Safe Wood Chews for Guinea Pigs (and Woods to Avoid)

Commonly used safe woods

• •Apple and pear.
• •Willow.
• •Hazel.
• •Aspen and birch.
• •Untreated pine and spruce, kiln dried.

Avoid

• •Cherry, plum, peach and apricot wood.
• •Oak, yew, cedar and redwood.
• •Painted, varnished or treated wood.
• •Branches from sprayed trees.

Keep in perspective

Hay wears teeth far more than wood chews. Chews are enrichment, not a substitute for hay.