Phillip-- I have heard stories of the corn cob working its way up into the rectum of fuzzies and expanding. I use pelleted pine or cedar litters. Since it's pelleted, I don't think it can release the dangerous oils (someone correct ime if I'm wrong) and I have read of several respectable people using this. Heyn and Scooter--maybe, at the risk of bing flamed, you need to not free=feed Scooter and feed him little bits lots of times a day. The other option I can think of would be to try putting some sort of a pan under the feeder to catch teh food. Maybe then he wouldn't think it was dirty. Good Luck! [Posted in FML issue 1613]