Ferrets love wood stove pellets, and when they are first introduced, yes many ferrets will pick one up and run off, just as they do with a piece of food. They may even eat it, I find the obvious evidence of this in a ferret poop maybe once every two months, and my ferrets have used only wood pellets for years. The pellet won't go through as a big loggy lump because it quickly breaks down when wet, it just comes out as little bits. Our Welly loves nothing better than a clean litter box. When we wash the boxes and re-fill them, Welly will ALWAYS take a nap in the box before Kouri has 'sullied' it. My suggestion to those who are making a change from clay litters to wood pellets is to put a few poops into the pellets. Offering it as a new item INSIDE the cage might work better than suprising them with it out of the cage. I think they will grasp the message easier when it's in their cage, in the regular potty box, same old place, etc. Georgia - the left coast one... [Posted in FML issue 3563]