I need some help here. Before I tell you what I give, do know that I free feed my ferrets with a mixture of Totally Ferret, Zupreme, and Eukabana Kitten. They range in age from 3-10 months old (all but one are 3lbs and over). All are very healthy thus far. I have been giving them a toothpaste size (or more) portion of Ferretvite (for the younger ones), and the same size amount of Nutircal (for the older ones... no sp reason). I also give 3/4 teaspoon (or more) of a 50/50 mixture of Ferretone and olive oil. First is this ok to do with the olive oil? What are the benefits of using it, what are the disadvantages of using it? Anyone else do this? Am I giving way too many vitamins???? My husband feels I am and is very worried. I am concerned over which to give them..Ferretvite, or Nutrical. I don't know the disadvantages/advantages of each. Do they even neeeeed any of this on their current diet? second issue: One thing that has bugged us is that I have had ferrets all my life and never used supplements til I got this group. It's so odd to me that they go through colds (never had that before), and have all had a stomack virus to varying degree over last winter when we had one in the family. I never had that before either. The main concern I have is every 6 weeks it seems... one of them will pass pure mustardy, slimey (a little greenish)bms that are almost like water. It lasts anywheres between 2 days and week and is gone. Each time it seems to be a diff ferret. I thought at one time it was the heartguard I was giving... well that was shot to heck when the baby of the bunch passed a yellow, watery bm yesterday and has never had heartguard. Granted I used to have ferrets ten years ago.... Granted I don't remember what major breeders they came from to compare to my current ones. It just seems to me that we are having an awful lot of "out of the ordinary" occurances...that I never encountered before in the twelve years I had ferrets long ago (I know thats very hard to believe..but true none the less). Anyones input on the vitamins would be VERY helpful. Anyones input on the health things I'm seeing would also be so appreciated. Wolfy Please visit: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/ for information on deafness and ferrets: http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/deaf.html take a peek at upcomming "so you have allergies": http://www.geocities.com/wolfysluv/allergies.html [Posted in FML issue 3106]