How To Make Guinea Pig Toys Out Of Cardboard

Your guinea pigs will love to scuttle in and out of this homemade hideout.

How to make guinea pig toys out of cardboard. If you have an empty shoebox or cardboard box going spare then making this into a guinea pig toy is simple. See more ideas about guinea pig toys guinea pig diy diy guinea pig toys. Take a length of string or rope and thread children s blocks empty wooden thread spools wicker toilet paper or cardboard rolls and other similar wooden objects onto it. Wedge the tunnel in place by the sides so that it does not roll around and place one end in a pile of hay for your guinea pig to hide in and explore.

You can cut them into rings and form balls out of them stuff them with hay or stuff them into an empty shoebox and drop snacks into them. Positive negative and normal sounds they make most of the time. These toys were so fun and easy to make. Not only can chewing on these things help keep your guinea pig s teeth in good shape they can get his mind working and minimize.

If your small animal loved it as much as the piggies did please leave a comment. Leave the ends open and tie one end to one side of your guinea pig s cage. Jun 25 2016 explore alexandria s board diy guinea pig toys on pinterest. Make a tunnel using a cardboard shipping tube.

The experts at the scottsdale veterinary clinic suggest making chew toys out of common household necessities including paper towel rolls toilet paper rolls and cardboard in general. Guinea pigs make quite a lot of different sounds each of them has a distinctive meaning. In this video i show you how to make six d i y guinea pig toys out of paper and tubes. Guinea pigs are fairly large rodents compared to mice and rats so cardboard shipping tubes with a 3 4 inch diameter opening make perfect tunnels.

Stretch the garland out and tie the other end to the other side of your guinea pig s cage. Brown unprinted cardboard is the safest cardboard for your guinea pigs to gnaw on. You can also hide some treats in there too. Simply place some hay inside and cut out one or more holes in the sides as entrances and exits.

Cardboard the tubes from toilet paper or paper towel rolls can make fun cavy toys. Make sure the boxes don t have any glue or another residue on them. You can make a chew toy for your guinea pig simply by looking around your home.