>Those may be okay, but the wood-pellet products that are specifically
>sold for animal litters are not suitable for ferrets. They contain too
>much pine resin, which is sticky and leads to the litter being tracked
>all over, and more to the point: the volatiles in the sap can be
>irritating to a ferret's nasal passages and even lead to illness.

Actually, I have used both wood-stove pellets and animal type pellets
like "Barn Dry" for years with no ill effects. My understanding is
that both kinds of pellets are processed at high enough temperatures
to drive off the harmful volatile components, and as I say we've never
had any problems with over 15 years and literally thousands of ferrets
through our shelter in that time.

The biggest difference that I've noticed is that the animal-type
pellets tend to disintegrate quicker into sawdust, but that's it.

Kevin Farlee
Washington Ferret Rescue & Shelter

[Posted in FML 7407]