SAFE WOOD:
Apple Arbutus Ash Aspen Birch - White (Silver and Common Birch ) Bamboo Broadleaf Blackberry Black Currant Cholla - a form of cactus Cottonwood Crabapple Dogwood Elm Fir Grey Grapevine Hawthorn Hazelnut Kiwi Larch Magnolia Manzanita Mulberry Ocotillo Pine - Only Kiln Dried Pear Pecan Poplar quince rose sycamore Sequoia - Redwood Willow - Not white willow Yucca |
UNSAFE WOOD:
Almond Apricot Beech Black Locust Black Lotus Blackwood Box elder Buckthorn Cashew Cedar Cherry Chestnut China berry Chinese Snake tree Chokeberry Citrus - Orange, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit, tangerine etc Cypress Ebony Elderberry Eucalyptus Fir - Douglas Ginkgo Hemlock Holly Honey Locust Hydrangea Juniper Kumquat Laurel Mahogany Mango Manufactured glued plywood Maple Mesquite Myrtle Pine that hasn't been kiln dried Cherry Peach Prune Plum Nectarine White Willow |
Safe alternative chew toy options
- Deer antler - Calcium
- Banana Leaf - Dried
- Cardboard - In the form of "bagel bites" or shredders
- Coconut Shells
- Coconut rope - tied into small knots
- Corn husk - Same concept as banana leaf or palm shredders
- Cuttle fish bone
- Grape Vine
- Hay Cubes - Alfalfa, Timothy, Oat
- Mineral Lava Stone
- Loofah, Unbleached
- Palm Leaves - Shredder type palm toys
- Pine Cones, Must Be Cleaned and Baked
- Pumice Stone
- Seagrass
- Sisal
- Sola Plant
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In addition to the Unsafe list, ANY wood that has been treated with pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides cannot be used!
These toxins cannot be washed off or baked out. Using wood that has been contaminated this way will be risking the health of your pet, and others if you choose to sale. Please ONLY use Organic wood that has never been treated. You should also avoid any wood that has parasitic colonies living in it or fungus. Avoid all pieces of wood that has lichen on it, even when scrubbed off, it generally penetrates the wood and cannot be fully removed.
In addition to this information, Ply woods are not suitable as they are a mix of several woods and glues.
Thank you!
These toxins cannot be washed off or baked out. Using wood that has been contaminated this way will be risking the health of your pet, and others if you choose to sale. Please ONLY use Organic wood that has never been treated. You should also avoid any wood that has parasitic colonies living in it or fungus. Avoid all pieces of wood that has lichen on it, even when scrubbed off, it generally penetrates the wood and cannot be fully removed.
In addition to this information, Ply woods are not suitable as they are a mix of several woods and glues.
Thank you!
