Well I got an oddly rude email from the person who said that one shouldn't use small animal bedding pellets for ferrets because they're "sticky" and have pine resin in them. I asked her to link me to what product she was talking about, but she refused. There is NO DIFFERENCE between these products and the wood stove pellets you can buy at farm/feed stores, home stores, and grocery stores during cooler months other than the PRICE. Wood stove pellets only cost about $4-$6 for FORTY POUNDS (which amounts to $.10 to $.15 a pound) and are by far the best thing to use for both cat and ferret litter that I have come across. The no-kill cat shelter I volunteer with also uses them exclusively for litter. But I DO agree that you shouldn't buy these wood pellet products sold at pet stores as "small animal bedding" - because they're a HUGE ripoff. It's just wood stove pellets with an animal's face on the bag and a jacked up price. But if you live in a warmer area or an urban area without farm/feed stores - PERFECTLY SAFE to use for ferrets as again, they are the SAME THING as the wood stove pellets so many of us have used for years for our ferrets - for about 6 to 10 times the price! Gentle Touch Aspen Pellet Pet Bedding http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/bedding/moss-coco-and-other-substrates/-/gentle-touch-aspen-pellet-pet-bedding-45-pound/ Kaytee Wood Pellet Bedding . http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753574 Small animal bedding http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/335087485/small_animals_bedding_pellet.html So wood SHAVINGS, no. Wood PELLETS - perfectly safe despite one bad review from someone who clearly bought something other than what we are talking about. [Posted in FML 7407]