Osage Oranges may well be poisionous, but that shouldn't be suprising, since they were wanted as a repellant anyway. The information (and there are a number of web sites to choose from) indicates they will repel quite a lot of known household pests. One site said that if a more powerful repellant is wanted (than just setting the orange out) to run over it with your car then pick up the remains and place them where they are needed! I don't believe anyone who was planning to use something to repel pests would think it might also make a cute ferret toy! Georgia [Posted in FML issue 3560]