Wood Shavings

[Edam]

Hello lovelies

What's everyone's opinions on wood shavings?

As some of you are aware I am fostering hamsters now, and hamsters absolutely should not be on wood shavings - however the hamster who came in to me yesterday came with a big unopened pack of pets at home unscented wood shavings! Can i use this for the piggies? Is it safe? I don't want it to go to waste...! I also love the smell of wood shavings/sawdust lol so wouldn't mind having it sometimes in the piggies cage which is in my living room (so it can mildly cover the guinea pig smell when I'm relaxing !)

Thank you!

 

[Claire W]

When I had guinea pigs, I used nothing but wood shavings and my guinea pigs never had any problems. It’s sawdust that they shouldn’t be bedded on x

 

[Piggies&buns]

No problem at all with using them for piggies
I use them with mine (and always have done for 40+ years; also experimented with other types of wood based bedding but am now back with shavings)

 

[Truffolo]

The shavings work well. My boars got them stuck in their boar pouches alot They make spot cleaning quick and easy. They go everywhere and need sweeping up alot. I use a 1x2 kitchen and put paper pellets into it as they are less messy. I put fleece everywhere else. The shavings do produce a certain amount of dust, but then hay does as well