Hi Debbie You don't have to cook the ground chicken, it's best to feed it raw. When I started feeding raw chicken, I had ferrets that were 1-7 years old. Rose and Jasmine who were the 1 year olds were not sure about the meat at all so I hand fed them for a day until they realised that it was food and that I wasn't trying to poison them. It's not just the ferret's age that determines whether or not they will like raw meat. My Jack was 5 and had never eaten raw meat yet he loved it from the start. Most ferrets may need hand feeding until they accept the food, once they willingly eat it from your fingers, you leave your finger in the meat and the ferrets will keep licking your finger and eventually lick the meat out of the bowl. Best wishes from Ulrike and Jilly, Jack, Bella, Tom, Mason, Baby, Dana, Fox, Reno, Rose, Jasmine, Barney and Spike Missing Angel, Hope and Igor West Wales Ferret Welfare E-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.ferretlove.freeserve.co.uk Last update 20/12/00 [Posted in FML issue 3320]