Whenever we've tried to mix food, the kids seem to take a while to
realize that it's edible.  We've been going through this for a few
weeks (read: all through the power-eating season) with our two with
the addition of Totally Ferret to the mix.  But they're adapting
pretty well now, and a lot more of it is getting into the ferrets
than on the floor; stick with it for a while!
 
Joanne, hopefully one of the vets can answer better, but I think the
general reccommendation is start having blood tests at around 3 yrs.
One of Dr. Kupersmith's columns in MF mentioned this and exactly
what bloodwork he reccommends, but I don't have the article with me.
Think CBC was mentioned, not sure though.
 
Finally, Annie's terrified of the vacuum - pulled her out from under
the bureau one time and realized she was shocky.  So now she goes in
other room at vacuum-time.  Goose ranges from indifferent to curious
to "Goose, stop attacking that thing before it sucks you in!!" ;-)
 
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--edman (Ed Atlee)
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