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>I have a furry one who is on chicken soup about 3 times a day.  I have
>been using Gerber Chicken baby food for about 4 years now.  In the last
>month I have noticed that the soup I make appears to go bad after only a
>day or so.  Even after just opening the jar when I'm making it, and after
>it goes "pop", the food has a very bitter smell.  Then after a day the
>mixture really has a chemical and bitter odor.  My little guy has also
>had some pretty bad poops that I noticed at about the same time.  I
>switched over to Beech Nut and since then the poops are getting better.
>Was wondering if anyone else has experienced this!  I did notice that the
>ingredients in the Gerber now includes water and starch, which before it
>didn't.  The Beech Nut is ground chicken, chicken and chicken broth.
 
Hum... my ferret is on the Gerber Chicken food also and I haven't noticed
anything out of the ordinary.  It could have been that the food was
stored in a high heat area.  However, when I reviewed the BeechNut label,
I noticed that it had twice the amount of sodium compared to the Gerber.
I am not quite sure how sodium affects the ferret body, but I didn't want
to use it.  Anyone have any ideas on sodium in the ferret?
 
Sara Hamilton
Leizel's Weasels
www.leizelsweasels.com
"Home of the 2003 AFA Ferret of the Year-JBF's Isabella of LW"
[Posted in FML issue 4807]