Good day everyone!!!!! Just wanted to share with you my experience with pine pellets as litter. My Jinx doesnt like it for him to go potty on, he would rather play in it. So, I took about 10 pounds of the pellets and poured it into a open box and let him play away in it. When I cut the opening in the box, I made sure that I left a ridge around it to catch any flying pellets that may arise in the air due to digging. I geuss it is similiar to some of your rice boxes, just pine pellets instead of rice. Jinx loves it soooooo much we get such a kick out of watching him and we even will hide his favorite toys in the pellets and he knows to look for them in there. He will stick his whole head into them and slither his body in it.....hehehe...so cute. I have pictures of him in his pine pellet box on his web site....check them out.... http://tamjamtack.tripod.com/jinxpage/ have a sweet day!!!!! Tammy and Jinx [Posted in FML issue 3298]