We mix our linatone with canola oil to cut down on the vit a & D content. Olive oil can be used in place of the canola oil The concern with the pet oil supplements is too much vit a. We go through a lot of linatone, even with mixing. I buy it by the gallon and keep it in the fridge. Both Flax Seed and Wheat Germ Oil can be purchased at health food stores. A little bit goes a long way. When Doc came to me the nylon collar he had on was permanent. It had been placed around his neck when he was younger and as he grew the collar became so tight that he had difficulty swallowing so he wasn't able to eat normally. He was strangling from the tightness of the collar. I've heard of cases where the flesh had grown over collars that had been put on kits and never loosened. It's good to check collar sizes frequently, particularly on growing kits. Also, nylon collars will shrink when they get wet. Some ferrets do prefer different food shapes. Our Coco Puff likes the small flat oval shapes, some like nuggets and some like other shapes. Ferret preference. :-) Scooby weighed in at 15 oz. For his size that was underweight. His head and feet indicate he'll be a large boy. 454 grams = 1 lb, 28.36 grams = 1 ounce (actually 453.6 grams), 1 kilogram is 2.2 lbs (actually 2.205 lbs) Just looking at Scooby we could tell he was malnutritioned. His what should have been a beautiful overcoat was sparse with broken hair, his coat was dull, he had not energy, and we saw the outline of his ribs. Kits should be fat and sassy, not skinny and lethargic. To the general public most of this would go unnnoticed as it did by the petstore personnel. Our vet has since contacted the store manager, made a store visit, and had a letter faxed to the home office. The store manager has faxed a letter to Marshall Farms about sending out the too young kits. This was a mixed batch of kits of which 3 were too young. I'm happy to report that Scooby is doing well. His deafness bothers me though. I want him to hear the birds chirping, squirrels chattering, and other ferrets dooking. But that will never be. He doesn't know any different but I do. He gets tons of extra affection because of his disability. He has grown already and is happily exploring our home. He's discovered the prime sleeping quarters (under the tv stand, beside the big cage in the carpeted cabin condo), did his first ferret dance promptly falling over only to get up and do it again and again and again until one of the big guys came over to see what that silly little thing was doing. :-) He hops over the others and zooms into the tubes of safety. He whips around and faces them off. They intern come at him from both ends of the tube and he pushes past one only to run out that tube and into another. He is testing his climbing skill. Only gets a couple inches off the floor and then falls back down. Clumsy as can be and a bit handicapped in the agility field but he'll come around. He's been put away, carried away and put in his place by the others. He's still not up to full strength for an 8 week old but he'll get there. He is so very smart. When he gets tired he'll take himself into the front bedroom and put himself away in one of the always open cages. :-) Warm hugs to all. tle Troy Lynn Eckart Ferret Family Services http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our charity http://www.iGive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=46&mid=58395 [Posted in FML issue 2991]