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Kerry123
Toby loves chewing paper but I try to avoid him doing this as I think he will eat it and possibly cause himself harm? I've been reading some discussion on this and was wondering should I just indulge him in some paper?
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charlie23
My pigs eat the newspaper lining there cage and they are all fine hunni so i would let him have a nibble.
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Kerry123
Thanks! I was just worried incase he got an upset tummy Lol 8)
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charlie23
No i believe that it was a no go years back when printers used lead in the ink but now they dont its all ok
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My girls will chew anything and everything especially paper. I have given up now and just let them get on with it x
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that is correct! nowadays its not harmful and keeps their teeth short!
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Theodora
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As Peter Gurney said in one of his books,it doesn't matter if they eat the newspaper,as long as they don't read it first !
Mine seem to enjoy tearing it up,but don't seem to eat much.:p
As Peter Gurney said in one of his books,it doesn't matter if they eat the newspaper,as long as they don't read it first !
Mine seem to enjoy tearing it up,but don't seem to eat much.:p
daftscotslass
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Some inks now are soy based, some are not. Unless you know which inks your newspaper company are using I wouldn't take the chance, personally. Put it this way, would you eat it?
My pigs only ever chewed on newspaper when their hay was running down (rare) and when their chube ran out. Perhaps give them more hay or invest in a chube which doesn't have the inks and is known to be safe.
JayneG
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I spent £'s on toys and my lot prefer paper, JEEZ!
mine eat the paper even when there is hay! i would'nt worry.
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I'm sure we've had this thread once before?
the paper is perfectly safe for them, Max chews on it if its sticking up but Max doesnt.
They nibble on their herbs and hay instead, as well as their parsley bell which is being gobbled up at this very point!
the paper is perfectly safe for them, Max chews on it if its sticking up but Max doesnt.
They nibble on their herbs and hay instead, as well as their parsley bell which is being gobbled up at this very point!
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Kerry123
Yeah I thought we had but I cudnt find it 
Goldie
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Mine tend to rip the newspaper or play with it, rather than eat it.
Sometimes I find it up in a tube shape in the morning after I made it all nice and flat the night before! rolleyes
Sometimes I find it up in a tube shape in the morning after I made it all nice and flat the night before! rolleyes
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Cookie22
My Cookie loves pieces of paper. If she sees you with some, she'll try to get it off you, and if your reading a newspaper whlst she is out on you she'll start chewing it
I'm glad that it's ok to give to them, I was a little worried incase it was dangerous.
I'm glad that it's ok to give to them, I was a little worried incase it was dangerous.
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