Critter Country made from Harvested Winter Wheatgrass fiber that is safe for your animal friends. This product is ideal for mice, hamsters, gerbils, rabbits, pot-bellied pigs, snakes, iguanas, ferrets, and many other small animals and reptiles. Produced in a certified organic facility. Critter Country is safe for all small animals and reptiles. It will not perforate the jaws of the reptiles if eaten. Wood shavings (mainly - Cedar) have aromatic compounds that can be harmful to the animal especially when the animal is in an enclosed space. Paper Bedding products primarily made from mill waste can have undesirable chemical compounds left over from manufacturing.