Chris L said: >The only thing a ferret gets out of fruit especially dried fruit is lots >of sugar, raisins are 70% sugar and very bad for ferret teeth. The ferret >gets vertuly no nutritional value from fruit and some dried fruit is a >health hazard due to blockages. Kibble fed ferrets are already feed a >diet far too high in digestible sugars why pump more poison into them. Well, I don't agree with everything, but let's focus on a very important and correct point. Dried fruit does provide little nutrition for a ferret, and ferrets really aren't built to handle fiber. I haven't seen a ferret blocked on fruit, but I have no doubt it could happen if you gave a lot at one time.. I generally don't give any fruit treats to the ferrets - we cut out raisins a while back. I think like most other things, though - if done in moderation, you probably can get away with it. I'm no nutritionist, I only know about disease. and BTW, never seen a caries in a ferret. They seem to have a different mouth chemistry than humans and probably aren't exposed to a high enough level of refined sugars on a daily basis to develop caries. With kindest regards, Bruce Williams, dVM [Posted in FML issue 3203]