard, Fibrewood, etc.) |
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Maple |
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Mesquite |
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Myrtle |
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Nectarine |
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non-kiln or fresh dried pine |
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Oak |
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Oleander |
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Peach |
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Plum |
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Prune |
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Rosewood |
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Sandalwood |
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Teak |
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Walnut |
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Metal
Aluminum, Gold/Silver Plating, Nickel Plating (toxic if ingested) and Stainless steel are all considered safe.
Avoid metals such as Copper, Brass and Zinc.
Fabrics
The safest fabric to make chin toys out of, hands down, would have to be fleece, as it cannot be ingested.
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