From:
"lewingtonjohn"
Date: 2006-11-29 10:20:53 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: safe potting soil for dig box?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "manajane21" <amandadegraw@...>
wrote:
The short answer is avoid any potting mix in case of the presence of
fungal or other contaminants. I presume you have in house ferrets
just let them play with you and have plastic pipes for them to run in.
Ferrets usually 'playfight' between themselves and should be
discouraged from digging efforts!
John
>
> In an effort to enrich my babies play time, I started a dig box for
> them containing potting soil. The box is connnected to their tubes
for
> an extra fun element. Anyways, I just wanted to run this by with
> everyone here to make sure this is safe for my kids. The potting
soil
> does not appear to contain any fertilizers based on the bag label
and
> listed ingredients (it was a cheap bag of soil from Walmart, 98
cents
> for 10 lbs). The ingredients say "this product is formulated from
> organic materials (derived from one or more of the following:
hypnum
> peat, forest products, or compost), sand, and perlite. In Georgia,
this
> product is regionally formulated to contain 77-87% aged pine bark,
sand
> and perlite." Does this sound ok??? I have been supervising their
play
> thus far. They are definately not eating any of it, but they do get
> some in their nose and such, from their play. Please let me know
ASAP
> if you think this could be a problem, as I would never do anything
to
> harm my fuzzies intentionally. Thank you.
>
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:ferrethealth-digest@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ferrethealth-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
ferrethealth-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/