I was discussing pine cage construction with someone and asked whether he
used kiln-dried wood, or just picked up whatever pine was at the store. His
reply was, "The pine I used was kiln dried from a hardware store - if its
not kiln dried it could contain phenol oils which could cause problems."
(He is in England). This might answer the question someone was trying to
find out about turpentines being driven off by a kiln. I don't know if the
"phenol oils" are the answer, but could be.

I wonder if smaller hardware stores or real lumber yards might have
kiln-dried as compared to HD or Lowes.

dwhite

I apologize for my bad advice. Phenols?

"Dan White" wrote in
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I wonder if smaller hardware stores or real lumber yards might have
kiln-dried as compared to HD or Lowes.


I can buy it from the 'real lumberyard' here. It isn't inexpensive, but
then, how much do you really need?

Patriarch

I don't have an chinchillas but was amused at the controversy a few days ago
so I DAGS and found this link.
http://groups.msn.com/GraniteCityChi...andtreats.msnw


"Dan White" wrote in message
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I was discussing pine cage construction with someone and asked whether he
used kiln-dried wood, or just picked up whatever pine was at the store.
His
reply was, "The pine I used was kiln dried from a hardware store - if its
not kiln dried it could contain phenol oils which could cause problems."
(He is in England). This might answer the question someone was trying to
find out about turpentines being driven off by a kiln. I don't know if
the
"phenol oils" are the answer, but could be.

I wonder if smaller hardware stores or real lumber yards might have
kiln-dried as compared to HD or Lowes.

dwhite

"Doug Goulden" wrote in message
...
I don't have an chinchillas but was amused at the controversy a few days
ago
so I DAGS and found this link.
http://groups.msn.com/GraniteCityChi...andtreats.msnw

I got some feedback from a chin book author who said, "it is from our book,
from another citation on lab research, it is the volatile oils in pine and
other woods that causes respiratory problems in small animals." So, there
appear to be a couple of sources (maybe not independent) that mention phenol
oils.

Yes, chins are amusing, and I'm also finding them pretty unpredictable.

dwhite




"Dan White" wrote in message
...
I was discussing pine cage construction with someone and asked whether
he
used kiln-dried wood, or just picked up whatever pine was at the store.
His
reply was, "The pine I used was kiln dried from a hardware store - if
its
not kiln dried it could contain phenol oils which could cause problems."
(He is in England). This might answer the question someone was trying
to
find out about turpentines being driven off by a kiln. I don't know if
the
"phenol oils" are the answer, but could be.

I wonder if smaller hardware stores or real lumber yards might have
kiln-dried as compared to HD or Lowes.

dwhite

I got some feedback from a chin book author who said, "it is from our
book,
from another citation on lab research, it is the volatile oils in pine and
other woods that causes respiratory problems in small animals." So, there
appear to be a couple of sources (maybe not independent) that mention
phenol
oils.

But we still don't know if the drying method affects phenols...