I feel really awful about this but I'm not sure if I should. Here's the story. A neighbor of mine (just met him a few months ago) told me he had a ferret he kept in a rabbit hutch outside. He said he was feeding her dog food 'cause that's what he thought ferrets ate. He added that she seemed fine with it. Well, I proceeded to tell him that dog food was a major no-no for feeding ferrets and went on to spout the virtues of Totally Ferret. I also said that if he didn't want the little girl then I would love to have her. When he said he wasn't going to all the trouble to find TF and added that he wasn't going to give me the ferret I suggested Iams Kitten food as a good substitute. He said OK but added that the poor little girl was staying in her rabbit hutch. I talked to him yesterday and asked how the ferret was doing on Iams. And he said..."She died 2 weeks after we started her on the new food." I almost wept. I told him how to switch her over gradually, I told him to make sure she had plenty of water and I told him to find a place for her in his house but I guess I should have paid a little visit just to check her out. He didn't seem very upset with her death or hold me responsible for it BUT I feel responsible. I don't think the abuse laws in Tennessee have any teeth in them but should I have reported him? Maybe I just should have gone and gotten her. I know, shoulda, coulda, woulda but I still feel terrible. Guess I'll just take it as a lesson learned...next time I'll go check it out and maybe come home with a new fuzzie. "Next time you feel like criticizing your neighbor try walking a mile in his shoes. Then if he gets pissed off you'll be a mile away and you'll have his shoes." Judy Wallace Cloud Nine Ferrets Dellrose, TN [Posted in FML issue 3337]