RE: >I was thinking of putting a child's swimming pool of this peanuts in the >ferret room. I would like to hear from those of you that have tried this. >Could there be any problems? My husband says that they would not decompose >fast enough in their tiny stomachs, that I am looking for trouble Mary, I received a couple of boxes at Christmas time from merchants with the Cornstarch peanuts in it and little notes explaining what they were. I had read that they would be fun for the ferrets, but I had my doubts - plus how do you know a merchant is telling you the truth, or that who is selling the peanuts to them is telling the truth, etc.......... SO because these were my fur children I was considering these for I decided I had to be a "good Mom" and make sure they were biodegradable. I popped one in my own mouth and while the taste was rather bland (!), the peanut literally melted away in my saliva, in a fairly quick amount of time (not instantly). Meep had a ball snuffling around in them and I was reassured about them. I would recommend like anything that you don't just leave it out but supervise the use of them, just like anything. Karla [Posted in FML issue 2996]