Hi, Having just spent the last 35 minutes plowing through the Ferret List for the 11th, I am amazed at how little I seem to know about ferrets and there care. I learned that my pet store bought babies will die in 5 years, that Totoally Ferret food will turn their coats orange and that cedar chips are bad for them. WOW! What other awful things don't I know yet? My question is regarding the cedar chips. I place them in the bottom of the cage, under a grate-like thing (hard to explain, sorry) and the boys never actually sleep in it, eat it, or touch it. Is this still bad? Is their air contaminated now? What should I put in the bottom of the cage? (They DO have a litter box and they sleep in old, ripped up towels.) Thanks in advance for any advice. A newly worried ferret mom of two, Cathy Cathy Mook [log in to unmask] [Posted in FML issue 1072]