Hi to all, I'm a relatively new ferret owner 2yrs and always learning something new. Lenny, I wrote once about, he is now 2 and Trixie my princess is 1 1/2. To give Trixie some acknowledgment I want to share a story about her as I did with Lenny. In the mornings when we get up, 5:30am so they can have up time before we go to work, my husband Jeff wakes up the critters. Lenny licks Jeff eyebrows and eyelids and drags himself into his arms while Trixie slowly moves around in the sleepsack. Jeff will start to pat her & if she is not ready to get up she will politely lick Jeff's hand then open her mouth clamp her teeth gently around his finger and escort him out of the sleepsack then she goes back in to sleep and wake up when SHE is ready. He could not believe he was just thrown out of the cage by her. She truly is my PRINCESS. Anyway, as far as food, they eat totally ferret. They did change their manufacturing plant and the food is a little different. Lenny will eat anything but Trixie had to be hand fed the food. I put a little ferretvite on my hand to get her started & the food together for her to eat. Now she will only eat out of my hand, bad habit I know but it's her only one and sometimes she does eat from the bowl. I did get a sample of Zupreem and even Lenny would eat it. My vet still recommends TF. Lenny went comatose in Jeff hands the very same night my coworker and ferret owner, Hi Jason, told me that it can happen. Lenny was up that day for hours playing and following Jeff everywhere. When I came home from work we played and when Jeff was holding him I guess he collapsed with exhaustion. Jeff franticly said, Oh God I think he's dead. I laughed and told him about the deep sleep they can go into and we put him in the cage to sleep. Someone had a question about litter. We use a recycled newspaper litter. They are pellets and for the most part dust free odor free and relatively inexpensive. We have heard that clumping litter is not good for ferrets because it could stick to their fur. That's all for now. Happy ferret dancing to all Roseann, Jeff Lennylove and my Princess Trixie [Posted in FML issue 2993]