Forgive me that I'm composting my comments; I dont remember who asked about these items, but I wanted to reply to them... Re: Nail growth...all four of our ferrets grow their nails like crazy and none of them have adrenal disease. I wonder if whether you have carpet or hard/linoleum floors have anything to do with it. In other words, ferrets with lots of carpeting wouldnt wear their nails down as much as those with linoleum? Just a thought. I dont believe excessive nail growth has anything to do with adrenal disease. If so, all of ours have it and arent showing the classic symptoms. Re: Pine pellets being safe...we switched our litter from corn cob to Feline Pine several months ago and they have been fine. In fact, I remember awhile ago on this list where a discussion came up about Feline Pine and how rude some of their Customer Svc reps were. I think whoever posted ran a ferret shelter who was inquiring about discounts on bulk purchases of Feline Pine for ferret shelters. (they apparantly do this for cat shelters). Becky and Heather Legal in Vermont as of 10/12/01 :) Parents to fuzzies Abby, Ally, Andre and Annie (the A Team), Jack the cat and Mendel and Madison, feeder mice rescued from the pet store. [Posted in FML issue 3651]