I have had a ferret on duck soup since last June!  He is doing well, but has
some kind of chronic intestinal illness no one has been able to cure.
Therefore, I have worked out a recipe for duck soup that is very nutrient
dense but a) does not easily separate b) can be fed from a syringe if
necessary c) easily stored.
 
1 large (I think 14 oz) can Iams KITTEN food (purple label)
1 can Boost or Sustacal, vanilla
1 can of water (supplement can)
 
blend together into a blender then pour into either ice cube trays or muffin
tins lined with the ALUMINUM liners (the paper ones can soak through).  When
frozen, put the muffin cups or ice cubes into plastic baggies so they can
get heated individually.  The recipe makes ~12 muffin tins 2/3 full of duck
soup.  Twice a day I take a small custard cup, pop the duck soup out of the
tin into it, and barely cover it with water and microwave it to body
temperature.  The first time you offer this to your ferret you might have to
hand feed him or her, or put a little bit of Linatone on the top.
 
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Amy Cada       Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, UT
Terrierists: Asta 2/3 NA, Wylie and Gryphon
agility, flyball, go-to-ground, and ratting freak-a-zoids
geriatric ferrets: Foster, Farris, Zowie, Hobbes
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[Posted in FML issue 1886]