From:
"Joan"
Date: 2006-11-29 15:35:37 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: safe potting soil for dig box?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Jane, many people now prefer to use whole grain rice , NOT instant, for the dig box
adventures. It's much safer. Joan
-- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "manajane21" <amandadegraw@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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