My ferrets LOVE all thngs made of palm straw: the long straws that come
from around a coconut.  The hair is lovely natural material to play with.
I buy items made of that stuff for them.  Yhey have their own butterfly-
model in their outdoor cage and they scratch themselves on it.  They
climb upon it, brooms are long hair toys for them.  They smell wonderfull
to them.  I even have one layin before my front door to clean ouor shoes
before we get in the house, but my ferrets think it s their toy.  Then
they loose their hair they rub it off on those things.
 
I let them keep it: the natural fibre doesn t seem to be of any harm for
them, although all palm fibre material is sprayed in with an anti flee
lotion.
 
I bet that they rub them off as well as their loose hair
 
Grretings, Joos from the Netherlands
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[Posted in FML issue 4947]