Hi all fellow pets and pet lovers! I have been using the new clear litter pearls with my ferret as well as my bunnies. It works great! The pearls work by soaking up and evaporating any moisture from urine and feces, thus greatly reducing the smell. Also it is non-toxic, completely biodegradable, and scoopable. Because of this, one bag(@ $8.99)lasts a long time. It is very safe for all animals and I would highly recommend it. The website is www.litterpearls.com if you would like to read more about it.(the only one I don't use it for is my cat-we tried it, but he kept spilling it everywhere when he dug around, so I had to go back to regular scoopable litter) As for food, Bandit started out eating Marshall Farms' food. She liked it and I had no problems with it, except that I wanted to switch to a different brand b/c of my personal beliefs and the whole Marshall Farms/lab ferrets thing. So I asked my vet(who is EXCELLENT with all my pets and has fuzzies of her own) what she fed hers. She said that Marshall Farms is the only ferret food she would recommend, and she also recommends high quality kitten food. So we switched to Eukanuba Kitten Food, which is the brand she uses. It has worked out well, and Bandit, who likes to snack on cat and dog food anyway, is happy! -M & her zoo: Pumpkin the dog, Willy the cat, Bandit the ferret, & Patches and Matty bunnies! :) ---------- Melissa Russo "What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other?" -George Eliot [Posted in FML issue 3121]