A General Thank You to the Windstone Staff Regarding the Peanuts

Clean packing peanuts (we call them “foo foos”) can also be donated to someone who can reuse them. We have someone in town who brings us a bag of recycled foo foos now and then, and we reuse foo foos that come to us, which means that sometimes you’ll get a package from us that has styrofoam foo foos in it.

I had bags and bags of them in my basement. Probably like 8 GIANT trash bags totally full. A coworker from my old job was moving to Africa and I almost all of them to her to pack all her items. Since they were biodegradable she also was very happy!

Also… when an ex-coworker was leaving for another job and on his last day a friend and I loaded his car about half way full of them as a little surprise prank. Hysterical. It only took about two days for them to dissolve in the parking lot! LOL!

A little word to the wise regarding these biodegradable peanuts – mice love them!

There was another thread a while back about this, too. So, if you store them, just make sure that it’s not in a garage, basement, etc where the little beasties could be and think you left them a nice, big buffet dinner. 😉

How do I know this? Hah! The hard way, of course! We put a big bag of foo-foos up in the loft of my garage and came back a month or so later to find the bag almost empty of foo-foos but mouse poop was left in exchange.

So, the peanuts go straight into recycling now.

My cats have tried to “recycle” them too!

A little word to the wise regarding these biodegradable peanuts – mice love them!

There was another thread a while back about this, too. So, if you store them, just make sure that it’s not in a garage, basement, etc where the little beasties could be and think you left them a nice, big buffet dinner. 😉

How do I know this? Hah! The hard way, of course! We put a big bag of foo-foos up in the loft of my garage and came back a month or so later to find the bag almost empty of foo-foos but mouse poop was left in exchange.

So, the peanuts go straight into recycling now.

Ah yes, this happened to me too in my basement, but it keeps them out of my upstairs apartment so I don’t have to clean up mouse guts vs. cleaning mouse poop. My cats do not play nice with wee little mice and they are so cute! I don’t like having to dispose of their little corpses >_< I know some people might be bothered by mice in their house, but I don't mind them. I use the have-a-heart traps and man do they LOVE peanut butter! As long as they aren't in my living area they can squat in the garage and basement all they want.

My cats also recucle them. I find half eaten ones all the time when I sweep under the furniture. I have even step barefoot in half eaten ones. *squish* That wasn't too pleasant, but better then the hairball I THOUGHT I stepped in at first!

Ha ha! drag0n – you are right. Packing peanuts are one way to herd the mice into the acceptable areas of the house. Most houses have mice and as long as the population stays in their part (attic, garage) we get along just fine. My cat has caught a couple and it’s not pretty.

She does get into the packing peanuts sometimes, too. As gooshy as they are to step on, they are far better than the alternatives.

I use peanut butter in the safe traps, too. Although, I could use packing peanuts. Hm… I wonder if they would just drag it out? No, stick with the peanut butter!

I loved the look on my housemates face when I popped a small handful of Windstone packing peanut into my mouth.

“Man, I’m hungry. Oh, peanuts, Nom, nom, nom!”

It’s always a blast pulling that off on unsuspecting people.

~Hoofer, not so right in the noodle, but always out for fun.

The feeling is mutual – thanks Windstone for using the biodegradable peanuts!

I save the ‘foo foos’ for reuse rather than compost them (one day I’ll have a place of my own and actually be *able* to compost, bleh!), but I have to make sure I keep them away from my cat! She’ll pry open boxes and claw through bags to be able to eat these. So far she hasn’t consumed even a whole one, but for some reason she’s obsessed with just getting one and licking it for a few minutes 🙂 She never has that reaction with the styrofoam peanuts. Anybody else’s pets go after these things?