Well Dooks to all and hello. I read and compare ferret info with all on the list.GOD bless all ferretfolk for the love and care they give thier lil ones. I simply adore my (MF) Ferrets i have a Female Sable (GRACIE) whom is most like a very very smart snooty lil ole lady. She is 3 years old and the furry love in my life. I also have a beautiful silvermitt male (FRITZ) he is like my funny lil braveheart Hunter. I got Fritz when he was very tiny and with a prolapsed rectum. He was very screamy and was sickly i feel in love with him the moment i see him. I brought him home in sickness determined to make him well. GRACIE took over and was the pride of all FERRET motherhood she,i and the vet got him well with a proper working behind. She (still) grooms and loves him uncondtionally. Both are very happy healthy wonderful pets. Both live in a 3 story condo-cage thats half the size of my tiny apartment with any and every luxury i can give them. If ever i was homeless thier cage would suit me fine. The way I have raised my ferret goes very basic and to what i felt works thus far for mine. Its totally different than what i read on here from all you guys. Please dont hate me for this. The point i am making is...Well..maybe to much HYPE is on the health and maintence problems i read so much on here. I feed my ferrets kitten chow mixed with grapenut O's once daily. Along with a self feeder of marshall farm food. I give them vita-sol and fresh water. My male loves to eat BABY FOOD--> Squash, Meats, & Certain fruit kinds like pears or banana's.He is in excellent health and weighs in at a healty 5 plus pds. My female is a pickier one i give her plenty of treats she does enjoy certain BABY food fruits.Her fav treats are red twizzlers & P-nut btr i give her about twice a week. All of these are in small doeses. Both also get honeycombs cereal maybe three each they actaully eat. The rest goes to the honeycomb hideout (Under my Couch). Which i know one day when i move i could feed a 3rd world country with whats hidden under there. Both also get feretone. So what i am saying is i hear so much anti sugar dont do this and dont do that and poor thing dies as a result of this and that. As for mine They have only had one round of baby shots and eat sugar. Last time they seen a VET they was in perfect condition. So you see i would say you guys do what you think is best for your babies. All i am saying is mine go against what people would say and i have had not life threatening problems at all. GO FIGURE DEB and the "Fur Babies" P.S if any one wants to see pix of my cute FurBabies i would be glad to share pix with you.I have got some really funny shots of (FRITZ) into toilet paper antics. And of course (GRACIE) won cutest ferret award on the internet in 1998. She is very pretty and a little smarter than i would like her to be. Especailly when it comes to hiding my cell phone and calling strange numbers on it.OH the fun these lil guys give me.Thank you Lord for making such a inquisitive lil creature to share thier lives with me and allowing me to take care of them AMEN. [Posted in FML issue 3087]