I have never had a bad batch of Totally Ferret, so it sounds like I am
lucky.  My ferrets love the taste of it but they also love Superior Choice
from the ferret store.  It looks to be just as good nutrition-wise as
Totally Ferret.  I mix 40% Totally Ferret, 40% Superior Choice and 20%
Innova (all natural cat food).  My ferrets wont eat Marshall Farms food or
8 in 1.  I think they don't like the Marshall because of the fish smell.
No idea about the 8 in 1 premium but the samples I recd.  went uneaten.
 
It is unfortunate that Performance Foods (provided the information
previously posted is correct) would stop taking smaller orders directly.
However, if they are having financial woes, they may have had to scale
back staff and thus decided that they are better off only serving larger
quantities.  Not sure of the reason, but it is unfortunate.  If this is the
case, it explains why they would have a distributor/vendor in Washington
providing supply.  Lots of manufacturers do this to avoid all the order
fulfillment.  Yes, it is unfortunate, but common.  I know nothing of the
place that is supposedly carrying the food in my state.  I will have to
check them out and see if they are guilty of what Sandi Ackerman has
posted.  I hope not, because that sounds terrible!
 
On to the ferret story for this week:
Last night, I was cleaning the cage and watched Dopey come out from where
he occasionally likes to do his "business".  I went over to see what he did
and cleaned up a fresh poop that contained some sort of worm.  All of my
ferrets were due for yearlies and shots so I loaded up the carrier (did not
move to Beverly) and took them to the vet.  He did a fecal float and said
there were no parasites detected and asked if maybe the worm crawled on the
feces from the ground.  No worms to be found in my home.  He said it looked
like round worm.  The only thing I can think of is that Dopey is the one
who was involved in the "garbage" incident last week.  As a precaution, he
gave all some de-worming meds.  I am happy to report that the Fervac shots
went perfectly well - no reactions!  I did not premedicate this time.  My
vet told me that he has never had a Fervac reaction but he has seen
reactions to Galaxy in dogs.
 
Anyway, if anyone else has had the worm experience, please email me.  The
worm was about 1/16" long and pinkish-brown.  I am going to see if I can
find some pictures on the Internet of round worm.  I know it was in his
poop.  No, this is not a quest to find the lost worm.
 
Gotta go, they have returned from Planet Ferreteen baring gifts of socks
for us hoomans.
[Posted in FML issue 3391]