Cardboard box bed/hut?

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- 04/04/2011 at 8:18 AM
  AmandaD
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  Most beds and hidey holes on the market for purchase are not large enough for two buns to fit in together. So I want to take one of our many cardboard boxes and make something. They do like to chew and shred cardboard so I’m thinking I should stick with the plain cardboard and not anything decorated…like my perfect sized box from a lighting fixture I just bought grrrr. Also what about the tape and/or glue on the box? Obviously if I remove it the box will fall apart but is it safe? I want to fill it with some newspaper they can shred and burrow in but I need to call the Washington post and see if they use soy based ink first
  
  I’m hoping to build something tomorrow since it’s my day off.
- 04/04/2011 at 10:03 AM
  Beka27
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  Paper boxes or bankers boxes work well too. Make sure to cut two openings.
- 04/04/2011 at 10:28 AM
  mocha200
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  My buns have never eaten the tape off of here cardboard boxes before, I would just watch and make sure they don’ eat it. also I sometimes put the sides that have tape on it in between the two walls of there condo so they can’t reach the tape.
- 04/04/2011 at 10:30 AM
  Bren
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  We have a grocery store here called save a lot, kinda like an aldi’s etc. anyhow, they always put all the boxes up front and I find the ones that hold the large cans work awesome! they already have a “cut out” for the buns to come in and out of and all I put in there is the blanket. Nilly LOVES hers. and free!
- 04/04/2011 at 10:51 AM
  mocha200
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  We shop at aldi’s, and every time I go there I pick up about 10 boxes! LOL. My dad gets made because all the extra boxes go into the garage
- 04/04/2011 at 11:06 AM
  AmandaD
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  We have an aldi nearby but I’ve never been. Is it nice? I may have to go check in out so I can get some boxes
- 04/04/2011 at 11:08 AM
  mocha200
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  We like it because its cheap
- 04/04/2011 at 12:36 PM
  AmandaD
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  Cheap is good
  
  Sounds like my daughter and I will head out to aldi in the morning to check it out and get a few boxes then build the box hidey hole after lunch. Yay I’m so excited.
- 04/04/2011 at 12:43 PM
  AmandaD
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  Cheap is good
  
  Sounds like my daughter and I will head out to aldi in the morning to check it out and get a few boxes then build the box hidey hole after lunch. Yay I’m so excited.
- 04/04/2011 at 2:38 PM
  mocha200
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  sounds fun! I love building cardboard stuff for my buns!
- 04/06/2011 at 10:13 AM
  Bren
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  ..you will also like the prices on veggies there while you are picking up those boxes!
- 04/08/2011 at 8:08 PM
  Eepster
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  When I was picking up boxes at Costco (they put them up front near the customer restrooms for people to take) I was careful to only get ones that had originally packed food. I turned down several nicely sized one that had cleaning supply logos on them, just in case the containers had leaked onto the boxes. I got a couple of absolutely perfect one that had a scooped down front opening, one had originally held lettuce and the other spinach. When I turned them upside down the opening made a perfect door for porky to get in and out of.
- 04/09/2011 at 8:20 AM
  jerseygirl
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  When I was picking up boxes at Costco (they put them up front near the customer restrooms for people to take
  
  Oops! I initially mis-read that. I was thinking “why would they want to take boxes to the restrooms?” Lol!
  
  Good point about what the boxes originally contained. Stay away from those waxed boxes also.
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