Hi Holly, I have been through quite a few sick ferrets and came up with a soup that my ferrets absolutely love. They all get it at least once a day to supplement their diet and recovering ferrets are hand fed by a spoon 3x daily. For one ferret, start with one pound of ground chicken or ground turkey. Slowly simmer on stovestop with about one gallon of water, mashing up while cooking with a potato masher. Add a pinch or so of dried minced garlic while simmering. After half an hour or so, remove from stove, add 4 cups or more of totally ferret or a healthy ferret kibble to the soup. Allow to cool and swell for an hour or so. Add 2 jars of chicken or turkey baby food (gerber) and mix. Add half a Tablespoon of ferretone (eight in 1 brand), a few squirts of ferrevite, half a Tablespoon of furrotone (Marshalls brand) and if you have it a tsp of NUPRO (available at "The Ferretstore", it's an all natural ferret supplement), also a few drops of "Ferret Drops", a vitamin supplement with liver and iron , fortified with antioxidants available at the Ferretstore also. Mix all this together well and put in a food processor and grind till fine. If too thick, add water, a little at a time. You DON'T want it too thick like a pudding consistancy , nor watery. Pour into small freezable containers (or ice cube trays for individual servings-2 to 3 cubes at a time). Keep one small container in refrigerator for use within 3 days (feed about 1/4 cup or as much as the ferret will eat at a sitting, 3x a day). You may find that each time you have to force feed them to lick it off your finger to eat or eat out of a spoon sitting in your lap ( yes, I spoil my kids ). They always seem to reject it at first until forced to taste it a few times off your finger. If you use ice cube trays, remove from trays and put in freezer safe containers or bags and take about 6-8 cubes out of freezer the night before using and allow to thaw. Always WARM SLIGHTLY (test with your finger and mix thoroughly before serving if using a microwave - 15 to 20 seconds is usually plenty.) This recipe has always worked great for me and my ferrets add weight easily with this recipe. If you use baby food, once a jar is opened I believe it says that it should be used within 2 or 3 days after opening (check label). Try this recipe with your own variation- the vitamins aren't needed, I just add it for extra measure! They love it better than duck soup!!!!! Eleanor [Posted in FML issue 3524]