First off, hello everyone, and many thanks to BIG and everyone who helps provide or maintain the various useful sources of ferret information and advice. They have proven very helpful to me, my SO Andrea, and our new babies, Gabriel (8.5-week old albino) and Lucy Furr (10-week sable). Unfortunately, with so many sources of information, I sometimes get conflicting tidbits. In this case, as to what fabrics are okay to give to our kids. Some people say towels are good for bedding, while others have said it can too easily cause intestinal blockages when chewed up. Some say lamb's wool is okay, but when I see toys with this, the hair pulls out in my hand, and I can only imagine how much would actually get ingested if it fell into the wrong paws. Cotton t-shirts seem widely accepted. I hear fleece makes for happy bedding, but is it safe? Should I avoid any or all synthetic materials? Should materials like paper towels or tissues be kept out of reach, or will they just make bedding out of them? Or is anything okay as long as your fert doesn't treat it like food? Thanks for the input. Lucy, Gabriel, and their humans, Andrea and Corey [Posted in FML issue 2234]