Chewing vs. Eating

[zebraprint]

Abby loves playing with paper towel rolls and will do quite a number on them. But I'm just wondering if it's safe that she's eating/chewing so much of them. Should I be worried about blockage...? I purposely only let her play with them when I'm around so I can take them away when she goes from tossing them to chowing down.
Any other suggestions on toys? I know rabbits like to chew, I just don't want her doing damage to herself from it.

 

[MiniLopHop]

Is she actually consuming them or are you finding little pieces all over?

 

[MikeScone]

I wouldn't worry about it. Cardboard is just wood pulp - not particularly different from hay stalks - and it disintegrates pretty well when chewed and swallowed.

Blockage is a concern for fibrous undigestible stuff like carpet fibers or styrofoam or other plastics.

 

[zebraprint]

She's definitely consuming it... I never find pieces anywhere. And when I take the rolls away from her she'll sit there looking at me as she finishes eating the last bit of cardboard she bit into. Such a troublemaker and she knows it lol

 

[LakeCondo]

If you put some pieces in water you'll see how soon it falls apart, & that's without stomach acid.

 

[zebraprint]

Thanks guys

 

[Nancy McClelland]

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