Hi all, i'm a new poster. I have two babies - Pattertwig, my 5-year-old sable boy, and Pixie, my wee little 4-year-old cinnamon girl. I'm currently having to acclimate them to a new food. They used to eat IAMS kitten formula, but Purina, which acquired IAMS, recently changed the formula and now they won't touch it. So i decided to switch them to a real ferret food, the manufacturers of which would be much less likely to capriciously change their formula. Enter Totally Ferret. It's been a week and a half now, and progress has been slow. Pixie, who's always been the more adventurous one regarding new foods, is up to eating warm, mooshed-up TF out of a bowl, as long as she gets to sit on Mommy's lap while she dines <g>. She's also eaten a couple of pieces of the kibble. Pattertwig, on the other hand, is being quite resistant. He'll eat the moosh out of a syringe, though half the time i have to scruff him. He won't touch it off a spoon, my fingers, or in the bowl. I can also get them to eat some crushed kibble by mixing it with baby food (sweet potatoes or carrots; they won't eat meat baby foods) or rolling banana pieces in it. Now, my Twiglet has always been finicky, even for a ferret, and he's getting on in years, but his reticence is starting to worry me. Is it possible that he's never going to like TF? Should i try another food, putting us back to square one (i tried the 8-in-1 chicken and rice first, which went over like a lead balloon)? Does anyone know any other tricks to get ferrets used to new food? Also, i've been giving them FerretVite and Linatone to round out their nutrients and calories; is there a maximum amount of either i should stay below? Thanks everybody!!! : ) Elena and the Dynamic Duo [Posted in FML issue 3317]