I have tried to keep it 'light' in this quagmire of natural-kibble
"discussion", but some seem to want to attack this one & that one,
whenever the mood strikes them!  DANEE said,"......But since some 'new'
turns in the 'debate' have come about, I find cause to jump back into the
'discussion' "????  I simply asked to see this "groundswelling" that was
mentioned in regard to dogs & cats!...
 
To begin with, Danee, this is a FERRET LIST, and a debate, as some like
to call it, is not warranted here!  I simply mentioned a "Quote" someone
made about 'natural' for dogs & cats....My ground hasn`t swelled!...
 
No Farms in Virginia??...I doubt that...maybe not in your neighborhood...
New Jersey is made up of farms, not as many as before, maybe we`ve become
the "Garden State", as it says on our license plates!  I would love to
live on 5 acres or so!  It doesn`t matter....You went on & on about 'when
dogs & cats' were first fed kibble.....WHO CARES???!!... We`re talking
about ferrets here, and an occasional O T post!
 
In the late `60`s & early `70`s, my Father had a good friend who ran a
MINK farm,(not a kennel), and they were fed ONLY those little pellet
shaped kibble.  I think I have a few years on you, judging by your
'jumping' down other people`s throats,...when only my one statement was
made, and 'jokingly', if you had bothered to quote my whole statement!
("only my waist is swelling").  Then you said, 'Let`s move off of
ferrets' for a moment....and VOILA!!!...We are reading about "processed
foods" for us HUMANS, when it was made available, bad for us,.....and
everything else NOT about ferrets, AGAIN!
 
Is there anything you cannot find fault with here on the fml?  You said,
"The above is meant as food for thought",....well, I, for one, am not
swallowing it!  I suggest you join a chat room, if you want to keep
criticizing everyone!, if you don`t already belong to one.  I have but
one word for you in regard to your dog & cat natural "debate",....BARF.
 
Dooks to almost all,
John Rich & the n.j. gang, USA.
 
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[Moderator's note: I can't agree that a debate is not warranted on the
FML.  As long as it's on-topic and not all-out nasty, we can all learn
from a debate.
 
In some ways, it IS on topic to make comparisons with feeding of other
companion animals -- heck, many people still feed ferrets cat food, and
by some definitions, mice etc. are food for cats, dogs AND ferrets.  BIG]
[Posted in FML issue 5209]