Hi everyone. I'm hoping to get advice on including things in my fuzzies' diet besides their regular food. Right now they eat a mix of Pro Plan Chicken kitten/Pro Plan Turkey & Barley adult cat/Totally Ferret. They have access to this dry food at all times. They also get various treats (plain Cheerios, commercial ferret treats, and occasionally bits of bananas, apples, or raisins), Ferretone, and hairball remedy. Aside from that, I want to know if anyone feeds their fuzzies anything else. I have read a book about a natural, raw foods diet for dogs and am wondering if something like that would be good for ferrets (and cats for that matter)too since they are also carnivores. I've chatted with a woman who includes chicken and boiled chicken bones in her ferrets' diet. I'd be hesistant to feed cooked bones since they're so sharp, but wonder if ferrets could have raw bones. I've also read in Ferrets magazine that in Australia, where ferrets' diets tend to be more natural (i.e. wild prey or raw foods), there are less incidences of the more serious diseases we have in the United States. This same idea generally holds true for dogs fed a natural, raw foods diet. All in all, it sounds like an animal would tend to grow up healthier and experience less disease if fed a less processed diet. Does anyone have personal experience with this? I'm not looking to take my kids off their dry food, just supplement with other foods. Oh, one more thing: Would it be okay to make up and freeze a batch of Duck Soup, gravy, or another similar food and feed it once in a while to perfectly healthy ferrets, just for a different type of snack? I know these foods are usually made for sick ferrets. Please contact me directly with any advice or ideas. Dooks, Shyla and my business Lynk, Rocket, and Mykah [Posted in FML issue 3425]