Hi all I just went through an exhaustive search of the WEB on Wood Pellets and their ingredients. In all cases it depends on what wood processing is being done in the area. For example in the North West a lot of Douglas Fir, Many or actually most commercially available do have Pine or a variant, but there are some that are "hardwood" based coming from areas of "hardwood" lumbering but also larger furniture manufacturing areas. It seems that in what I was able to find, the North East and North Central US had the "hardwoods". None of the sites (manufacturers) that I visited had means to distribute or sell to individuals only to dealers. So unless there was a "co-op" or "ferret store" then a hardwood based could probably be obtained and sold cheaply to fuzzy bottoms. Ed and the gals "Who Me?" "Why Me!" and "Not Me!" [Posted in FML issue 3077]